Weekly Theme Winners!

[Kerry Perkins]

I am so impressed by the quality of work that is posted here!! It is really tough to choose from all the great images, but here goes... I went with five places this week to recognize the quantity of excellent work!

First place - Harbor painting by Cheryl Slechta - Excellent interpretation of the theme and execution of the look of a master painting. The frame is complimentary and really adds to the effect. Congratulations Cheryl, well done!

Second place - Painted Flower by Christopher Miller - Another lovely flower image and the painterly look is very well done. The subtle drop shadows of the frame and matte make this look like a gallery presentation. Very nice Christopher!

Third place - landscape by Indranil Sircar - I love the colors and mood as well as the delicate use of Simplify to convey the sense of brush strokes. I felt that the absence of a frame was offset by the skill demonstrated in this image. Nice one Indranil!

Fourth place - Keeper of Murisk Abbey by Patti Edens - Nice DAP work and strong composition made this one stand out for me. The simple matte frame contains colors from the image, which is a nice touch. Still wondering where that blackbird came from! Good work Patti!

Fifth place - Purple Gallinule Painting - by William Maroldo - Bill, I really like the nice clean lines and bold color strokes. Very striking image!

Congrats to all winners and contestants!! Please don't be discouraged if you didn't win. The quality of work here just keeps getting better as we push each other to excel and any of these images could be winners. Thanks!! :)

[denise ippolito]

Kerry, Thank you very much for judging. It was a tough week.
Cheryl, I knew this was a winner the moment I saw it. Big Congrats!:)
Christopher, One of my favorites of yours. Congrats.
Indranil, That is one fine image! Congrats!
Patti and William, Nice work folks and congrats!!
To everyone else, thank you for joining in and you presented some excellent work.

[Patti Edens]

Kerry, Thanks for judging and for the mention. Much appreciated.

Big congrats to all this week! I'm always amazed by the diversity of visions in this group. It is a great place to learn.

Patti

[Cheryl Slechta]

Kerry, thanks so much:) Paintings and blurs are my favorites so this is especially rewarding for me.
Congratulations to Christopher, Indranil, Patti & William and everyone else who posted this week. I think
every post is a learning and teaching experience and I have learned so much since I joined a year ago. (And I
also realize how much there is to learn which is really neat and exciting.)

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Well done everyone and a big congrats to all the winners! :)
Best,
Nicki

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks very much, Kerry. Big congrats to Cheryl, Indranil, Patti, and William, and to everyone else as well! :)

[Nick Palmieri]

Great job everyone, really enjoyed looking at these!

[Indranil Sircar]

Thank you Kerry. Congratulations to Cheryl, Christopher, Patti, Bill and to all the participants. Another excellent week with outstanding images.

[Mark Fuge]

Congrats to all participants. Thanks Kerry.

[Hazel Grant]

Congratulations to all!