Yosemite Sierra Artists is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2021. This celebratory show features work from 55 artists in two shows, live and online. The awards shown here are for the online show only, with ribbons awarded for each of the following categories: Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting-Acrylic, Painting-Oil, Painting-Watercolor, Pastel, and Photography. View in-person awards here.

Curators: Carolyn Hartling, Gina Mims, Jennifer Moss, and Kerby Smith

Judges: Jim Kocher, Madera County Arts Council and Ma Ly, Vernissage Art Rendezvous

Honorable Mention

Peaceful and Beautiful Mountains
Tobi Abrams
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Gray Day
Tobi Abrams
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Fall in the Foothills
Suzanne Banks
Painting – Oil

view detail

United Against the Tide of Inhumanity
Jared Barbick
Prints

view detail

The Impact of Loss
Jared Barbick
Prints

view detail

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
Alwin Baum
Photography – Color

view detail

Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls
Alwin Baum
Photography – Color

view detail

Water, Water Everywhere
Alwin Baum
Photography – Color

view detail

August, Merced River
Nancy Bednar
Photography – Color

view detail

Wreck of the Estero
Nancy Bednar
Photography – Color

view detail

Lifting Fog, Central Coast
Nancy Bednar
Photography – Color

view detail

Last Laugh
Nancy Bednar
Photography – Color

view detail

Communion
Bonnie Bisbee
Painting – Oil

view detail

Autumn Reverie
Bonnie Bisbee
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Creation Story
Bonnie Bisbee
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

First Place

Ivory
Bonnie Bisbee
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Journey to the Stars
Bonnie Bisbee
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Cascading Dogwoods
Jerry Bosworth
Photography – Black and White

view detail

All Our Relations
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

A Walk to Yosemite Falls
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Elephants at the Watering Hole
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Second Place

Spirit Horse
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Wolf Couple
Sheila Boyd
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Reach out to the Sierra
Ginny Burdick
Painting – Oil

view detail

The Allure of Silence
Ginny Burdick
Pastel

view detail

A Kaleidoscope of Color
Ginny Burdick
Pastel

view detail

First Place

Windswept Passages
Ginny Burdick
Pastel

view detail

Manzanita
Harvey Carlock
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Pods
Joanie Constable
Digital Art

view detail

Dyke Marsh Summer, Alexandria, Virginia
Jim Curnyn
Photography – Black and White

view detail

The Plague Doctor
Wendy Denton
Photography – Color

view detail

Democracy in Prison
Wendy Denton
Photography – Color

view detail

The Green Man
Wendy Denton
Photography – Color

view detail

Concrete Pipe Landscape
Michael Depue
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Framers and Foothills
Michael Depue
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Catching Dawn Light in the Owens Valley
Joe Doherty
Photography – Color

view detail

First Place

Aspens peek out through peak color
Joe Doherty
Photography – Color

view detail

Spring Flow
HANNELORE FISCHER
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Autumn Hues #11, Eastern Sierra
Franka Gabler
Photography – Color

view detail

Granite and Water, Yosemite
Franka Gabler
Photography – Black and White

view detail

Third Place

Cook’s Meadow in Mist, Yosemite Valley
Franka Gabler
Photography – Color

view detail

Gertrude By and By
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil

view detail

Somewhere in the HIlls
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil

view detail

Morning Falls
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil

view detail

The Redbud Tree
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil

view detail

Molly B
Lisa Greenstein
Painting – Oil

view detail

Alchemy
Shannon Grissom
Painting – Oil

view detail

Pentimento Too
Shannon Grissom
Painting – Oil

view detail

Bed of Carrots
Susan Hansen
Painting – Oil

view detail

You Are the Light
Mary Beth Harrison
Painting – Oil

view detail

Third Place

Welcome Home
Mary Beth Harrison
Painting – Oil

view detail

Creekside
Carolyn Hartling
Pastel

view detail

Above the Gorge
Carolyn Hartling
Painting – Oil

view detail

Second Place

In the ‘Hood
Carolyn Hartling
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Shelter in Place, March 2020
Charlotte Hoffman
Pastel

view detail

Edge
David Hoffman
Photography – Black and White

view detail

Best of Show

Old Veteran
David Hoffman
Photography – Black and White

view detail

High Country Morning
David Hoffman
Photography – Color

view detail

The Gateway
Carolie Jensen
Sculpture

view detail

First Place

Your Lucky Day
Carolie Jensen
Mixed Media

view detail

Reverie
Kathleen Ella Kelly
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Memory
Kristin Kessey
Sculpture

view detail

Third Place

The Craftsman
Monica Lasgoity
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Wash Day
Monica Lasgoity
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Yosemite in Winter
Monica Lasgoity
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Frolicking Stallions
Gretchen Lee
Sculpture

