Swain Galleries Presents duCret School of Art 'Selected Works'

GALLERY RECEPTION: Saturday, July 16th from 5 - 7pm. For 32 years,  the duCret School of Art has hosted an Annual Spring Art Show. It offers duCret sudents the opportunity to showcase their best pieces of artwork created during the previous semesters. Of six honorary awards given, artist Michelle Dillon was presented The Walter Swain Award for her painting “After Dou, Young Dutch Girl”. Each year, the winning artists are afforded the opportunity to have their pieces shown in Swain's Galleries. A very special relationship between duCret and Swain's has developed over the years. Both are institutional icons with very rich art histories.  The 142 year old Art Gallery is Plainfield’s oldest retail establishment and New Jersey’s oldest privately owned gallery. DuCret School of Art is New Jersey’s oldest private non-profit art institution, coming into its 85th year.


Michele Dillon's Painting

 This year's top award winners to be featured at Swains are:

Alfred Schultz Award – #33, “Mona Michelle”, Elizabeth Jones– Piscataway, NJ. Ann & Dudley duCret Award – #105, “Winter Bliss”, Trisha Andrada– Keansburg, NJ. Alumni Award – #112, “Enlightment of the Seas”, Trisha Andrada– Keansburg, NJ. Walter Swain Award – #40, “After Dou, Young Dutch Girl”, Michelle Dillon – Beachwood, NJ. Furman Finck Award – #5, “Lauren”, Dwayne Watson– Englewood, NJ
Other Winners In the Show Are:

Drawing  1st , #4, “Ghostly Face”, Dwayne Watson – Englewood, NJ, 2nd, #6, “The Beauty of it All”, Brandon Drake – Plainfield, NJ, 3rd, #1, “Generations”, Elizabeth Jones – Piscataway, NJ. Honorable mention #132, “James Bond”, Robert Schimmel – Rahway, NJ. Oil/Acrylic  1st, #8, “Glimmer of Truth”, Brandon Drake – Plainfield, NJ, 2nd, #88, “Royal Beauty”, Tomas Hurtado – Clark, NJ, 3rd, #83, “Ornaments”, Edward Drabik  - West Orange, NJ, Honorable Mention #44, “Summerhills”, Thomas Seiz – South Plainfield, NJ, Honorable Mention, #45, “Lilypads and Big Blue, Thomas Seiz – South Plainfield, NJ. Photography  1st, #108, “The Escape”, Trisha Andrada – Keansburg, NJ, 2nd, #109, “The Orlando Sunrise”, Trisha Andrada– Keansburg, NJ, 3rd, #139, “Rome”, Christopher Peel – South Plainfield, NJ, Honorable Mention, #9, “Isolation”, Megan Cocho – Middlesex, NJ, Honorable Mention #10, “No Escape”, Megan Cocho– Middlesex, NJ, Honorable Mention #11, “Pemhurst”, Megan Cocho– Middlesex, NJ, Honorable Mention #67, “New York”, Laura Smith – Bergenfield, NJ. Jewelry - 1st, #110, “Lucky Koi”, Trisha Andrada– Keansburg, NJ, 2nd, #14, “Itzy Bitzy Spider”, DaMille King – Plainfield, NJ, 3rd, #70, “Piece of Time”, Rae Cauley – Westfield, NJ, Honorable Mention, #71, “Culture”, Rae Cauley– Westfield, NJ. Watercolor - 1st, #115, “Redemption”, Trisha Andrada – Keansburg, NJ, 2nd, #20, “Storm in Cape May”, Olga Studitskaia – Edison, NJ, 3rd, #21, “Spring is Coming”, Olga Studitskaia – Edison, NJ. Honorable Mention, #17, “Naughty or Nice”, DaMille King– Plainfield, NJ. Graphic Design 1st, #146,” Movado Ad”, Kristen Karwan – Colonia, NJ, 2nd, #150, “duCret Panel”, Kristen Karwan– Colonia, NJ, 3rd, #50, “Medical Procedure”, Michael Gutierrez – Edison, NJ, Honorable Mention, #166, “Circus”, Rae Cauley – Westfield, NJ, Honorable Mention, #35, “Wired Magazine Mock Up”, Sean Smith – Rahway, NJ, Honorable Mention, #119, “Hulk Tooth Brush Case”, Trisha Andrada– Keansburg, NJ, Honorable Mention, #122, “Ipod Ad”, Christopher Petronzio – Avenel, NJ. Mixed Media - 1st, #76, “Lotus”, Rae Cauley – Westfield, NJ, 2nd, #43, “Pensive Woman”, Thomas Seiz – South Plainfield, NJ. Stained Glass - 1st, #126, “Computer Hacker, Steven Decter – Springfield, NJ, 2nd, #127, “Dragon”, Steven Decter– Springfield, NJ, 3rd, #78, “Light up the Music”, Rae Cauley– Westfield, NJ, Honorable Mention, #58, “Dream Catcher”, Samantha Abbate – Mountainside, NJ. 3-D - 1st, #113, “The Mosaic Tree Table”, Trisha Andrada– Keansburg, NJ, 2nd, #102, “Panda”, Taylor Ficke – Clark, NJ, 3rd, #111, “The Colorful Udu Drum”, Trisha Andrada– Keansburg, NJ, Honorable Mention, #135, “The Zoo”, Andre Larkins  - North Plainfield, NJ. Digital Illustration - 1st, #143, “Echoes”, Chuck English – Elizabeth, NJ, 2nd, #167, “Into the Deep”, Brittany Mackason – Neptune, NJ, 3rd, #120, “Words of the Beatles”, Trisha Andrada– Keansburg, NJ, Honorable Mention, #121, “A Memoir of Peter Pan”, Trisha Andrada – Keansburg, NJ, Honorable Mention, #160, “Carmen”, Sean Smith – Rahway, NJ.

JOIN US AT SWAIN GALLERIES! All winning entries from the duCret Art Show will be on display at Swain’s Galleries with a Special Opening Reception to he Held on Saturday, July 16th, from 5 - 7pm at Swain Galleries, 703 Watchung Ave, Plainfield NJ 07060. For more information call duCret at 908-757-7171 or contact Swain Galleries at 908-756-1707