Smith - More than Meets the Eye (First Place Award)

Judge's comments: "Only a true master of the medium can evoke this range of textures while simultaneously highlighting the abstract elements of a realistic landscape."

Artist's comments: "In this painting I was interested in referring to the importance of the hidden/unseen parts of reality. I used the fantastic coloration in the reflections in the water to relate them to the tree roots as well as the idea that there is always more going on ‘below the surface’ and what that is can ‘color’ our understanding in surprising ways."

Framed.