Awesome Tree Contest winners were announced at a ceremony at the Bruce Museum on Sunday. The winners are: 1st Place – Most Picturesque and Widest Tree: White Oak at 364 W. Putnam Avenue – submitted by Mimi Kirk
Tallest Tree: Cottonwood at 28 Shore Shore – submitted by Jean Crocco
Weirdest Tree: Corkscrew Willow – Griffith Road in Riverside – submitted by Margaret and Jim Kovac
Tree with Greatest Story: Red Oak – Dandy Drive in Cos Cob – submitted by Judy and Peter Berg

Congratulations to the winners who were chosen among 101 participants. The conservancy hopes to make the contest an annual event.  Don’t miss this exciting event next year.  Stay tuned for follow-up info and photos. To learn more about the Greenwich Tree Conservance, visit their website at http://www.greenwichtree.org/

Watercolor

1st, Betty Schneier, Wilton, Dusk on Lake Champlain, 2^nd,Carol DeNigris, Greenwich, Poinsettia: 3^rd,Carl Levander, Stamford, Coming in for a Closer Look; HM – Rosmarie Nasr, Greenwich, Morning Mist; HM – Dan Grimsich, Riverside, Day’s End; HM – Richard Lane, Old Greeenwich, Sunrise at Eagle Pond.

Acrylic

1st, Richard Brozowski, Plainville, CT, Red Awning;  2^nd , Jill Ailleo, Door 7; 3^rd, Bill Grant, Greenwich ,Top of the Avenue; HM – Joseph Keogan, Huntington, CT, Coffee; HM – James Ryan, Greenwich, Icebound; HM – Jose Rendon, Brooklyn, NY, Carla.

Oil

1st, Kathie Milligan, Greenwich, Girl Behind Plant; 2^nd, Scott Balfe, Earlton, NY, Summer Breeze;3^rd Mally DeSomma, Waterbury, CT, Ready Set Go; HM – Gladys Freyer, Trumbull, CT,Tuscan Road I; HM – Catherine Taub, Ridgewood, NJ, Still Life with Fruit; HM – Joanne Roy, Bridgeport, Flowers With Apples

Pastel

1st, Julie Hopkins, Ridgefield, CT, Ski Tracks; 2^nd, Rosanne Reif,Yonkers, Indian Woman; 3^rd, Mally DeSomma, Waterbury. CT, Baby Blue; HM – Ralph Hayashida, Stamford., Flowers #1; HM – Mary Branch, Greenwich, Binney Park Bridge

Other Media

1st, Carol Dixon, Old Greeenwich, Marsh, Greenwich Point, 2nd, Catherine Lepoutre, Riverside; Terre et Ciel; 3^rd,Carolyn Lyngholm, Cos Cob, Empty Rooms; HM – Hazel Jarvis, Riverside. Hommage to Freida.

Drawing/Graphics

1st, Lisa Black, Norwalk, My Favorite Flowers, 2^nd, Silvina Mamani, Queens, NY, Luz; 3^rd, Lennu Khimishman, New Milford, NJ, Music; HM – Catherine Stahl, Riverside, Fruit in Blue Bowl

Color Photography

1st, John Dixon, Old Greenwich, Venice; Kathleen Johnson, Greenwich, Origami Trashbird; 3rd, Bob Weinberg, Greenwich, Montana Motif ; HM – Rei Sugita, Riverside, Ebb Tide; HM – Carol Dixon, Old Greenwich, Marsh, Greenwich Point; HM – Francois Ilnseher, NYC, Costa Careyes

B&W Photography

1^st, Francois Ilnseher, NYC, 500W 22^nd Street; Susan Galbraith, Greenwich, Tailor Made; 3rd, Cynthia Lupo, Greenwich; Tidal Way; HM – Carol Battin, Stamford, Vermont Farm

Sculpture

1^st, Yaffa Barelkovsky, Congers, NY, Untitled; 2^nd ,Jacqueline Lorico, Yonkers, Positive/Negative; 3^rd Elaine Knapp, Riverside, Collector; HM – Rei Sugita, Riverside, Tree IV.