“The Painted Words" Past Winners
(Formerly known as Ekphrasis* – in honor of Susan deWardt)
*The word ekphrasis comes from the Greek for the description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical exercise, often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic. It is a vivid often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined.
The Painted Words 2023 Winners
Ekphrasis* 2021 Winners
ADULT WINNER
Mandy Miller – “An Homage to Mallory"
Painting: Old Kani Near Phurbe, Tsum Valley, Nepal" by Ralph Oberg
ADULT HONORABLE MENTION
Rodolfo Abresinos – “Here”
Painting: “Generations" by Matt Smith
ADULT HONORABLE MENTION
Barbara Sparks
Painting: “Descendant of a Giant" by Matt Smith
YOUTH WINNER
Blake Barclay – “The Montana Mountain’s Chill"
Painting: “Morning in Montana" by Ralph Oberg
YOUTH HONORABLE MENTION
Emma Haubert
Painting: “Moonlight at Eleven Six" by Dan Young
YOUTH HONORABLE MENTION
Ethan Summers
Painting: “Just Up the Road" by Dan Young
YOUTH HONORABLE MENTION
Ivy Ladrow
Painting: “The High Life" by Ralph Oberg
Ekphrasis* 2020 Winners
Winner: Kathleen Guler “Time Shudders”
Quilt: “Passage at Knowth” by Denise Labadie
Honorable Mention
Dagny McKinley: “Sunshine and Shadows”
Quilt: Antique Log Cabin Quilt circa 1930
Honorable Mention
Harriet Freiberger: “Needle, Thread and Human Hands”
Quilt: Created by Helen Sherrod, circa 1950
Youth Winner: Layla Baker
Quilt: “Marmalade’s First Snow” by David Taylor
Ekphrasis* 2019 Winners
Winner: Dagny McKinley
Artwork: “Pawtrait of a Black Bear” scratchboard 11” x 14”
Artist: Ginger Gehres
Honorable Mention: John Grassby
Artwork: “Long Gone” oil 18” x 30”
Artist: Ann Larson
Honorable Mention: Barbara Sparks
Artwork: “Into the Silver Lining” oil 24” x 24”
Artist: Kami Mendlik
Youth Winner: Sloan Speer
Artwork: “Little Girl with a Big Guitar
Artist: Sharon Pomales Tousey Pastel 18” x 24”
Ekphrasis* 2018 Winners
1st place: Kathleen Guler “The Last Light”
Painting: “Out of the Rain”
Artist: Michele Kondos
Honorable Mention:
Jennifer Paquette “Bison Eyes”
Painting: Resilience
Artist: Cindy Baron OPA
The Steamboat Art Museum congratulates the winners of
The Painted Words! An Ekphrasis Event, 2018.
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*Ekphrasis (a word relatively new to dictionaries) is the use of words to comment on a piece of visual art. One of the earliest and most commonly cited forms of ekphrasis occurs in The Iliad, where Homer provides a long and discursive account of the elaborate scenes embossed on the shield of Achilles.
