This exhibit is in the Kantgias-DeSalle Gallery @ the BBAC through October 8. Ken Hershenson, Juror.

The BSWP, founded in 1944, is made up of residents from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With more than 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Click here to visit their website.

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Barbara Baker, Shangri-La, watercolor, $500

HONORABLE MENTION – BIRMINGHAM SOCIETY OF WOMEN PAINTERS AWARD

Jan Brown, Acceptance, acrylic, NFS

Kristen Carey, California Dreamin’, oil, $1800

Chizuko Donovan, Juicy Landscape, acrylic, $350

Pat Duff. Hidden FIgure, pastel, $500

Pat Duff, The Three of Us, charcoal, $1000

THIRD PLACE – HERB & JEANNE GARDNER AWARD

Patty Eisenberg, Water Chair, oil on canvas, NFS

Jan Filarski, Play Misty For Me, mixed media, $700

Susan Fiorello, Untitled, acrylic, $400

Sherry Adams Foster, Golden Orgy, watercolor, $500

BBAC PRESIDENT’S AWARD

Eleanor Gause, Saturday: Detroit Eastern Market, oil on linen, $600

FIRST PLACE AWARD

Nancy Gordon, Parrot Tulips, oil, $5000

Nancy Gordon, Under the Sea Grape Trees, oil, $4000

Shirley Gower, Floppy Poppies, watercolor & glue, $500

Barbara Grunderman, FIshtown at Leland, $725

Barbara Grunderman, Inland Slough, $1500

Carolyn Hall, Where Are You, gouache & collage, $1000

Laura Whitesides Host, Outside the Boxes, watercolor, NFS

Barbara Keidan, Night Dreams, acrylic, $1750

Barbara Keidan, Old Woman, acrylic, $1000

Leslie Kutinsky, My Girls, oil on canvas, NFS

Susan Kwolek, Tea Time (for Mom), acrylic & flasche, $500

Fran Levin, Blue Moon, mixed media, $700

Loretta Markell, Life Forms, acrylic, $1000

SECOND PLACE – HERB & JEANNE GARDNER AWARD

Cindy Parsons, As Seen From Above, acrylic, $350

HONORABLE MENTION – HERB & JEANNE GARDNER AWARD

Karen Schlanderer, Cartooning Seriously, charcoal, NFS

Karen Schlanderer, Mark, graphite, NFS

Ev Schwartz, The Little Red Tree, pastel, $250

Ev Schwartz, The Old Wooden Chair, pastel, $150

Fran Seikaly, Amsterdam Sunset, $700

Fran Seikaly, Evening Flight, pastel, $1200

Susan Sturtevant, Key West Garden, watercolor, $850

Chris Trombley, We Rise Beyond Boundaries, mixed media, $1800

Kathie Troshynski, Brick by Brick; Coming Out, pastel, $375

Kathie Troshynski, Just for Fun, acrylic, $1300

Lorraine Wesley Tyler, I Deserve This Time, mixed media, $900

Carolyn Vick, Ripples in Water, mixed media acrylic, $1000

BEST OF SHOW – CORRINE MAILLARD ROBINSON AWARD

Helen Vlasic, Defending the Nest, oil on linen, $1000

Helen Vlasic, Maid Marian, oil on linen, $300

Fran Wolok, Cuyahoga Falls, $650