Congratulations Winners 2015 Edge of the Rock Plein Air Competition Beloit!

Best in Show - $1,500 - Purchase Prize donated by major underwriter, Regal.
Winner: “Transformation” by Allison Rae Nichols (Chicago, IL)

Pride of Beloit - $1,000 - Purchase Prize donated by North American Tool Corporation

Winner: “Tribute to Vernon Schaefer #2” by Kyle Martin (Rock Springs, WI)

Friends Award - $1,000 - Purchase Prize donated by Friends of Riverfront

Winner: “Strong Building” by Joshua Hess (Reedsburg, WI)

Beloit College Patron of the Arts Award - $750 - Purchase Prize donated by Beloit College.

Winner: “Power Plant Dam” by Thomas Buchs (Waukesha, WI)

Spirit of the Arts - $500 - Purchase Prize donated by Visit Beloit

Winner: “Flower Power” by James Richter (Janesville, WI)

People’s Choice (Professional Division) - $200 

Winner: “Shirland Avenue Bridge” by Barbara Vater (Middleton, WI)

Honorable Mention - $150

Winner: “That Monet Feeling in Riverside Park” by Debra Rollo (Waukesha, WI)

Honorable Mention - $150

Winner: “Grand Evening” by R.L. Weber (Belvidere, IL)

Honorable Mention - $150

Winner: “Grand Perspective” by Richard Dorbin (Milwaukee, WI)

Honorable Mention - $150 

Winner: “Under the Trestle” by Tim Syring (LaCrosse, WI)

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Next Generation Division (Age 13-19)

First place - $100

People’s Choice - $50
Winner: “A Stone’s Throw Away” by Annie-Laurie Zanter (Edgerton, WI)

Honorable Mention - $50

Winner: “Celebration” by McKenzie Harris (Beloit, WI)

8th Annual Edge of the Rock Plein Air Painting Event Awards: Congratulations!!!!

8^th Annual Edge of the Rock Plein Air Painting Event Awards
Beloit, WI. (June 13, 2014 at 4:00pm)

The judging is complete and the awards are decided for the 8^th Annual Edge of the Rock Plein Air Painting Events. John Ribble, Judge and pastel artist said: “This event reflects, both physically and conceptually, Beloit’s commitment to the arts. Kyle Martin’s Best of Show painting, Strong, After the Rain, is a tour-de-force that captures a palpable and immediate sense of time and place.”

The Beloit College-Hendricks Center for the Arts is transformed into a dazzling art gallery with beautiful scenes from Beloit’s scenic riverfront; the Beloit College campus; floral displays; downtown scenes; and more. Sue Fugate, Project Coordinator noted: “I have been involved for all eight years and find this show to be our strongest yet. The artist’s remind us of the beauty that surrounds us in Beloit. This year we have more “standout” paintings…more good paintings than ever before.”

A portion of the sales of the paintings benefit Friends of RiverFront.

A record number of participants came to both the workshop featuring Ken 

DeWaard, one of the nation’s most respected plein air painters and to the painting competition. The judges are Georgene Pomplun, John Ribble, and Diane Washa, all notable plein air painters in their own right. 

The Best in Show Award $1500

“Strong, After the Rain” by Kyle Martin, Reedsburg, WI

Pride of Beloit $1000

“Evening Light on Grand” by Matthew Holt, Silver Lake, WI

Friends Award $1000

“Only One Small Catfish” by Jenny Anderson, Milwaukee, WI

Patron of the Arts $500

“Edge of the Rock for the Edge of the Rock” by Jan Norsetter, Verona, WI

Spirit of the Arts $500

“Alliant Spillway” by Michael Reif, Appleton, WI

Honorable Mention $150

“Sunset Comes” by Paul Berquist, Viroqua, WI

Honorable Mention $150

“Dammed Rock” by Carolyn Larkin, Pewaukee, WI

Congratulations Edge of the Rock (Beloit) Competition Winners!!!

Awards and Prizes 2013 Edge of the Rock Plein Air Events

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION

·         Best in Show - $1,500 – Purchase Prize donated by major underwriter, Regal.

Winner: Matthew Holt, Silver Lake, WI. plus ½ page ad in Plein Air Magazine

Title: Intersection of Light and Shadow

·         Pride of Beloit - $1,000 – Purchase Prize donated by North American Tool Corporation

Winner: Kyle Martin, Reedsburg, WI plus ¼ page ad in Plein Air Magazine

Title: The Strong Intersection 

·         Friends Award - $1,000 – Purchase Prize donated by Friends of Riverfront

Winner: Jason H. Prigge, Manitowoc, WI plus ¼ page ad in Plein Air Magazine Title: Teak House 

·         Patron of the Arts - $500 – Purchase Prize donated by Angus Young Associates

Winner: Richard Dorbin, Milwaukee, WI                               

Title: Beloit Alley

·         Spirit of the Arts - $500 -  Purchase Prize donated by Visit Beloit

Winner: Jenny Anderson, Slinger, WI

Title: From the Bluff 

·         Honorable Mention - $150

Winner: Martha Hayden, Sharon, WI

Title: Riverfront Park – Reflections

·         Honorable Mention - $150

Winner: Patricia Wafer, Madison, WI

Title: Stillwater Evening

·         People’s Choice (Professional Division) -  Portable easel and paint box valued at $200 for the painting chosen by the artists and viewing public

Winner: Connie Fry 

        

NEXT GENERATION DIVISION

·         Best in Show -  $100

Winner: Lina Ngo, Beloit, WI

Title: June Monday Morning 

·         Superior  - $75

Winner: Annie-Laurie Zanter, Edgerton, WI

Title: Making Ripples

·         Exceptional $50

Winner: Josh Swedlund, Beloit, WI

Title: Graffiti at the Landing

The oil painting kit is awarded to Roxanne Joos for “Hiding from the Anthropology Building”

The watercolor painting kit is awarded to Alyssa Markley for “Summer on the River”

·         People’s Choice (Next Generation Division) -  Box table easel for the painting chosen by the artists and viewing public

Winner: Annie Zanter

Congratulations 2012 Beloit Edge of the Rock winners!!

1st Place Kyle Martin

2nd Place  Pat Rodell

3rd Place Tom Linden

Honorable Mention Jenny Anderson

Honorable Mention Thomas Trausch

Honorable Mention Mark Zelten

Honorable Mention Jason Prigge

Congratulations 2011 Edge of the Rock (Beloit) Winners!

2011 Edge of the Rock Plein Air Painting Events winners:

$1,500 Best in Show Pat Rodell, Madison, WI, Peace and Quiet, watercolor

$1,000 Grand Prize Thomas Trausch, Woodstock, IL, Right in the Middle (Middle College Building)oil

$500 Pride of Beloit Jenny Anderson, Slinger, WI Beloit Farmer’s Market

$250 Banner Artist, Mark Zelten, Green Bay, WI Friday in the Park (Lunch with live music)oil

$150 Honorable Mentions: Angela Gelasi, Delavan, WI Beyond the Trees

  And Jan Gilkey, Fort Atkinson, WI, Eaton Chapel Entrance,  oil

Next Generation Division:

$100 Best in Show, Abbey Jorgenson, Janesville, WI Cherub

$75 Superior Gabby Dekok , Beloit, WI, Summer Day

$50 Exceptional Brianna Williams Beloit, WI Blue Skies

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Up next Beloit: Edge of the Rock!!

Hey all,

Painting days  for the Beloit competition are June 1st through 9th. Here's the link...See you there!!

http://www.friendsofriverfront.com/?page_id=100