COMPETITION ARTISTS FOR 2014 ENPLEINAIRTEXAS
Melissa Arthur |
Tina Bohlman * Paintings held by private & corporate collectors in 37 states, Europe, Australia, New Zealand & West Africa
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Nancy Ann Bozeman * Received Honorable Mention, The Pastel Journal 100, April 2014 issue of Pastel Journal * Aims to portray a special moment of time in each of her pieces
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Hugh Campbell * Signature status-Pastel Society of America * Signature status-Pastel Society of West Coast
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Hiu Lai Chong * Featured in 'Artist Profile' in Plein Air Magazine Oct/Nov 2012 |
J.R. Cook |
Russell Cushman
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Fran Ellisor * Received Award of Merit, Plein Air Southwest, Dallas TX 2014
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Jonathan Gaetke * Awarded "Honorable Mention" Paint San Clemente 2014 * Awarded "Honorable Mention" Plein Air Painters of New Mexico (PAPNM) Annual Juried show 2014 * Received "Honorable Mention" Fresh Paint, Durand WI 2013 |
Nyle Gordon * Awarded both 1st Place & 1st place Lake Quick Draw, Penn Valley Park Plein Air, Kansas City MO 2014
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Ray Hassard * Received Top Award in Plein Air Richmond 2012 |
Karen Ann Hitt * Featured article Outdoor Painter PleinAir Magazine, July 2013 * Founder Venice Plein Air, Member Plein Air Florida and PASC
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Myra Knapp * Selected to exhibit in Oil Painters of America National Show 2012; Oil Painters of America Western Regional Shows 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 |
Paul Kratter * Signature Member Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc (LPAPA) & won ‘Best of Plein Air’ LPAPA 2012
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John Lasater IV * Awarded Best of Show Plein Air Southwest, Dallas TX 2014
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Jimmy Longacre * Honorable Mention in the 2014 Oil Painters of America Summer Online Showcase
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Susan Lynn * Featured Artist at the 3rd Annual Plein Air Convention & Expo 2014 * Feature article in 2013 June/July issue of Plein Air Magazine * Received both Best Plains Landscape award and Western Art & Architecture Magazine Publisher's Award of Excellence at the 2014 American Plains Artist Juried Exhibit |
Joan Mertz * Holds a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA
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Lisa Mitchell * Member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters * Signature Member of the Maryland Society of Portrait Painters |
Bob Joseph O'Brian
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Stephen Parker * Participated in 2009 Paint The Town Plein Air Event, Marble Falls, Texas * Member of Plein Air Austin since 2008
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Sara Linda Poly |
Morris M. Reese, Jr * Member of Oil Painters of America, Outdoor Painters Society and Plein Air Austin
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Ann Rogers
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Jason Sacran * Awarded Best of Show Door County Plein Air Invitational 2014 * Awarded both Best of Show & Quick Draw Winner, Mountain Maryland Plein Air Invitational 2014 |
Richard Sneary * Received Awards at PleinAir Easton for Best Architectural Award (2012), and Historic Preservation Award (2013), and Plein Air Richmond for Fast & Fresh 1st Place (2013), and Honorable Mention (2014) * Missouri Valley Impressionist Society; Best of Show (2012), 2nd Place (2014) * Featured in Artist Profile article in Plein Air Magazine, Aug/Sept 2014 |
Stewart White * PleinAir Salon Grand Prize Winner 2014 * President of MAPAPA Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association. Past President of ASAI American Society of Architectural Illustrators 2012, Signature member of the AWS and NWS * PleinAir Easton Grand Prize Winner 2009
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INVITED ARTISTS FOR 2014 ENPLEINAIRTEXAS
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Nancy Tankersley * Founder of PleinAir Easton & chief organizer for the first three years. Awarded Second Place in Plein Air Easton in 2013 * One of five artists invited by PleinAir Magazine to paint on a 500 acre farm in the Hamptons with story in the Dec 2013/Jan 2014 issue of PleinAir Magazine * Will be featured in the 2014 August/September issue of PleinAir Magazine * Serves as a Juror for numerous regional and national competitions and in 2013 was the October November judge for the Plein Air Salon * Juried into international competitions such as the annual Salon International, the American Impressionist Society annual exhibit, and Oil Painters of America |
* Awarded best informal Sketch category award from American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) * Invited to PleinAir Easton 2010 - 2014, and received an Honorable Mention Award in the PleinAir Easton Festival * Created and managed PleinAir Mt. Lebanon in 2012, a seven day plein-air and arts festival in Mt. Lebanon, PA * Magna Cum Laude graduate of the State University College of Buffalo with degrees in design & art history. Completed his Master of Fine Arts Degree with honors in 1995 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Francoise Valenti * Born in the Aveyron Region of SW France * Spent 20 years in Paris where she collaborated with the Maig Davaud Gallery, in the Rue de Seine * Presented exhibitions of her work in Paris, Rodez, Sarlat, Grasse, London, Stockholm and San Francisco * Owns the Francoise Valenti Gallery in the beautiful village of Roussillon, France, where she has welcomed daily visitors and international clients since 1992 * Loves to paint in TEXAS! |
Margaret Hoybach * Lectures at colleges, museums, and professional organizations and has taught seminars throughout the United States for the last thirty years and in Europe for the last ten years * Juries and judges art shows in the southeastern United States * Featured in a public educational television series, “The Artistry of Margaret Hall Hoybach”, which was produced & aired in the Washington, D.C. area * Published her book in 2002, “Colors of France – A Painting Pilgrimage”, the story of her trip to paint in Monet’s garden in Giverny, France
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Mary Margaret Pipkin * Exhibited watercolors in one-person shows across the country, including The U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C, the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, the Olbrich Botanical Garden in Madison, WI, the Museum of The Southwest in Midland, TX, and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts * Works are included in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum, the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Washington Post, National Institutes of Health, and the Fannie Mae Corporation * Native Texan born and raised in San Angelo, received her BFA and MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973 and 1975 and studied painting at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in New York as the recipient of a Max Beckmann Scholarship |