Judge - Virginia Perle
Artist Virginia Perle maintains her studio in Toms River near the scenes and activities that have become the inspiration of her many paintings.  She has been painting most of her life and was formally educated in Fine Art at Montclair State College and with many renowned watercolorists.  She has taught watercolor and oil painting but now concentrates on her own work.  Ginny has exhibited in the Rotunda of the House of Representatives office building in Washington, DC and at the Statehouse in Trenton in a summer-long-one-artist exhibit.  Her work is included in the popular books "To the Shore Once More", Vol. 1 & 11, the cover and prints in the book "A cats a Century Tradition" and "LBI Rhapsody."  Ginny has art and illustrations in the magazine Jersey Shore and an article of her work in Shore Life magazine.

The Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission sponsored the cash awards received by the artists in 1st through 3rd place.