Winners! 2015 Door County Plein Air Festival!!

Congratulations Winners 2015 Door County Plein Air Festival!!!

Best in Show & Artists Choice. The Magical Hour by Ken DeWaard

First Place - Ephraim View by John Lasater — withJohn Porter Lasater IV.

Second Place - Highway 57 Harmonics by Dawn Whitelaw

Third Place - Tickets! by Marc R. Hanson

Honorable Mention - Light Fog by D. Eleinne Basa

Honorable Mention - Ostensible Nocturne, Fish Creek by Charlie Hunter

Artists Choice Winner (and winner of invitation to 2015 Door County Plein Air Festival) Nancy Tankersley

People's Choice Winner, Susan Lynn

Congratulations 2013 Door County Plein Air Winners!!

Best of Show: Mark Boedges, VT

"Niagra Escarpment"

Artists' Choice: Mark Boedges for  "Sturgeon Bay Shipyard"  (oil)

First Place: Marc R. Hanson, CO, for "Nearing Road" (oil)

Second Place: M. Shawn Cornell, MO, for  "Queen Ann and King Cloud" (oil)

Third Place: Aaron Schuerr, MT, for "Evening Surprise" (pastel)

Honorable Mention: Carol Strock Wasson, IN, for Starry Night Over Moonlight Bay"  (pastel)

1st Place Dockside Quick Paint open event: Rick Brawner, WI, for "The Chief" (oil) 

 For his award, Rick will participate as a featured artist in the 2014 Door County Plein Air Festival.

Door County Plein Air Festival 2012 Winners! Congratulations!!

1st place and Artists Choice Award
Marc Hanson
Monday Morning

2nd Place
M. Shawn Cornell
Horseshoe Bay Farm

3rd Place
Shelby Keefe
There's No Getting Away From It

Honorable Mention
Dawn Whitelaw
Sister Bay PM

Dockside Competition announces winners!
1st place and invitation to be a Featured Artist in the 2013 Door County Plein Air Festival: Lisa Stauffer
2nd Place: Rick Brawner
3rd Place: Julie Jilek

Tom Nachreiner: workshops 2012

Tom Nachreiner    Workshops 2012

Workshops Schedule 2012 (for details click on websites below) April 28th & 29th Northbrook IL Northbrook Arts Commission   www.northbrookarts.org  May 17th - 18th - 19th Fish Creek WI Peninsula Art School   www.peninsulaartschool.com  June 17th Demonstration- Fish Creek WI Edgewood Orchard Galleries   www.edgewoodorchard.com  July 22nd - July 28th Daily Demos  Fish Creek WI Door County Plein Air Festival   www.DoorCountyPleinAir.com Sept. 24th - 28th Pennsylvania Bucks County Art Workshops   www.buckscountyartworkshops.com innkeeper@stoneridge-farm.com TOM NACHREINER paintings@tomnachreiner.com (check out my new workshop schedule by clicking on my website) www.tomnachreiner.com 262-617-4066

http://www.tomnachreiner.com/workshops.html

Hey all: Check out this great Article in the Door County Pulse on WIPAPA Member Tom Nachreiner!!

Q&A – Questions & Artists – Tom Nachreiner

By Randy Rasmussen

	"Young Doe" by Tom Nachreiner

January 06, 2012

Tom Nachreiner grew up in Wisconsin and graduated from Verona High School. He spent one year studying art at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and then transferred to Milwaukee’s Layton School of Art where he received his Bachelor of Arts in fine arts, achieving highest honors. After graduating, Nachreiner started his own successful illustration company and, among other honors, had his paintings accepted three times into the New York Society of Illustrators Show. Tom has won illustration awards locally, regionally and nationally.

Nachreiner leads three-day and weeklong workshops at his studio/gallery, Maple Avenue Studio, in Waukesha County, and he is represented in Door County at Edgewood Galleries. He has also participated in the Door County Plein Air Festival, as well as taught workshops at the Peninsula School of Art. Nachreiner’s next show at Edgewood Orchard Galleries will be June 16 through July 18, 2012.

Randy Rasmussen (RR): Tom you have had an outstanding career as both an illustrator and a fine artist winning many awards. Is there one award or prize you remember as being most important?

"Sunrise-Sunset" by Tom Nachreiner

Tom Nachreiner (TN): While I was in Layton School of Art – rated number five art school at the time – I received the highest merit award scholarship given each year to a senior student. The Miriam Frink & Charlotte Partridge Scholarship consisted of full tuition, art supplies and books for the senior year, (along with bragging rights for being the best of the class). That award started my art career out on a winning note.

RR: I have interviewed many artists, and it seems they always enjoyed drawing at an early age. Do you remember when you started to draw and create?

TN: I didn't have any formal training in grade school or high school, but I started drawing in pencil only with a stump for blending, doing portraits at home and in study hall at school. I purchased several books about drawing and was inspired.

RR: Did you have any teachers who gave you encouragement to follow a career in art? Did you know even before high school that this is what you wanted to do with your life?

TN: I had no encouragement other than my parents and friends until college. I wanted to become an engineer or architect because of my strong math and science background in high school. I also excelled at sports. I knew when I got into the engineering department at UW Madison and then saw the art department that I wanted to switch majors. I did receive encouragement from several distinguished college instructors.

RR: Was it difficult making the transition from illustrator to fine artist?

