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Cornell in the limelight at 13th annual LC Summer Art Show!

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Meredith Wildes Cornell wins best of Show in the 13th Annual Little Compton Summer Art Show this past weekend with her oil "Studio Still Life with BC."

Prolific Westport artisan Dora Atwater Millikin won the David Aldrich Award (Award of Excellence) for her oil painting "Biking Bailey's Ledge."

Cornell also won the Mary Elizabeth Post Award (Award of Excellence) for her "Winter Sports," painted in oil.

You might say this was her time in the limelight, and you would be right.

Left: Meredith Wildes Cornell opens “Greeting the Seasons.”

Cornell is a 1965 Graduate of the Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA. She also studied with Lennart Andersen, Alden Wicks, Thomas Sgouros, Norma Anderson and W. Linn Bruce. She is a member of the Providence Art Club, Westport Art Group, and Gallery on the Commons.

Two other local area artists also won Awards of Excellence. Cynthia Getchell won the Molly Luce Burroughs Award for her pastel "South Coast Dairy," and the Betty Burroughs Woodhouse Award was given to Valerie Albert-Weingard for "New Tanini," a watercolor.

180 entries from talented area painters and sculptors have turned this juried art show into a most prestigious event indeed.

Left: "Studio Still Life with BC" by Meredith Wildes Cornell. Center: "Biking Bailey's Ledge" by Dora Atwater Millikin. Right: Ben Butler's "Black Iris."

The coastal villages of southeastern New England once again move into the forefront of showcasing local area artisan excellence as the best competed for top honors and bragging rights in the 13th Annual Little Compton Summer Art Show.

Left: "New Tankini" by Valerie Albert-Weingard.

Honorable mentions for: Ben Butler's "Black Iris" (wood, iron and color sculpture); Kelly Milukas with her pastel "Udder Color;" and "Wildflowers on South of Commons," an oil by Melissa Morgan.

There was a silent auction of a painting by Dora Atwater Millikin.

Jurors were R. Tripp Evans, Walter Horak, and Kathy Weber.

Proceeds from this year's show will be used to benefit the many programs at the Little Compton Community Center. Located in the beautiful seaside community of Little Compton, Rhode Island, the non-profit Community Center serves as a meeting place and program site for residents and visitors of all ages.

Left: Kelly Milukas' pastel "Udder Color." Right: "Wildflowers on South of Commons" by Melissa Morgan.

Left: Cynthia Getchell's pastel "South Coast Dairy." Right: "Winter Sports" by Meredith Wildes Cornell.

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