Nevada Magazine Recognizes Two WNC Artists

Jan 13, 2021

Marie Nygren received first place with her landscape of Walker Lakes sand dunes.

WNC Art Instructor Rob Petersen took first place in Great Picture Hunts wildlife category with a perfectly timed photo.

Nevada Magazines expertise is providing its readers with an opportunity to Experience Nevada in many different ways.
Including photography.
Nevada Magazines 2020 Great Picture Hunt spotlighted prodigious photography talent on Western Nevada Colleges Fallon campus.
WNC Gallery Coordinator Marie Nygren and Art Instructor Rob Petersen were selected by Nevada Magazine as winners of the 2020 Great Picture Hunt. Their work was featured in the fall and winter editions of the magazine.
Petersen took first place in wildlife category and runner-up in long exposure.
Nygren claimed first place with her landscape featuring sand dunes on Walker Lake.
Nevada Magazine team members selected the winners, while readers chose the runners-up.
To see Nygrens and other winning entries, go to https://nevadamagazine.com/issue/winter-2021/16241/. To see Petersens winning wildlife photo and other first-place photos, go to https://nevadamagazine.com/issue-flipbooks/fall-2020/.