TN: It wasn't too difficult to switch from commercial illustration to fine art because my style from my freshman year in Madison, my natural style, remained painterly from the beginning. I did both fine art and national illustration in a similar style since 1989 and exclusively fine art since 2000.

RR: Your website, which I encourage readers to visit, has many paintings of Door County. Do you have a favorite place to paint in Door County?

TN: My favorite place to paint in Door County, actually, are two places – Fish Creek and Ephraim. I consider that area to be the heart of Door County. There is the art school, a wide variety of subject and lots of traffic. I really don't think there is a bad spot to paint in Door County.

RR: I was fortunate to watch you paint this year in Baileys Harbor for the Peninsula School of Art’s Plein Air Festival. When you start a painting, what size and type of brush do you use to block the initial work in? How many colors are on the standard "Nachreiner" palette?

TN: I start blocking in each painting with a large "bright” brush [which has a flat ferrule and short hairs that are usually as wide as they are long] after first establishing the composition and center of interest in a rough drawing with a small brush. Outdoors, my palette has changed recently to yellow, red, blue and white. I can get every color using just those four colors. Sometimes I do use alizarin or black if I am doing figures or still lifes in the studio.

"Ice Cream & Shade" by Tom Nachreiner

RR: In your years of teaching is there one common mistake you see students making?

TN: Virtually all students squeeze out too little paint. I abide by the saying, “Squeeze out paint like you are rich.” Also most students use brushes that are too small. Other issues are: painting too smooth, too much fussy detail, and raw colors. I address these issues along with creating a dynamic composition in my workshops along with stressing good drawing and correct values.

RR: How many plein air events do you paint in every year?

TN: I paint in three plein air events each year – New Harmony, Indiana, First Brush of Spring; Cedarburg Plein Air Competition; and the Door County Plein Air Festival. This will be my sixth year invited to the Door County festival.

For more information on Tom Nachreiner, visit www.tomnachreiner.com.

Congratulations Winners 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival!

Exhibition Artists' Choice and Juror's Awards, Juried by Brian Stewart

Best in Show  Nocturne, Sister Bay  by Brian Sindler

1st Place  After Hours  by Colin Page 

2nd Place  The American Dream  by James Richards

3rd Place  Ice Cream and Shade  by Tom Nachreiner

Honorable Mention  Backyard View  by Marc Hanson

Honorable Mention  High Summer  by Stuart Fullerton

Honorable Mention  Lakeshore Patterns  by Joshua Been

Honorable Mention  Wednesday Afternoon in the Park  by Colin Page

Honorable Mention  The Heather J.  by Mark Boedges

Artists' Choice  Selected by the participating Featured Artists for a body of work created during the Festival - Frank Gardner

Dockside Quick Paint Awards, Judged by People's Choice

1st Place  Sitting in the Corner  by Katie Musolff 

2nd Place  Boats in Fish Creek Harbor  by Richard Brawner 

3rd Place  Simply Summer  by Teddy Jackson

Quick Paint Auction

Bill Suys

Mark Hansen

Bailey's Harbor

Fish Creek

Welcome Peninsula Art School - WIPAPA's newest Member!

Hey all please see below the discount that the Art School is offering WIPAPA members! I am thrilled to have them aboard. Welcome to WIPAPA Peninsula Art School! Learn from plein air in watercolor master painter, Frank LaLumia! Frank at work The Peninsula School of Art is offering a $50 discount for this 5-day workshop for members of the Wisconsin Plein Air Painters Association. Just call 920.868.3455 and let them know you are a member. Master the Unique Challenges of Painting in Watercolor in the Open Air Each location, whether foggy seacoast, windy mountaintop, or dry sunny desert, presents it own climate, which directly affects your paint and paper. Learn how to manage washes, hard and soft edges, and work spontaneously to capture the scene, as you judge the moisture content of your paper and hone your sense of timing in laying down paint. The watercolor process seems custom made to capture effects of light and atmosphere, from the lightest tints to the most saturated shadows. Frank's goal for you in this five-day, in-depth class is for you to "grow in confidence...your work flips, and goes from being Technique-Driven to being Observation-Driven. Reacting spontaneously to nature is your birthright as an artist. Don't trade it for some dubious formulas or techniques on how to paint things. I believe that a good painting class really begins at four o'clock on the final day. My goal is to put you on a path that is self-sustaining, where an ever-increasing visual understanding will drive your painting process. My classes, my whole teaching Philosophy, is designed to put you on that path. The class includes lecture/demonstrations as well as an emphasis on individual assistance, and is open to all levels, from beginner to advanced. "I look forward to painting with you. Let the fun begin!"

Call the Peninsula School of Art today to register while there are still spaces available! 920-868-3455 www.PeninsulaSchoolOfArt.com Plein Air in Watercolor: Seeing the Light Frank LaLumia Date: Mon-Fri · July 25-29 Time: 9am-4pm Media: Watercolor Tuition: $620 Working in both oil and watercolor, Frank LaLumia is a Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of America, an Artist Member of the California Art Club, and a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society. His work is in the collection of the Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, and Americana Museum, El Paso, TX, as well as corporate and private collections worldwide. He has won numerous national and regional awards over the past 20 years, most recently Best of Show at the 50th annual Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition. Frank is the author of Plein Air Painting in Watercolor and Oil. Frank is a featured artist in the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival, July 18-23. www.lalumia.com This is his first trip to Door County, and he is also an invited artist in the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival, and you can meet him and see his work July 18-23. Karen Becker Director of Curriculum workshops@peninsulaschoolofart.com