Nearly seventy artists responded to the DeBlois Gallery’s invitation to make  art on the theme, A Show of Hands.  The gallery did not limit the size of the work nor medium. The show is non-juried and every piece goes up on the gallery walls.

Cora Lee Gibbs, the juror for the open show “A Show Of Hands,”, chose the following entries in various categories: Best In Show went to Laura Tyyska for her textile painting, Healing; Best Three Dimensional, Rosemary Day, Trinity Rep; Best Mixed Media, Nancy Shard,  In the Palm of My Hand; Best Wit, Russ Smith, Shades of Blue; Best Photography, Mike Miller, Desolation; Most Poignant, Roger Lebrun, Vietnam, 1969;  Most Evocative of Theme, Valerie Debrule, Beatrice Wood at the Wheel and Felicia Touhey, Lasting Impressions.

Merit Awards are:

Felissimo Award: Laura Tyyska, Healing
Best-in Show 3-D Award: Rosemary Day, Trinity Rep

Best Mixed Media: Nancy Shard, In the Palm of My Hand

Best Photography: Mike Miller, Desolation
Most Evocative of the Theme:

Valerie Debrule, Beatrice Wood at the Wheel
&

Felicia Touhey, Lasting Impressions

Most Poignant Award: Roger Lebrun, Vietnam, 1969
Wit Award: Russ Smith, Shades of Blue