Winners of Idaho State University ‘Paint the Pond’ Announced; New Art to Decorate Pond Student Union

Story/Photo Opportunity August 29, 2011
Winners of Idaho State University ‘Paint the Pond’ Announced;
New Art to Decorate Pond Student Union

What: The winning paintings of Idaho State University’s “Paint the Pond” competition will be hung at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, and Tuesday, Aug. 30, in the Pond Student Union Building.

Who: The winning artists, both from Pocatello, are Torgesen Murdock and Anne Merkley.

Details on Torgeson’s Painting: Torgeson’s 10 foot by 5 foot painting – “of beautiful backcountry that has water, gorgeous rocks and trees, in a mountain area with wildlife” – will be hung at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, on the upper level of the Pond Student Union on the orange wall between the Computer Laboratory and the Salmon River Suite’s North Fork Room entrance. She earned $4,000 for the winning painting.

Details on Merkley’s Painting: Merkley painted a 9 foot by 4 foot painting of a landscape that features aspen trees in the autumn near Idaho’s Bear Creek in the Gem state’s central mountains. Her piece earned Merkley $3,000 and it will be hung Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. on the upper level of the Pond Student Union between the entrances of the North Fork and Middle Fork Rooms of the Salmon River Suite.

For more information: Contact Lowell Richards, 282-3435.

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