Past Winners

2022 Award Winners
Congratulations Plein Air Professional Artist Award Winners!

1st – Morning Light on Mill Creek by Ed Kennedy
2nd – Country Morning by Linda Pelowski
3rd – Tuesday Morning by Carolyn Damstra

Congratulations Plein Air Emerging Artist Award Winners!

1st – Morning at Neils by Michael Dority
2nd – Sundown on the Farm by Michael Tavares
3rd – Waiting for the Harvest by Lisabeth Curnow

Congratulations Quick Draw Artist Award Winners!

1st – Just a Memory by Tamera Menard Ovall
2nd – Waiting for the Season by Janice Dumas
3rd – Afternoon Ale by Margaret Robinson

Greg LaRock Award

Plein Art Poetry and Air Poetry – Pasture by Mary Hertler Tallman

Artist’s Choice Award

Plein Air Poetry by Mary Hertler Tallman

People’s Choice Award

River View #2 by Tina Hotchkiss

Essence of Dexter Award

August Blues by Carolyn Damstra

Best Nocturne

A Night on the Town by Tamera Menard Ovall

2019 Award Winners
Congratulations Plein Air Professional Artist Award Winners!

1st – Vermilion Craze by Todd Zuithof
2nd – Stand of Trees by Sandra Ackerman
3rd – Artful Alleyway by Steve Puttrich

Congratulations Plein Air Emerging Artist Award Winners!

1st – A Lovely Tree by Lesli Weston
2nd – Tractor Time by Jeff Herndon
3rd – I Watch Over the Field by Andrea Rose

Congratulations Quick Draw Artist Award Winners!

1st – Dexter Mill Falls In by Ed Kennedy
2nd – Waiting for the Fog to Lift by Janice Dumas
3rd – Between the Pickups by Michael McCleer

Artist’s Choice Award

Truck Time by Mary Hertler Tallman

People’s Choice Award

Vermilion Craze by Todd Zuithof

Essence of Dexter Award

Dexter Depot by Cynthia Yates

Best Nocturne

Dexter Creamery Nocturne by Andrea Czarnik

2018 Award Winners
Congratulations Plein Air Professional Artist Award Winners!

1st – Still in Use by Linda Klenczar
2nd – Afternoon Delight by Janet Kohler
3rd – Orange Landing by Jane Flanders

Congratulations Plein Air Emerging Artist Award Winners!

1st – From the Rocks by Kelly Shirkey
2nd – Walking the B2B by Tina Hotchkiss
3rd – Corner Sentinels by Vicki Berry

Congratulations Quick Draw Artist Award Winners!

1st – Come On In by Amy Collins
2nd – it Flows by Lorraine McFarland
3rd – Morning Artist by David Peacock

Artist’s Choice Award

Reflections by John Kelty

2017 Award Winners

Congratulations Plein Air Professional Artist Award Winners!

1st – Beauty by the Side of the Road by Debra Howard
2nd – Big Scary Bush by Jane Flanders
3rd – Mulberries and Cream by Todd Zuithof

Congratulations Plein Air Emerging Artist Award Winners!

1st – A Fruitful Day by John Nagridge
2nd – Perspective DQ by Ronald Farrington Sharp
3rd – Barn III by Pam Siegfried

Congratulations Quick Draw Artist Award Winners!

1st – House of Fifth Street by Michael McCleer
2nd – On Deck by Todd Zuithof
3rd – The Alley on Alpine Street by Martha Elchert

Artist’s Choice Award

1st – Hideaway by Jill Stefani Wagner
2nd – Summer Stream by Todd Zuithof

Best Use of Color in Architecture Award

The Old Mill by Judy Kelly

Best Use of Color in a Landscape Award

Barn Poetry XXVIII by Mary Hertler Tallman

Best Sky in a Landscape or Cityscape Award

Southern Exposure by Mary Dice

1st Place – Professional
Ed Kennedy
2nd Place – Professional
Linda Pelowski
3rd Place – Professional
Carolyn Damstra
1st Place – Quick Draw
Tamera Menard Ovall
2nd Place – Quick Draw
Janice Dumas
3rd Place – Quick Draw
Margaret Robinson
Best Nocturne Award
Tamera Menard Ovall
1st Place – Emerging
Michael Dority
2nd Place – Emerging
Michael Tavares
3rd Place – Emerging
Lisabeth Curnow
Greg LaRock Award
Mary Hertler Tallman
Artist’s Choice Award
Mary Hertler Tallman
People’s Choice Award
Tina Hotchkiss
Essence of Dexter Award
Carolyn Damstra