2014 Plein Air Easton Competition Winners

Competition Awards

Grand Prize: Timothy Dills Memorial Award, "Meditation" by John Brandon Sills, oil, 42x30

2nd Place Award: Sponsored by the Academy Art Museum, "Chicken Point" by Tim Bell, oil, 30x30

3rd Place Award: Sponsored by Ben Franklin Crafts Design and Create, "Pear Jordan" by Ken DeWaard, oil, 18x24

Artist Choice Award: Sponsored by Fine Art Connoisseur, "Night Mooring" by Zufar Bikbov, oil on canvas board, 16x20

Vanishing Landscape Award: Sponsored by the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, "Higgins Soft Shells" by Tim Kelly, oil on panel, 14x18

Best Maritime Award: Sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, "After the Storm" by Stephen Griffin, oil, 30x36

Best Architectural Award: Sponsored by the Historical Society of Talbot County, "Kemp Farm" by Mark Boedges, oil, 20x30

The Carol Hilderbrandt Award of Connecting Artist with the Community:  "Tarr House" by Crystal Moll, oil, 20x20

Best Composition Award: Sponsored by Chesapeake Fine Art Studio, "Avalon Perch" by Garin Baker, oil on linen, 26x34

Judge’s Choice Award: Sponsored by the Easton Galleries, "Cove View" by Stephanie Marzella, oil on panel, 12x24

Best New Artist to Plein Air Easton: Sponsored by Wye Financial & Trust, "Forest's Pond" by Nikolay Mikushkin, oil on linen, 20x24

Best Use of Light Award: Sponsored by the Out of the Box Artists, "Night Mooring" by Zufar Bikbov, oil on canvas board, 16x20

Best Painting by a Maryland Artist: Sponsored By National Premium Beer, "Moonrise over Peachhblossom Creek" by Sara Linda Poly, oil 12x12

Honorable Mention: "Possible Showers" by Hiu Lai Chong, oil, 10x20

Honorable Mention: "Holly Berries" by Robert J. Barber, oil, 24x31

Quick Draw Awards 

First Place: "7/19/2014" by Charlie Hunter, oil

Second Place: "Bullitt Smoke House" by David R. Csont, watercolor

Third Place:  "Sentinel" by Susan Lynn, watercolor

Honorable Mention: "Harrison Street View" by Elaine Lisle, oil

Honorable Mention: "Post Office" by John Michael Cart, OPAM, oil

Honorable Mention: "Mabels" by Mark Lague, oil

Quick Draw Awards for Paintings by Non-Plein Air Easton Competition Painters: Sponsored by Chesapeake Fine Art Studio

Best Painting: "Come to my Garden" by Barbara Rallo 

Best Composition: "The Bartlett" by Art Stiefel

Honorable Mention: "Fennel Garden" by Diane DuBois Mullaly

 

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