Oxford Fine Arts Raffle
Welcome to the 2026 Oxford Fine Arts Raffle! Check out all the wonderful pieces our talented artists have submitted for the raffle. Raffle items will be added as we receive them from the artists – so check back often! The Winners will be drawn Sunday, May 17th at 4:00 pm with a toast of bubbly on-site!
All raffle proceeds support the Community Center’s yearlong arts and culture programs for all ages.
Raffle tickets can be purchased for each piece: 1 ticket $2, 6 tickets $10, or 12 tickets for $20
Artist: Naomi Clark-Turner
Title: “Shadow Play”
Dimensions: 6×12
Medium: Oil
Value: $359
Description: This piece was painted plein air in the summer. The two buildings were mostly in the shade, but I was struck by the bright light between them and the sun coming across the grass from the left and how the beautiful trunks of the trees were subtly catching the reflected warm light filtering through. I had to work fast to capture the scene before the light moved on.
Framed/Matted: 1 inch wide black wood frame
Artist: Sharon Dennis
Title: “Dogwood Harbor, Tilghman, MD”
Dimensions: 11×14
Medium: Pyrography with colored pencil
Value: $150
Description: Dogwood Harbor is a rendering of the active harbor during oyster season in Tilghman, MD. I changed the houses in the background to give the picture a humbler, small town feel. I also wanted the workboats to be the main focus to the observer.
Artist: Caryl Ersenkal
Title: “Spring’s First Iris”
Dimensions: 8.5×11
Medium: Gouache
Value: $300
Description: Could not resist the brilliant color and shape of one of the season’s first blooms.
Framed/Matted: Simple thin gold frame 12×15, under glass with off white Matt
Artist: Donna Finely
Title: “Shadow Rose”
Dimensions: 9×12
Medium: Pastel
Value: $425
Description: One Mother’s Day my son sent me a rose bush as his gift. I planted it in my garden and it has bloomed every year since then just around Mother’s Day. Although the bush is in the sun primarily, because it is close to my crepe myrtle tree, at a certain time of the day part of the bush is in shadow. This bloom was so big and perfectly formed that I wanted to capture it creatively to emphasize the shady image it presented. Also, since roses are often difficult to render well, especially when fully opened, this was also a study exercise. I was happy with the result because it presented a very different feel than what I usually achieve when painting roses and was not constrained by presenting it in its local color.
Framed/Matted: Gold Wood Plein Air Frame
Artist: Kim Klabe
Title: “DEI”
Dimensions: 26 x 28
Medium: Acrylic, cut paper, charcoal, pastel, liquid watercolor
Value: $1400
Description: Inspired by current events, using watercolor paper, liquid watercolor, charcoal, pastel and acrylic paint.
Artist: Pat Lang
Title: “Puppy Love and Donuts”
Dimensions: 13×17
Medium: Oil
Value: $300
Description: This is a painting of two very happy puppies looking at a stack of donuts, with doggy grins on their faces hoping they can get a bite or two. This painting is in oil on a Masonite panel and framed in a brown wooden frame. My love of animals, and in particular dogs of course, inspired me to create this painting.
Framed/Matted: Wood framed oil painting on a Masonite panel
Artist: Mary Ellen Mabe
Title: “On the Lee”
Dimensions: 6×12
Medium: Oil
Value: $325
Description: This an English field in which Sheep , or cattle graze called A Lee.
Framed/Matted: Frame is a taupe color with a gold filet
Artist: Dietrich Maune
Title: “The Gathering Storm”
Dimensions: 12×12
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Value: $450
Description: Every painting tells a story. I have worked with animals as subject for most of my professional career. I am interested in our relationships with them, and their inter species relationships. This painting continues my interest in journey as a metaphor, the unexpected that can occur, and how good can come from the experience. In this case, the fox and the tern find themselves voyaging together. Reflecting on the story of Huckleberry Finn during this painting, there may be challenges ahead for this unlikely duo, but they can also discover friendship, belonging, and support.
The painting is acrylic on canvas. My process uses acrylic gel infused paint to create layered marks and textures. These often create visual contrast with the more defined forms in the composition.
Framed/Matted: Black Gloss Wood Frame
Artist: Carol McClees
Title: “Marsh Vista”
Dimensions: 12×16
Medium: Oil
Value: $700
Description: As I watched the sun go down over the variable marsh shore ,with camera in hand, I took numerous shots of the warm afternoon sunlight and its colorful reflections. Back in the studio I used the photos to plan “Marsh Vista” which is a composition from a compilation of many of the photos. I was particularly drawn to the warm yellow grasses and purple shadows complimenting the trickle of blue water and distant sky.
Framed/Matted: Bronze floater frame
Artist: Laura McGowan
Title: “Boat Shed”
Dimensions: 6×8
Medium: Oil
Value: $325
Description: This is a plein air painting done at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD.
Framed/Matted: Black frame with antique gold inner edge
Artist: Betty Papson
Title: “Scattered”
Dimensions: 8×10
Medium: Oil on panel
Value: $375
Description: This still-life is a happy piece with fruit and flowers scattered across the surface
Framed/Matted: Gold 3” wide frame
Artist: Martha Pileggi
Title: “Morning Aura at Assateaique”
Dimensions: 9×12
Medium: Oil
Value: $500
Description: This oil painting was created Plein Air on one of my trips to Assateaque Island on a beautiful calm morning. The sky was filled with colors at the old Ferry Landing. It is painted with professional oil paints on Gessoed Birch Board and is surrounded by a 2 1/2″ Black plein air wood frame.
Framed/Matted: Solid black 2 1/2″ Wood Frame
Artist: Steven Sirota
Title: “Moon and Stars”
Dimensions: 12×12
Medium: Wire Art
Value: $65
Description: Wire Art of the moon and stars on a wood panel, inspired by the mystery of the skies and the beauty it beholds.
Artist: Barbara Zuehlke
Title: “Fire Bloom”
Dimensions: 9.5 x 9.5
Medium: Watercolor
Value: $400
Description: These were really unusual and beautiful roses. Just wanted to focus on one. Also, I was experimenting with a new pigment , Quinacridone Magenta….very different red for triad painting.
Framed/Matted: Gold edge floater frame