SAN ANGELO, TX — The 2021 En Plein Air Texas artists competition is over. Saturday afternoon, art lovers from all over the state of Texas toured the exhibits of paintings created using San Angelo and Concho Valley areas as inspiration. The event, organized by co-chairs Barbara Rallo and Treva Boyd, is a major competition in the en plein air painting arts movement nationwide. More on this year's event.
Here are the winners:
Grand Prize – The Elta Joyce Murphey Award
Grand Prize – The Elta Joyce Murphey Award by Christine Lashley
Best Body of Work Award
Richard Sneary
Best Body of Work Award – Richard Sneary
Artist Choice Award
Mat Barber Kennedy
Artist Choice Award – Mat Barber Kennedy
2nd Place Award
Bill Farnsworth
2nd Place Award – Bill Farnsworth
3rd Place Award
Spencer Meagher
3rd Place Award – Spencer Meagher
Museum Purchase Award
Mark Shasha
Museum Purchase Award – Mark Shasha
Judge’s Award of Distinction
Christopher Leeper
Judge’s Award of Distinction – Christopher Leeper
Texas Ranchland Award
John Caggiano
Texas Ranchland Award – John Caggiano
Ken Landon Waterlily Award
Olena Babak
Ken Landon Waterlily Award – Olena Babak
Best Architectural Award
Mat Barber Kennedy
Best Architectural Award – Mat Barber Kennedy
Texas Artists Camp Award
Gary Tucker
Texas Artists Camp Award – Gary Tucker
Field Ranch Favorite Award
Nancy Tankersley
(Not pictured)
The winners were chosen by a selected judge, Tim Newton. He is currently the Publisher of Western Art & Architecture Magazine, and past Chairman/CEO of the renowned Salmagundi Club in New York City, where he was the founder and curator of the highly successful American Masters exhibition there.
Selected and juried competing artists arrived in San Angelo for the 2021 En Plein Air Texas competition on October 22 and have been painting using local subjects ever since. For more information, see the website.
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