2012 Plein Air-Easton! Competition WINNERS

Judge: Tim Newton | Jurist: Don Demers
2012 Grand Prize, $5,000
Timothy E. Dills Memorial Award		 Hiu Lai Chong from Rockville, MD for “All Tucked In”
Second Place, $2,000
Sponsored by the Academy Art Museum		 Eric Bowman from Tigard, OR for “Talbot County Landscape”
Third Place, $1,000 Jill Basham from Trappe MD for “Blackwater Dawn”
Vanishing Landscape Award, $2,500
sponsored by anonymous donors with funding arranged by Tilghman Watermen’s Museum		 Jim Wodark from Orange CA for “Standing Tall”
Best Marine Award, $2,000
sponsored by Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum		 D. Eleinne Bassa from Jackson NJ for “Solitude.”
Best Architectural Award, $1,000
sponsored by Historical Society of Talbot County		 Richard R. Sneary from Kansas City MO for “Back Yards”
Artists’ Choice Award, $500
plus full page ad in PleinAir magazine		 Hiu Lai Chong from Rockville MD for “All Tucked In”
Best Painting by a Maryland Artist, $500
Troika Gallery Award		 John Brandon Sills from Phoenix MD for “Firefly Ballet”
Best New Artist to Plein Air-Easton!, $500
Easton Studio & School Award		 Charlie Hunter from Bellows Falls VT for “Grey Goose Farm 1”
Best Use of Light, $500 (in products)
Ultrech Award of Excellence		 Paul Bachem from Locust Valley NY for “Moored at Dawn”
Honorable Mention, $150 Ron Donoughe from Pittsburgh PA for “Fuel Storage”
Honorable Mention, $150 Chad Smith from New Hartford NY for “Grey Goose Sunset"
   

Quick draw awards

Judge: Tim Newton
Note: Winners in the National Competition are not eligible to win a prize in the Quick Draw.
1st Place, $1,500 Tim Kelly from Baltimore MD for “It Rained Hard for 20 Minutes”
2nd Place, $750 Michele Byrne from Wyomissing PA for “Market Rain”
3rd Place, $500 Jane McGraw-Tuebner from E. Northpoint NY for “View Before the Rain”
Honorable Mention, $100 Ken DeWaard from Viroqua WI for “After the Rain”
Honorable Mention, $100 Greg LaRock from Newport Beach CA for “Alley Puddle”
Honorable Mention, $100 John Michael Carter from Louisville KT for “Saturday Morning”
   

Quick Draw: The Next Generation Awards

Judge: Tim Newton
Sponsored by Attraction Magazine Awards

Ages 16-25
First Place, $1,500
with winning painting featured on cover of the August issue of Attraction magazine		 Diana Chou (age 18) from Potomac MD for “Lovely Pathway”
Second Place, $1,000 Moriah Morgan (age 21) from Hollywood MD for “Irish Traditions”
Third Place, $500 Avery Clark (age 20) from Berwyn PA for “Masons”

Ages 15 and Under
First Place, $200 Sydney Hardy (age 15) from Brandywine MD for “Henry’s Door”
Second Place, $100 Anna Wright (age 15) from Bowie MD for “Beautiful Blue”
Third Place, $50 Molly Myers (age 8) from St. Michaels MD for “Garden Fireworks”