Awards List - 20th Plein Air Easton 2024

Grand Prize: Timothy Dills Memorial Award, $5,000 + Invitation to participate in #PAE2025
Sponsored by Ellen Vatne
Robert Simone, ‘The Shipwright’s Apprentice’

Artists' Choice, $5,000, + Invitation to participate in #PAE2025
Sponsored by Hali & Scott Asplundh            
Orville Giguiento, ‘Getting Ship-shape’

2nd Place, $2,000, + Invitation to participate in #PAE2025
Sponsored by the Academy Art Museum     
Christine Lashley, ‘Heritage Fields’

3rd Place , $1,000, + Invitation to participate in #PAE2025           
Sponsored by September First Partners       
Patrick Lee, ‘Morning Hours (St. Michaels)’

Life on the Farm, $1,000
Sponsored by the Talbot County Farm Bureau and Talbot Extension Advisory Council      
Susan Lynn, ‘Hay Loft’

Life of a Waterman,  $1,000
Sponsored by Anonymous
Richie Vios, ‘Restoration Journey’

Best Marine, $1,000
Sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
John Brandon Sills, ‘At Rest’

Best Architectural, $1,000
Sponsored by the Historical Society of Talbot County
Scott W. Prior, ‘Pop-up Gas’       

Best New Artist to Plein Air Easton, $1,000
Sponsored by Wye Financial Partners
Antwan Ramar, ‘No Need to Barge’         

Best Nocturne, $1,000
Sponsored by Eric Timsak & Leslie Lobell
Vlad Duchev, ‘Oxford Serenade’

Best Watercolor, $500
Sponsored by The Trippe Gallery
Orville Giguiento, ‘Ship-shape’   

Best Use of Light, $500
Sponsored by Betty Huang at Studio B Gallery
Palden Hamilton, ‘Dry Spell’       

Judge’s Choice (1 of 3), $500
Sponsored by Margaret Wrightson & David Bellis     
Jim Rehak, ‘Oxford’

Judge’s Choice (1 of 3), $500
Robin Roberts, ‘Abandoned’      

Judge’s Choice (3 of 3), $500
Henry Coe, ‘Fading Light’

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