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OPEN STUDIOS PLEIN AIR EVENTS

THANK YOU for making this year's Boulder County Plein Air Event a HUGE SUCCESS!

Over 80 artists created art in the great outdoors around Boulder County for a week and the results are amazing. Even if you missed our live event at Chautauqua's Auditorium last month, you can still browse and bid on beautiful works of plein air art. To browse the catalog and place bids, just click on the AUCTION button below. Bidding open through July 10.

 

 

Award Winners were selected by Artist and Juror Jane Hunt, ranked by Artdataintel as the 12th most awarded artist in  the U.S. Jane had a tough job selecting the best of the best from over 220 pieces of art in mediums ranging from painting to drawing to collage and fiber art.

 

The following artists received recognition, ribbons and cash awards for their excellent artwork:

 

Best of Show ($500) – Jessica Lanan for “A Place Between” - watercolor

Oil   

         1st Place ($250) – Sara Sanderson for “Quiet Place” Sponsored by 

         2nd Place ($150)  – Jan Vanderlinden for “Behind the Gas Station”

Acrylic & Gouache 

         1st Place ($250) – Whitman Lindstrom for “Highway 93”

         2nd Place ($150)  – Rebecca Caridad for “Shade Song”

Watercolor 

         1st Place ($250) – Kathleen Lanzoni for “Creekside”

         2nd Place ($150)  – Surbhi Tayal for “Boulder from an Aussie Eye #1”

Pastel

         1st Place ($250) – Megan Morgan for “Tomorrow in Marshall”

         2nd Place ($150)  – Pete Wysong for “Yellow Barn Farm”

Best Drawing ($250) – Kathleen Reilly for “Jamestown Cloud Drama” – Charcoal on Paper

Nocturne

         1st Place ($250) – Lindsay Jane Ternes for “Boulder Night Lights” - Oil

         2nd Place ($150) – George Sanderson for “Nocturne with Wisteria” - Oil

View of the Flatirons

         1st Place ($250) – Remington Robinson for “Ultra Mini Poppies Below Flatirons” - Oil

         2nd Place ($150)  – Christine Springer for “Spring at Chautauqua” - Oil

Historic Chautauqua Image

         1st Place ($250) – George Sanderson for “Ranger Cottage & Flatirons”

         2nd Place ($150)  – Anne Kullaf for “The Dining Hall”

New Twist on Plein Air   This category includes mediums like woodcut, felting/fiber arts, bas relief sculpture.

         1st Place ($250) – Camie Rigirozzi for “Barn on the Hill” - Linocut

         2nd Place ($150)  – Kaleigh Mellett for “The Feel of  the Flatirons” – Spackle on Board

Student

         1st Place ($250) – Elle Staron for “Community Gardens”

 

         2nd Place ($150)  – Albert Wallace for “Creeping Mahomia”

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