Artist Kathie Odom judged the latest entries. The Salon is sponsored by PleinAir™ Magazine but open to all painting styles and mediums. Below we highlight the top winners along with the judge’s comments about why their work stood out.
Judge: Award-winning artist, Kathie Odom
Announced on October 30th and featured in the Jan/Feb digital Fine Art Connoisseur and Feb/Mar PleinAir Magazine.
First Place Overall
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Still Stirring (at 93), 14 x 11 in.
Susan Patton, oil
First Place Overall
$600 Cash Prize
“The story is front and center on this special painting,” Kathie said. “The idea is so out-of-the-box, even though this is everyday life for some. The best of edges, shapes, value, composition, movement… all there!! I love, love, love this painting!”
Second Place Overall
The Matriarch,
Paul Kratter, Oil, 16×20 in.
Second Place Overall
$400 Cash Prize
“For a long time I’ve been trying to learn more about color change within the same value. This painting is a master course in that very thing! Shapes that are abstract working to make a realistic appeal plus a great lesson in hard and soft edges. And somehow, there is great emotion in this big mother.”
Third Place Overall: Joe Gyurcsak, Asbury Park, 6 x 12 inches, gouache
Asbury Park
Kyle Ma, Oil, 6×12 in.
Third Place Overall
$200 Cash Prize
“This little 6×12-inch jewel is action-packed. How the foreground goes from a really warm/dark value and transitions into a cool/soft-edged distance, well, it’s breathtaking. I especially love the true rendering of the figures… there’s a party going on!”
Highlights from the winners within 30+ individual categories and runners up to follow. All Category Winners receive a $50 Cash Prize
Best Landscape: Nathalie Lapointe, Terres Vertes, 36 x 72 inches
Best Still Life: Rachel Dowd, The Usual, Please, 8x 8 in. oil
Sponsored by PleinAir Magazine but open to all genres of painting and sculpture, the monthly PleinAir Salon rewards artists with over $50,000 in cash prizes and exposure of their work. A winning painting, chosen annually from the monthly winners, is featured on the cover of PleinAir magazine. The deadline is ongoing, so visit PleinAirSalon.com now to learn more!
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