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

Lots of Winners: 2012 Pewaukee, Milwaukee Domes and West Bend Mutual Prairie Plein Air!

Pewaukee Classic Boat Show Winners!! Congratulations to all!!

First Place Martha Hayden

Second Place Bill Suys

3rd Place Larry Schultz

Honorable Mention Mark Zelton

Honorable Mention Judith Van Gemert

Honorable Mention Mathew Holt

Milwaukee Domes Plein Air Winners

Best of Show Tom Kubala

Honorable Mention Judith Reidy

West Bend Mutual Prairie Plein Air Event

1st Place Joyce Ksioszk

2nd Place Claudette Lee

3rd Place Wendie Thompson

Peoples Choice Deke Palecek

Open Paint Day: May 19th Appleton!! Painting and Party!!

There is sooooo much going on  for WIPAPA May 19th!!

1.We will meet in downtown Appleton for an open paint day at 8AM.I will be hanging around the Harmony Cafe...But you can go anywhere from College Avenue from Appleton Street to Durkee Street plus Houdini Plaza!  Rain or Shine! You can hang out there or go anywhere around Appleton you wish. We will meet back at Richeson at 3pm for a critique of the days work...bring your easel.

2  Then from 4-6 the Artists Reception and Awards Ceremony for Brush With the Wind our Annual Juried art Show will be held!! WIPAPA members please bring an appetizer to pass!!!

Car pool...do whatever you want but BE THERE!!! 


Wendie

Brush With the Wind 2012

Congratulations Winners Richeson Fox Valley Plein Air Competition!

1st Place: James Hemple Morning Mist

2nd Place Kate Mueller  Morning at City Park

3rd Place Julie Jilek  The Glow

Thanks to the Jack Richeson Company and the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum for hosting this event!

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

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

http://www.friendsofriverfront.com/

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

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

Brush with the Wind: WIPAPA's 2nd Annual Juried Show...Reception May 13th 6-9

Join us Friday evening May 13th
for a Gala Show and Awards Ceremony

View all of the entries and
congratulate the winners
chosen by this years Judge-
Paula Swayden Grebel.

Light Refreshments will be served.

Raven Gallery
690 Westfield Way
Pewaukee, WI 53072

Congratulations Tom Buchs: 3rd place First Brush of Spring!!!

 Thomas Buchs "The Homestead" oil

Congratulations Tom on your 3rd place award in Indiana! Some heady company here!!!

Brush with the Wind 2011:A Juried show, Call to Artists Deadline April 12th

Info for Wednesday June 23th 6PM critique at Cedarburg and our open paint day June 26th!!!!

Good news!

June 23th: The good people at Artists World (W62N588 Washington Ave Cedarburg, WI 53012 800-375-1670)

will once again allow us to use their facilities for a critique on Weds evening June 23rd 6PM-?? The purpose is to help each other pick which paintings to submit as well as last minute touch up info. This was very helpful to those of us in attendance last year. I don't know about you but after I have painted all week I really have a hard time making the final selection!

June 26th: This month our open paint day lands smack on the last Saturday of the Cedarburg 10th Annual Event. This is the big one so we will meet there!! I recommend that even if you don't wish to enter the competition you come and paint with us ....Here is their plan for the day:

June 26th (Saturday) Strawberry Festival begins in Cedarburg

Paint the Festival (new): 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

No time limit, but painting must be submitted by 2 p.m.

Only one canvas will be stamped from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The juror is Mark Schoenenberger.

Awards total $500: 1st Place $300, 2nd Place $200

Voting for Artists' Choice Award: CLOSES at 3 PM

Artists Reception: 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Award Presentation - Starts at 4:30 (earlier) In addition to the $7,400 in cash awards, recognition

ribbons or gift certificates will be provided for the following awards: Artists' Choice, People's

Choice and any Juror Recognition awards identified by the judges.

Silent Auction: CLOSES at 6 PM

See you all there!!!

Forms for Two more area events posted!

Hey all...In the event link section you will find forms for The Pewaukee Classic boat Show and Plein Air Competition and a new link for an event in Rockford Ill. "Plein Air on the Prairie"....getting busy and that's gooooood!!

Call to artists! Three Forms for Oconomowoc's Mid Summer's Brush 2010