Top Awards for Livermore Art Students

Art Students of Thomasin Dewhurst Fine Art won top art prizes at the Alameda County Fair this Summer, including Best of Show awards, Best of Class awards, Sponsored monetary awards, First Place awards, and Second Place awards.

Congratulations go to:

• Mariya Lima for winning an overall Best of Show award in the oil / acrylic painting category, Best of Class (youth, painting, 9 - 11 years) and First Place for her oil painting, “Fun-Sized”;
• Lukas Horstschraer for winning a prestigious $50 LAA Sponsored Award for Best Black & White Pencil Drawing (9 - 11years), Best of Class (youth, drawing, 9 -11 years) and First Place for his pencil drawing, “Battle of the Future”;
• Jaeden Li for also winning a prestigious $50 LAA Sponsored Award for Best Painting in Oil / Acrylics (12 - 14 years), Best of Class and First Place for his oil painting, “Grizzly in Spring”;
• Anahi Morales for winning First Place for her colored pencil drawing, “Queen of the Garden” (youth, colored pencil drawing,12 - 14 years), and for Second Place with her oil painting, “A Portrait from within” (youth, painting, 12 - 14 years);
• Rylee Lettus for winning First Place (youth, pastel, 9 - 11 years) for her pastel drawing “Owl”;
• Shyanne Li for winning Second Place (youth, oil/acrylic painting, 9 - 11 years) for her oil painting, “Pets”;
• Reagan Kinsella for winning Second Place (youth, oil/acrylic painting, 9 - 11 years) for all three (untitled) of her oil paintings;
• Jakob Emerson for winning Second Place (youth, oil/acrylic painting, 12 - 14 years) for his painting, “Dapper Fish”;
• Alyssa Dennison for winning Second Place (youth, oil/acrylic painting, 9 - 11 years) for her painting, “Sunset on Beach”;
• Julia Weir for winning Second Place (youth, oil/acrylic painting, 15 - 17 years) for her oil painting, “Apple on a Plate”