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Plein Air Magazine's "Artist's Choice" & "Plein Air Award"

10/27/2015

Painting the Red Rocks, Winning Prizes

Bob Bahr Reporting
Editor, PleinAir Today

Painting at the Escalante Canyons Art Festival in Utah is a chance to depict the wonderful red rocks of the region — and maybe take home some ribbons and cash. Here’s how it went a couple of weeks ago.

The festival is different from many in that it clearly puts a stress on making plein air painting inviting to the general public. There are prizes for painters as young as kindergarten age, and the event itself is an open competition with no jurying. Best of Show winners in each category are not eligible to enter the competition for the next two years to ensure that no one dominates the event, and an artist can only win People’s Choice once in his or her lifetime. Artists cannot sign their pieces before the judging, to help make the decisions more impartial; they sign the front of the canvas immediately following the judging so the paintings are ready for sale.

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2007 Plein Air Paradise

7/6/2007

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I just returned from Plein Air Paradise 2007 in Midway Utah. I received some awards and sold some paintings making it a successful trip for me. The most valuable thing I got out of the event, was the nerve racking and exciting experience of having to whip out paintings left and right in short amounts of time. I also met a lot of really great artists and art enthusiasts. To see the paintings, click on the Midway Plein Air 2007 photo album icon.

Three cheers to the Midway Art Association for putting on such a wonderful event! I'll be there for sure next year!

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Escalante Plein Air Festival

10/26/2006

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In October, I entered my first plein air painting competition in Escalante, Utah. This competition was part of the Everett Ruess Days Festival. The object was to create an image that attempted to capture the same beauty of the Grand Staircase/Escalante area that inspired the artist/wanderer Everett Ruess. Participants had one week to do a maximum of five paintings in the categories of oil/acrylic and watercolor/mixed media. Only one painting per category was submitted. My oil painting entry (see above left) won an award of merit. It was an exciting weekend!

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Plein Air Magazine's "Artist's Choice" & "Plein Air Award"

2007 Plein Air Paradise

Escalante Plein Air Festival

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