The Selma Art Guild held their annual Summer Juried Art Exhibition on Sunday.

The juror for the event, George Taylor, said serving as the juror for the event was no easy task.

“There were many more deserving works than I had prizes to award,” said Taylor. “Just as am I always amazed by the architectural beauty of your city each time I visit, I was deeply impressed by the quality and variety of artworks entered in this show.

“In assessing these pieces, I look at many things: first, mastery of the medium and formal elements, originality, the meaning of the piece and how successfully it is conveyed,” he said. “Then, overall expression and the degree to which the artist has challenged themselves, and by extension, us, the viewers, in a particular piece. Finally, I look to see which pieces compel me to want to keep looking at them the longest. In our rapidly changing world, I think this is the only quality of all great visual art which we can expect to endure.”

Shirley Quarles Baird’s watercolor painting “Big Top” won Best of Show.

In the Opaque category, Durand Seay’s “The Chagall Intuition” won first, Carol Pugsley Jones’ “Low Country Life” won second place and Shelby Chandler’s “Kiss Lots of Boys” won third place.

In the transparent category, Baird’s piece “Moon Dance” won first place, Russell Everett’s “Sailfish” won second place and Gena Clements’ “Mystery of Sunlight and Shadow” won third place.

In the photography category, Georgia Ann Banks-Martin’s “Happy Day” piece won first place, Jennifer Levins’ “Autauga Cotton Field” won second place and Libby Christensen’s “Laboring with Love” won third place.

In the 3-Dimensional category, Jo Taylor’s “Memories” won first place, Chandler’s “Trauma Pod No. 1” won second place and Christensen’s “Bloody Wicked Twister” won third place.

In the dry category, Everett’s “Trigger Fish” won first place, Levins’ “Denny Chimes” won second place and Julie Lowry’s “Patch” won third place.