2013 DESIGNS + WINNERS
Photography by Front Room Photography
FIRST PLACE
Shades of Violet by František Kupka
Designer – Alka Bhargava
SECOND PLACE
Untitled by Donald Judd
Designers – Greg Leyba, Samantha Rodgers, Ted Steffens
THIRD PLACE
Still Life with Fish by Gaetano Cusati
Designer – Vicki Kunz, Karin Jamel
HONORABLE MENTION
Miss Frances Lee by Francis Cotes
Designer – Joe Divine
HONORABLE MENTION
Chocorua III by Frank Stella
Designer – Cindy Hum
HONORABLE MENTION
Breath (Atem) by Gerard Richter
Designers – Sarah Gutierrez, Amy Huber
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
FIRST PLACE
White Path [Der Weisse Weg], Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Designer – Frontier Flowers by Fontana
SECOND PLACE
Breath (Atem), Gerard Richter
Designer – Metro Market Downtown
THIRD PLACE
Red, Yellow, Blue II, Ellsworth Kelly
Designer – freshdesign
HONORABLE MENTION
Buddha Footprint, Burmese
Designer – Whitefish Bay Garden Club
2012 DESIGNS + WINNERS
Photography by Front Room Photography
FIRST PLACE
Venus by Emile Gilioli
Designer – James Sequenz, Tim Garland
SECOND PLACE
Portrait of a Terrier by Edwin Landseer
Designer – Laurie A. Wareham
THIRD PLACE
Portrait of a Young Man by Ludwig Meidner
Designer – Jamie Beauchamp
HONORABLE MENTION
Untitled by Minnie Evans
Designer – Jane Edwards
HONORABLE MENTION
In Schwabing by Gabriele Münter
Designer – Nancy Witte-Dycus, AAF
HONORABLE MENTION
Hong Kong from the Harbor by Chinese School
Designer – Debbie Mauhar, Terry Stafford
2011 DESIGNS + WINNERS
FIRST PLACE
Landscape by Nicolas de Stäel
Designer – Pam Borchardt, Milaegers
SECOND PLACE
Poppies by Georgia O’Keeffe
Designer – Carrie Kroening, Petals Floral Design
THIRD PLACE
Inversions XIII by Al Held
Designer – Jane Edwards, A New Leaf Floral
HONORABLE MENTION
Breath by Gerhard Richter
Designer – Vicki Kunz, Karin Jamel, La Tulipe, LLC
HONORABLE MENTION
Seated Bodhisattva by unknown
Designer – Cindy Hum, Barbara Wesley, Ikebana International, Milwaukee Chapter 22
HONORABLE MENTION
Number 13 by Morris Louis
Designer – Denise Gehrke, Waukesha Floral & Greenhouse
2010 DESIGNS + WINNERS
FIRST PLACE
Nicholas Konzal
Nicholas Carl Design.
Inspired by Black Action, Fritz Winter.
Bradley Collection
SECOND PLACE
Mari Trific
Whole Foods Market.
Inspired by Untitled, Donald Judd.
Bradley Collection
THIRD PLACE
Loreen Hablewitz, Deb Karpfinger, Ron Mroczenski
The Flower Lady.
Inspired by
Repose in Ludwig’s Castle
(Schloss Ludwigs Ruh), Sigmar Polke.
Gallery 26
HONORABLE MENTION
Sheryl Dix, Dana Rochester
Tulipomania European Flower Market.
Inspired by Long Case Clock, Unknown.
Gallery 9
2009 DESIGNS + WINNERS
Photography by Front Room Photography
JUDGES
Professionally judged awards decided by:
- Laurie Winters: Director of Exhibitions, Milwaukee Art Museum.
- Kitty Larkin: Past president, National Garden Club Federation, and accredited flower show judge.
- Elaine Burke: Accredited flower show judge, Garden Clubs of America.
FIRST PLACE
Denise Gehrke
Waukesha Floral and Greenhouse.
Inspired by Northwood III, Kenneth D. Snelson.
SECOND PLACE
Miki Herman
Moss Floral Design School and Studio.
Inspired by Field Armor, Michel Witz the Younger (workshop of).
THIRD PLACE
Pam Borgardt
Milaeger’s Inc. Racine.
Inspired by Boating on the Yerres [Périssoires sur [‘Yerres], Gustave Caillebotte.
HONORABLE MENTION
Alka Bhargava, Helen Surridge
Ikebana International Chapter #22.
Inspired by St. Dionysus, Kehinde Wiley.
2008 DESIGNS + WINNERS
Photography by Front Room Photography
JUDGES
Professionally judged awards decided by:
- Laurie Winters: Curator of Earlier European Art, Milwaukee Art Museum.
- Kitty Larkin: Past president, National Garden Club Federation, and accredited flower show judge.
- Elaine Burke: Accredited flower show judge, Garden Clubs of America.
BEST IN SHOW
AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Pam Borgardt
Milaeger’s Inc. Racine.
Inspired by Red, Yellow, Blue II by Ellsworth Kelly.
BEST IN TRADITIONAL DESIGN AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Terri Madison
Bayside Garden Center.
Inspired by Portrait of Miss Frances Lee by Francis Cotes.
BEST IN CREATIVE DESIGN
Alka Bhargava and Helen Surridge
Ikebana International Chapter 22.
Inspired by Study for Three Portraits by Fernand Léger.
BEST IN CREATIVE DESIGN–PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Mary Strachota Jahnkes
Grasch Floral.
Inspired by Untitled by Simon Sparrow.