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BEST DAY Art Exhibit
B Extraordinaire Gallery BEST DAY November 1 - December 30, 2023 Online Exhibition Only B Extraordinaire Gallery is pleased to present the BEST Day Online Art Exhibition from November 1 to December 30. This national juried exhibit, is juried by Virginia Becker and Giselle Obermeier B Extraordinaire asked artists from across the nation to express what their best day (real or imagined) looks like. Some filled their art with the beautiful and others the ordinary, A special day when nothing or everything happened. A day when life is just right and each moment glistens like sunlight on the water. The scenes were brought to life on variety of subtrates with paints, inks, pastels, pencils, cameras, and other 2-D materials used to capture those moments of their best day. The selected works are displayed in the B Extraordinaire Online Gallery "Best Day" Art Exhibition. Please visit our exhibit and Make today a Best Day! Download the BEST DAY Exhibition catalog Visit the BEST DAY Slideshow. The online exhibition will run from November 1- December 30, 2023. Your artwork will be displayed and may be promoted on the B Extraordinaire Facebook page, Instagram, LinkedIn, and sent to our mailing list and/or other sites throughout the duration of the art show. |
Congratulations artists! Thank you for participating in the BEST DAY National Art Exhibition juried by Virginia Becker and Giselle Obermeier. This show is full of happy moments, that are sure to make you smile. People richly present in nature, doing yoga, watching a solar eclipse, walking a wooded path, or relaxing by the ocean. There are children of all ages, one playing with their shadow, another walking through a garden of balloons, and two young captains steering their ship through rough waters. You will find amazing flowers, a comfy chair and even a rollercoaster ride. We invite you to join us in these happy places.
The jurors for the BEST DAY show were extremely impressed with all the works in the exhibition, and found three pieces in particular that best fit the theme of the exhibit. .
We awarded first place to Sail Away by Tomi Hayes. San Diego artist, Tomi Hayes enjoys experimenting with many mediums, Recently, she’s been painting in oil and this painting captured the juror's attention. Come and sail away into the dazzling light sparkling over the ocean beneath the wispy clouds and skies of blue.
Second place was awarded to Libby Scobee’s Memory 5. Libby's current work evolved from the connection between memory and heirlooms. Looking specifically at objects that are saved and passed down, she investigates how memories are inherited through artifacts collected through the generations, such as fine china and lace fabrics used for special occasions. These physical objects become placeholders for the intangible memories that can grow and change over time, indicating the idea of a memory but not revealing the full story. This continuation builds a connection between the objects, memory, and individuals transforming them into metaphors of the past and of the parts of people that construct my own identity.
Third place was given to The Boys in Bermuda, 1964 by Douglas Simes. This exquisite drawing is part of a series of "Memory Drawings," pieces that expanded and reimagined images from snapshots taken by his father in the 1950s and 1960s with his beloved Polaroid camera. He has two other drawings from the Memory Drawings series included in the exhibit.
TOMI HAYES Sail Away, 2023 16 x 20 x 1 inch (h x w x d) oil on canvas USD 400
LIBBY SCOBEE Memory 5, 2021 19 x 12.5 inch (h x w) Digital Collage USD 100
DOUGLAS SIMES The Boys in Bermuda 1964, 2020 18 x 12 inch (h x w) Graphite USD 1500
