The following are winners of the 2008 Mower County Fair Fine Art Exhibit:

Grand Champion, Shirley Tapp, “Up North-Ely”

Professional

Drawing, Pastel and Print

First place, Jim Wegner, “Bird Charmer;” second place, Willy Olson, “Nomads of the Serengeti;” third place, Willy Olson, “Game Day;” honorable mention; and Willy Olson, “Muck Monster of the Roosevelt Bridge”

Watercolor

First place, Shirley Tapp, “Up North-Ely;” second place, Tammy Schneider, “Breaking in the Colt;” third place, Jim Wegner, “River’s Edge;” and honorable mention, Sally Gerhart, “Fall Splendor”

Acrylic and Oil

First place, Jim Wegner, “Quarry-Summer;” second place, Sally Gerhart, “Brownsdale Autobody;” and third place, Tammy Schneider, “Sleeping Foal II”

PRO-AM

Drawing, Pastel and Print

First place, Jim Hanson, “Barn 1;” second place, Katie Meyer, “St. Bernadett;” third place, Katie Meyer, “Janis Joplin;” and honorable mention, Linda Hahn, “Pumpkin Pensive”

Watercolor

First place, Les Tapp, “Renova;” and second place, Linda Draper, “Tranquility”

Acrylic and Oil

First place, Linda Draper, “Sacred Ground;”second place, Jim Hanson, “Lightning Strike;” and third place, Linda Draper, “Dark Horse Rider”

Amateur

Drawing, Pastel and Print

First place, Rachel Prijatel, “Stretch;” second place, James Tate, “Hero;” third place, Rachel Prijatel, “Moulin Rouge;” and honorable mention, Dayna Jondal, “Litzi”

Watercolor

First place, Deanna Cummings, “Morning Iris;” second place, Lora Lee Bauer, “Naples;” third place, Lora Lee Bauer, “Boarding the Mimi;” and honorable mention, Evgeny Rogozin, “Flowers”

Acrylic and Oil

First place, Mary Wolcott, “Sadie;” second place, Mary Wolcott, “Reverie;” and third place, Elizabeth Johnson, “Solo in Sepia”

The Mower County Fair Fine Art Exhibit is directed and staffed by the Austin Area Art Center.