Denise Goodwin, Blooms and Blossoms Florist

Improvisation No. 23 (Troika), Wassily Kandinsky 

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944). Improvisation No. 23 (Troika), 1911. Oil on canvas. 43 1/4 x 43 3/16 in. Museum Purchase. 56.42.

Best in Show

Erin Grygiel, Pine Hills Farmstead

Fountain, Designed by James Watson Williams

Designed by James Watson Williams (American, 1810–1873). Fountain, 1873. Marble. 40 x 30 in. Proctor Collection. PC. 912.

Best Traditional Design

Catherine Clarke, The Clinton Florist

Trenton Falls, New York: Upper High Falls from the West, Thomas Hicks

Thomas Hicks (American, 1823–1890). Trenton Falls, New York: Upper High Falls from the West, 1855. Oil on canvas. 54 1/4 x 30 ⅛ in. 75th Anniversary Acquisition. 2009.16.2.

Best Creative Design

Denise Goodwin, Blooms and Blossoms Florist

Improvisation No. 23 (Troika), Wassily Kandinsky 

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944). Improvisation No. 23 (Troika), 1911. Oil on canvas. 43 1/4 x 43 3/16 in. Museum Purchase. 56.42.

Best in Show

Denise Goodwin, Blooms and Blossoms Florist

Improvisation No. 23 (Troika), Wassily Kandinsky 

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944). Improvisation No. 23 (Troika), 1911. Oil on canvas. 43 1/4 x 43 3/16 in. Museum Purchase. 56.42.

Best Traditional Design

Brianna Goodwin, Blooms and Blossoms Florist

Fountain Elms Library 

Best Creative Design

Julie Young, Floribunda Designs

Spider II, Louise Bourgeois 

Louise Bourgeois (French, 1911–2010). Spider II, 1995. Cast bronze. ⅙ edition from unique steel sculpture in artist’s collection. 22 1/2 x 73 x 73 in. Museum Purchase. 99.43.

Amanda Mackey, Professional Florist

Tree (Horizontal Tree), Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872–1944). Tree (Horizontal Tree), 1912. Oil on canvas. 29 1/2 x 44 in. Museum Purchase. 52.37.

Joanie Gorton, Plants, Pots, and Possibilities

New York No. 2, Charles Sheeler 

Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965). New York No. 2, 1951. Oil on canvas. 27 x 18 ¼ in. Museum Purchase. 51.35.

Hannah Banks, Banks Farm

Summer Sea Window No. 1, Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley (American, 1877–1943). Summer Sea Window No. 1, 1939–1940. Oil on cardboard. 28 x 22 in. Museum Purchase. 72.37.

Tracy Wilkinson, Professional Florist and Artist

Vacillating Progression, Irene Rice Pereira

Irene Rice Pereira (American, 1905–1971). Vacillating Progression, 1949. Oil and plastic paint on glass. 28 x 24 in. Museum Purchase. 52.38.

Elizabeth Schoonmaker, Artist, Town of Plainfield, and Phoebe Orilio, Phoebe’s Floristry

Pink Tablecloth, Milton Avery

Milton Avery (American, 1885–1965). Pink Tablecloth, 1944. Oil on canvas. 32 x 48 in. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger. 53.439.

Tori Nellis, Floribunda Designs

Kodak Castle, Malcolm Morley

Malcolm Morley (British-American, 1931–2018). Kodak Castle, 1971. Oil on masonite. 36 x 48 in. Museum Purchase. 82.6.

Natalie Levin, Anthophile

Heroic Evening, Norman Lewis

Norman Lewis (American, 1909–1979). Heroic Evening, 1963. Oil on canvas. 71 3/4 x 48 in. Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters from the Childe Hassam Fund. 71.16.

Kate Russell, Mountain Greenery Florist

Sunset, Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900). Sunset, 1856. Oil on canvas, with an original aesthetic style frame. 24 x 36 in. Proctor Collection. PC. 21.

Lillian Collignon, Artist

The Voyage of Life: Childhood, Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole (American, born England, 1801–1848). The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1839–1840. Oil on canvas. 52 x 78 in. Museum Purchase. 55.105.

Jamie Hall, ReFind Design

The Voyage of Life: Youth, Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole (American, born England, 1801–1848). The Voyage of Life: Youth, 1840. Oil on canvas. 52 1/2 x 78 ½ in. Museum Purchase. 55.106.

Amanda Norton, Spongetta’s Garden

Fawn’s Leap, Catskill Mountains, John William Hill 

John William Hill (American, born England, 1812–1879). Fawn’s Leap, Catskill Mountains, 1868. Oil on canvas. 30 x 38 in. Museum Purchase. 89.23.

Snezhana Vahtin and Diana Romeo, Professional Florists at NY Glamor Events

Mrs. John M. Gamble, Samuel L. Waldo

Samuel L. Waldo (American, 1783–1861). Mrs. John M. Gamble, 1815. Oil on canvas. 30 1/8 x 25 ¼ in. Museum Purchase. 71.9.

Betsy Busche, Spongetta’s Garden

Untitled, 1954, Mark Rothko

Untitled, 1954. Mark Rothko (American, born Latvia, 1903–1970). Oil on canvas. 91 ⅛ x 59 1/2 inches. Collection of Christopher Rothko. Copyright © 1998 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko.

Bradley Zacek, Jr., Professional Florist and Designer

You Enter This Place of Abandoned Desires, Hollis Sigler

Hollis Sigler (American, 1948–2001). You Enter This Place of Abandoned Desires, 1987. Oil on canvas. 59 7/8 x 59 ¾ in. Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Purchase Fund. 89.9.

Suzanne Phillips, Professional Florist

Fountain Elms Parlor

Janine Jones-Pelano, Professional Floral Designer

Young Women Going to a Procession, Jules A. Breton

Jules A. Breton (French, 1827–1906). Young Women Going to a Procession, c. 1888. Oil on canvas. 49 1/2 × 69 in. Proctor Collection. PC. 10.