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6th Art Contest 2015

Award Winners and EntriesArtwork was submitted by members and employees of SouthwestNetwork. Winners were announced in May 2015.

There were three divisions: ▪ Youth▪ High school▪ Adult

Within the adult division, there were multiple categories (drawings, paintings, photography, poetry, etc.).

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Best of Show Suree SnyderPORTRAITS|HUMAN

High School1st: Emma Shoen

2nd: Aranza Gonzalez Loya

3rd: Romeo Reyes

Youth No entries received

AdultsABSTRACTS

1st: Anonymous

2nd: Anonymous

3rd: Wendy Bartley

DECORATIVE ART

1st: Michele Roberson

DRAWINGS

1st: Charles A. Rubadou

2nd: Brett Brosius

3rd: Anonymous

JEWELRY

No awa rds given

MIXED MEDIA

1st: Brianna Handy

2nd: Joseph Doerer

3rd: Cyndi Duffy

PAINTINGS

1st: Jessica Minnifield- Hartzler

2nd: Michele Roberson

3rd: Wendy Bartley

HM: Charles Willis

PHOTOGRAPHY

1st: Anonymous

2nd: Cherie Porras

3rd: Debbie Crenshaw

POETRY

1st: Michele LaPrell

2nd: Madilaine Brown

3rd: Jorge Gonzalez

HM: Steven Kayiira

PORTRAITS|ANIMAL

1st: Anonymous

2nd: Brett Brosius

3rd: Jessica Minnifield- Hartzler

PORTRAITS|HUMAN

2nd: Charles A. Rubadou

3rd: Anonymous

Award winners

winner

Best of ShowYOUTH, HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULT DIVISIONS

Untitled SUREE SNYDERF O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

BEST of SHOW

Copyright © 2015 by the artist

winners

High School 14 to 18 YEARS OF AGE

Untitled EMMA SHOENF O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

1st Place


Through Her Eyes ARANZA GONZALEZ LOYAN O T F O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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2nd Place

Untitled ROMEO REYESF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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3rd Place


winners

AbstractsADULT DIVISION

Michael PetersonUntitled ANONYMOUSF O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

1st Place


Jennifer Wolff

Ojos de Antigua ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

hwest Network

2nd Place


Lines & Shapes WENDY B.F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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3rd Place


winners

Decorative artADULT DIVISION

Abstract Paradise MICHELE ROBERSONF O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

1st Place


winners

DrawingsADULT DIVISION

Shaker Furniture CHARLES A. RUBADOUN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

1st Place


NFL Player BRETT BROSIUSN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

hwest Network

2nd Place


Troy BurrellOwls ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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3rd Place


winners

Mixed MediaADULT DIVISION

Wonder Bite BRIANNA HANDYN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

1st Place


La Ciudad de la Música JOSEPH DOERERF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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2nd Place


Untitled CYNDI DUFFYF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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3rd Place


winners

PaintingsADULT DIVISION

Master Yoda JESSICA MINNIFIELD-HARTZLERN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

1st Place


Flamingo Chaos MICHELE ROBERSONF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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2nd Place


Wendy BartleyButterfly Surprise WENDY B.F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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3rd Place


Wine and Fruit CHARLES WILLISF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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Sout

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Honorable Mention


winners

PhotographyADULT DIVISION

Jody Milam

Architecture Series:1 of 3: Ferris Wheel

ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015Southwest Network

1st Place


Even Nature Cries CHERIE PORRASF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

hwest Network

2nd Place


Love DEBBIE CRENSHAWN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

hwest Network

3rd Place


winners

PoetryADULT DIVISION

Coke Joke: The Story of My Addiction

MICHELE LAPRELLF O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

1st Place


“I ’m SUCH A FOOL!” I told myself.

Then snatched my cocaine off the shelf;

How FAST my hard-earned paycheck goes

When I BLOW IT up my nose!

The many time I ’ve put it down,

Straightened up and turned around,

I ’ve always “wandered back” again –

To my surprise, I just can ’t win.

What WILL IT TAKE to make me quit?

How COSTLY will this habit get?

I ’ll ask myself just one last time,

As I take just one last line…

This poem was crumpled in my drawer,

Unfinished for two years or more;

Through tears, I read each painful verse,

I see my habit ’s now much worse.

Although, through rehab, all I ’d learned,

Not one more paycheck have I earned;

I ’ve lost my job, my house, myself –

DAMN THAT COCAINE ON MY SHELF!

My nose was raw, and wouldn ’t drain,

So I just “tried it” in my vein;

Cocaine, disguised as my best friend;

Such evil I ’d not comprehend.

My cocaine habit, up ’til then

Just multiplied itself by ten;

I don ’t know why; I don ’t know how,

But, I ’m a hardcore addict now.

Cocaine, you once gave me relief,

But, now you only cause me grief;

You took away my common sense;

You made me weak; you made me tense.

