Santa Barbara resident Nadya Brown won Best of Show at the opening reception of the annual Tri-County juried exhibition, 鈥�,鈥� at the . Brown, who was born and raised in England, won the $1,000 prize for her vibrant, dream-like painting 鈥淜afka and the Snowglobe.鈥�
蜜桃传媒 alumnus and hyperrealist painter Robin Eley 鈥�01 handpicked the exhibition, which features 45 pieces from 33 local artists and runs through June 18.
Inga Guzyte won First Honorable Mention for 鈥淭he Bacall Look.鈥� Margaret Ricks won Second Honorable Mention for 鈥淯nveiled.鈥� Third Honorable Mention went to Sommer Roman for 鈥淪ighting no. 542.鈥� Ruth Ellen Hoag won the Art Council Award for 鈥淚mpromptu.鈥� All the winners earned $500.
All the pieces in 鈥淯ncanny鈥� are for sale, with 30 percent benefiting the museum.
The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. It鈥檚 closed Sundays and college holidays. For more information, please visit westmont.edu/museum or contact the museum at (805) 565-6162.