view detail

Honorable Mention

Songbird
Barbara Liss
Painting – Oil

view detail

Up Close and Personal
Barbara Liss
Painting – Oil

view detail

Oakhurst Sunset
Barbara Liss
Painting – Oil

view detail

“Rock Fissure at Taft Point”
Barbara Liss
Painting – Oil

view detail

Second Place

…and the angels came.
Kathy Marks
Mixed Media

view detail

Inner Peace
Kathy Marks
Mixed Media

view detail

Flowing Waters
Rebecca Matli
Painting – Oil

view detail

Mug Shot
Phyllis McAdams
Painting – Oil

view detail

Listening to the Universe
Cathy McCrery-Cordle
Photography – Color

view detail

Quaking Aspens
Gina Mims
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Lupine Fields
Gina Mims
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Awakening
Gina Mims
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

River Runs Through
Jennifer Moss
Photography – Color

view detail

Honorable Mention

Denim and Pearls
Jennifer Moss
Photography – Color

view detail

Messiah Manuscript
Jennifer Moss
Photography – Color

view detail

Tunnel View in the Mist
Janet Neal
Photography – Color

view detail

Saint Mary’s Lake – Glacier National Park
Janet Neal
Photography – Color

view detail

Lake Mead
Janet Neal
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

St. Mary Lake – Glacier National Park
Janet Neal
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Road to Zion
Janet Neal
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Chihuly Mandala
Carol Nussbaum
Digital Art

view detail

Dawn’s Early Light
Deborah Pepin
Drawing

view detail

Henri Hare
Deborah Pepin
Drawing

view detail

Livin on the Edge
Deborah Pepin
Drawing

view detail

First Place

The Road to Carol’s
Deborah Pepin
Drawing

view detail

Bird with Blossoms
Eliede Pounds
Mixed Media

view detail

Honorable Mention

Winter’s Thaw
Eliede Pounds
Mixed Media

view detail

THE STORM
Eliede Pounds
Painting – Acrylic

view detail

Greta Through the Creek Fire
Carla Rajnus
Mixed Media

view detail

Second Place

Ineffable Pandemic
Sherril Royse
Painting – Oil

view detail

Back Bay Mist
Sandra Lee Scott
Painting – Oil

view detail

Elusive Peace
Sandra Lee Scott
Mixed Media

view detail

Origin
Sandra Lee Scott
Mixed Media

view detail

Ghost Town Ahead
Sandra Lee Scott
Pastel

view detail

Near Summerdale
Sandra Lee Scott
Pastel

view detail

The widows
Zahra Sheikh
Sculpture

view detail

Morning Light
Kerby Smith
Photography – Color

view detail

Pintail Reflection
Kerby Smith
Photography – Color

view detail

Red and Grey 2
Lura Schwarz Smith
Painting – Oil

view detail

First Place

Dancing the Dark Away
Lura Schwarz Smith
Painting – Oil

view detail

Cat’s Eyes
Lura Schwarz Smith
Painting – Oil

view detail

Third Place

Broken Tree (Stump Table Series)
Brooke Soukup
Mixed Media

view detail

Hidden Forest (Stump Table Series)
Brooke Soukup
Mixed Media

view detail

Hidden in the Rain
Brooke Soukup
Pastel

view detail

Snüfi
Brooke Soukup
Pastel

view detail

Honorable Mention

Octopus (Ocean Home Series)
Brooke Soukup
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Road through Lundy Canyon
Rebecca Sullivan
Painting – Oil

view detail

Leaning Pine
Jim Taylor
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Golden Deer
Jim Taylor
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

When the Grass Goes Gold
Jim Taylor
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Third Place

Summer Day
Vicki Thomas
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Majestic Half Dome
Vicki Thomas
Painting – Oil

view detail

Sunset
James Tilkes
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Peace
James Tilkes
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Tree with a View
James Tilkes
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

White Pocket
Karen Tillison
Photography – Color

view detail

Sandstone Reflection, Kanab, Utah
Karen Tillison
Photography – Color

view detail

Second Place

Colors in a Slot Canyon
Karen Tillison
Photography – Color

view detail

Ahwahnee Morning
Gary Woods
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

White Horse
Gary Woods
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

First Place

Best Friends
Gary Woods
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Sunny Cove
Gary Woods
Painting – Watercolor

view detail

Walking Among the Giants
Lisa Zylstra
Painting – Oil

view detail

Evening Gold
Lisa Zylstra
Painting – Oil

view detail

Tenaya Lake Summer Day
Lisa Zylstra
Painting – Oil

view detail