You even took away my pride,

And left me emptiness inside;

And, while striving for your high,

I can ’t believe you made me lie.

I live in guilt, I cry in shame;

I always “score,” yet, never gain –

Now friends and family are concerned;

You ’d think, by now, I would have learned.

I cry and break my last syringe,

As I complete another binge;

Intelligent I used to be –

A junkie is now all I see.

“Coke Joke”The Story of my Addiction

Perhaps I ’d write a different rhyme,

If I could just go back in time;

A normal life I could ’ve had

If I had tried a different fad.

The great mistake of TRYING coke

Being the punch line of the joke;

Your need will then increase in size,

Much sooner than you realize –

Overnight, you ’ll lose control;

For one more hit, you ’ll sell your soul –

Let me make this very clear;

What matters MOST will disappear!

Heed my warning; please, you must;

Your interest soon will turn to lust;

What can I do to make you see

That you can turn out just like me?

But, if I keep ONE SINGLE SOUL

From falling in this Hellish hole,

I ’ll feel it ’s been worth living through;

I ’d rather it were me than you –

Cocaine, the demon, takes control;

Destroys your life, and every goal;

You ’ll never, ever be the same –

SO, PLEASE DON ’T EVEN TRY COCAINE.

Many Years Ago MADILAINE BROWNF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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2nd Place


Mother and Child: A Journey of Hope and Recovery

JORGE GONZALEZN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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3rd Place


Mental Chess STEVEN KAYIIRAF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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Sout

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Honorable Mention


winners

Portraits: AnimalADULT DIVISION

Estella Velasco

Busy Mommy ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 2015

Southwest Network

1st Place


Timber Wolf BRETT BROSIUSN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

hwest Network

2nd Place


Colorful Puppy JESSICA MINNIFIELD-HARTZLERN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

hwest Network

3rd Place


winners

Portraits: HumanADULT DIVISION

Charles Rubadou CHARLES A. RUBADOUN O T F O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

hwest Network

2nd Place


Barbara Carpenter

Prisoner Of My Mind ANONYMOUSF O R S A L E

Art Contest 201

5

Sout

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3rd Place



All other entries


HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULT DIVISIONS

High Schooldivision

14 to 18 YEARS OF AGE

With Great Power ComesGreat Responsibility

BOBBY SKYRIOTISF O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Adultdivision

Abstractscategory

ADULT DIVISION

Alicia Whitworth

Siamese Fight ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

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Abstract ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Michael PetersonUntitled ANONYMOUSF O R S A L E


Rodney GraceComing to Life ANONYMOUSF O R S A L E


Decorative Artcategory

ADULT DIVISION

Drawingscategory

ADULT DIVISION

Craig Griffin

The Wall of Creative ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Stephen DavisUntitled ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E


Troy BurrellCoyotes ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E


Jewelrycategory

ADULT DIVISION

Mixed Mediacategory

ADULT DIVISION

Michael Peterson

Untitled ANONYMOUSF O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Wendy Bartley

Lines & Shapes WENDY B.F O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Paintingscategory

ADULT DIVISION

Chief Indian in a Field of Flowers and Cherry Blossoms

ANNA HILFINGERN O T F O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Jennifer Wolff

Childlike Landscape ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Photographycategory

ADULT DIVISION

Jody Milam

Architecture Series:3 of 3


Jody Milam

Rodeo Series:1 of 4


Jody MilamRodeo Series:2 of 4


Jody Milam

Rodeo Series:3 of 4


Jody Milam

Rodeo Series:4 of 4


Jody MilamSports Series:1 of 2


Jody Milam

Sports Series:2 of 2


Poetrycategory

ADULT DIVISION

Middlism, New Art Form #2 DAVID RAY BRADFORDF O R S A L E

Middlism, New Art Form #2

Wow & Wow-ee

What can I do

What’s good

Self to Self … Am I talking, or is that me talking to myself

Life is Kosher and a long running ka-bitz

Definitely gotta get a good Jewish Mother

Wow and Wow-ee, again

Keeping Left away from Right is a beginning ka-bitz

Compromise after long long while is Royal

But

Where’s the middle

Answer

Put both hands together in Prayer, what is the symbol before eyes

New middles, and new option and more choices like 3rd, 4th, 5th choice happens

= Dynamics & Versitle & Renew = self created resources (plurals)

This is how the middle of a ka-bitz is found

A good ka-bitz never ends

The rest of a ka-bitz is rich social interaction




Where Am I or I Am where & how.

Multitude of choices = fine

But … new, from among the newest

Do we refer to the ka-bitz

Do we render mindless answers before the question ever given

Do we receive, give, wonder upon wonder

Are we good, bad, indifferent w/o task completion on ka-bitzing

The wonder is how how easily we understand and easily do

with second nature given only

moments ago




Woops, or Whoops and Woo-Wee

Time and Tide are task masters of us all.

Extreme opposites give rise to fame and fortune.

