Auburn’s Michael O’Conner captured the first-place prize for his water media work, “November Sound”, at the Puyallup Fair Fine Art Show.

The show brought in more than a thousand works of art from professional and amateur artists. The artwork will be on display on the second floor of the pavilion with many pieces for sale throughout the fair, Sept. 10-26.

Auburn’s Debra Cepeda and Elizabeth Sala took second places in their respective mediums and categories.

For the first time at the Fine Art Show, a special competition for pastel artists was held. Artists were invited to enter one pastel work in this special category, which was judged separately. Pastel and other artists alike came together and submitted some of their finest work.

More than $4,300 was awarded to artists in categories of oil, mixed media, sculpture, drawing, computer generated, water media, and miniature.

The fine art winners are as follows:

Best in Show

$400: Dan Klennert of Elbe, “Little Jack”

World of Pastel

1st place ($250): Barbara Newton of Renton, “Sky View Afternoon”

2nd place ($150): Debra Cepeda of Auburn, “The Whitney Bridge Bunch”

3rd place ($75): Mary McInnis of Port Orchard, “Kelly’s Trees”

Oil

1st ($250): Ingrida Gasaway of Yelm, “Ooops!”

2nd ($150): Mary McInnis of Port Orchard, “Lena Lake Trail #2”

3rd ($75): Larry Parkhurst of Port Orchard, “The Three Stages”

4th ($50): Larry Parkhurst of Port Orchard, “The Dissident”

Mixed media

1st ($250): Judy Kalin of Moses Lake, “Wild Bamboo”

2nd ($150): Bill Colby of Tacoma, “The Milky Way”

3rd ($75): Barbara Leavitt of Yakima, “We Sit at the Same Table”

4th ($50): Fumiko Kimura of Tacoma, “Kimoroscape”

Miniature

1st Place ($75): Dee Dee Murry of Centralia, “Ready for Action”

2nd Place ($50): Sandra West of Seattle, “Lake from Cliff Rd”

3rd Place ($35): Lynda Desmarteau of Fox Island, “Her Warmth”

4th Place ($25): Grant Eagle of Tacoma, “Elements”

Sculpture

1st ($250): Arvid Anderson of Fox Island, “Egyptian Potlatch”

2nd ($150): James Knowles of Edgewood, “Tiny Dancer”

3rd ($75): Jay Van Der Reijden of Lakebay, “Ba Jian”

4th ($50): Lavonne Hoivik of Tacoma, “Tryin’ It”

Drawing

1st ($250): Chris Bronstad of Vaughn, “Scotty”

2nd ($150): Jerome Petteys of Tacoma, “Walla Walla Victorian”

3rd ($75): Frances Tanner of Federal Way, “Blackberries in the Sun”

4th ($50): Barbara Newton of Renton, “April at Paradise, Mt. Rainier”

Computer generated

1st ($250): Roland Downing of Tacoma, “Painted Florals”

2nd ($150): Elizabeth Sala of Auburn, “Breaking Camp”

3rd ($75): Patricia Herman of Edgewood, “Fall Leaves”

4th ($50): Charles Sweney of University Place, “Bedrock Blue”

Water media

1st ($250): Michael O’Conner of Auburn, “November Sound”

2nd ($150): Kathy Gidley of University Place, “Fence Talk with Brestwer”

3rd ($75): D.R. Barrick of Arlington, “Mister T II”

4th ($50): Pamela Vawter of Mossy Rock, “Dancing on the Wind”