Time gives ‘Wow’ and ‘Oh my God’ results changing things earthly

Tide gives us the vulgar or the vanished

Vanished

What vanished

Need ask where vanished

Love vanishes in a vacuum

Real Hope vanishes when a fool practices kindness

Real Hope revealed is within our thoughts pronounced as Fun insight

Tasks are gone once Fun appears Fun as the Task either begins or ends

Fun into Smile into Laughter fills the middle from st point & end point

Fund into Smile is Leader

Fun into Smile into Laughter is the owner of business at hand

Fun into Smile into Laughter into Smile into Fun is the indoctrination process

Indoctrinate time is brainwash time

Brainwashing can be Fun




Silly, oh sake silly

Twilled thoughts cement on the horizon of material wealth

Sementary is give loftyness a vertical Home and distribution

No one gives without the thought of somewhere, somehow a return

When

When a return

When a return ever happens is up to Fun insight

Fun insight gives for some pranks & knowledge

Fun insight gives for some a Dollar to the Bank

Are Fun Talks better or are Fun is as Fun does better.


Brother William, Do You Know Marilyn

RICHARD BEEMANF O R S A L E

Did the bright buzz of paint join our futures

Do so many of us see the dazzle buzz color

brightness, can we touch it and see your pain

Feel our emptiness fight Marilyn’s legacy

Did Mr. Lincoln know Marilyn

Unlike other presidents he had a blood line

Brother Blake could you feel his pain

Could you follow Edgers path to the bar

That night, of shouting put away people

Can today’s throw aways talk to Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Lincoln where was your voice back then

Mr. Kennedy knows Marilyn but he’s quiet

Her/Your essence runs fluvial through

Our tangled relations, Brother William

Everything is so quiet on the front, Mr. Blake

ye those damn fleas, Mr. Blake

They have a life

They are anything but quiet

And they are mad


Fleas in the furniture

Buzzing in the skull

Mr. Blake did he have a soul?

Did he bite her on the night

She wrote the Monroe Doctrine

In a painful death rattle scrawl

Ain’t it funny, Mr. Blake doesn’t know Marilyn

Kennedy doesn’t talk about us

yet we live through you, sometimes, somehow

In all this comical puzzle justice

Now we’re the soulless people with the fleas

Could you tell them brother William

Could you plead for our lives Mr. Blake

Will you shout from your private cell head

That we love, we create, we exist

In a world of fleas in a world of crying souls

We live we thrive half-alive brother William

Did you recognize the Dutchman, Mr. Blake

Did his vision create fleas did it create you.

BROTHER WILLIAM DID YOU KNOW MARILYN

SOZO: Saved, Healed, and Delivered

STEVEN KAYIIRAF O R S A L E

With his trembling hands and zombie-like face, he made his way to the front

He was elderly and was stricken with Bi-polar and several other diseases

No hope and of little faith

Yet, maybe there was a chance

A chance to touch the garment of Jesus and be healed

He had heard of the Holy Man from Nazareth

But, mostly rumors

The dead could walk

The blind could see

And with a word they were healed

What sort of Magic was this?

He didn’t care as long as he could get rid of the voices

And the sickness


SOZO: Saved, Healed, and Delivered

The Master saw him from a distance and called him by name

He asked him, “ … do you believe?”

The old man stepped back surprised by the question

And quickly answered, “ … Yes, I think so”

“ … Then go home and be made complete

… your faith of a mustard seed has healed you”

And miraculously he was healed

His head cleared, his tremble straightened out, and his mind became one

His face was full of color and eyes full of hope

In the end we all have the faith of a mustard seed. The mustard seed is so tiny

it barely fits on the finger. So we all possess that amount of faith. So we can

all get healed and bring God’s Kingdom closer to earth.

Life STEVEN KAYIIRAF O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

I search wisdomI search knowledgeWhat is the meaning of lifeMaybe it is experienceMaking mistakes and then learning from themMaybe God made us to reach for perfectionBut never able to attain itMaybe it is the search for peacePeace into one’s soulChrist came so we may have peacePeace into one’s souland peace more abundantlyMaybe it was for lovefor it was not for love we would be nothing but animalsMaybe the human existence is just another lessonWe all get a crack at lifeOne breathOne life spanOnce chance to exist in the vast universeA taste of lifeTo pass it on to our youthNow it is their turn and for them to pass onI wish I had God’s eye to see lifeFrom beginning until nowAnd what of this great earth experience?Which we call Life

Life

Brandon Christopher

Poem 1 and Poem 2


Brandon ChristopherWhy? ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E


Portraits: Animalcategory

ADULT DIVISION

Portraits: Humancategory

ADULT DIVISION

Mae West (Good Girls Go To Heaven,Bad Girls Go Everywhere Else)

GARY MICHAELSONF O R S A L ECopyright © 2015 by the artist

Robert LambertUntitled 1 ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E


Robert LambertUntitled 2 ANONYMOUSN O T F O R S A L E



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