Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 Mountain Maryland Plein Air Competition!

Best in Show:

Rolling Onward
Mary Ellen Goetz
Wynnewood, PA

First Place:

Wet Cement
Bridger Barksdale
Orem, UT

Second Place:

Fire Brick
Richie Vios
Austin, TX

Third Place:

Don’t Forget the Parking Break
Thomas Bucci
Camden, ME

Juror’s Choice of Merit:

Visiting Jane Gates
Durre Waseem
Corona, CA

Best Use of Light:

Up & Down at Train Station
Lon Brauer
Granite City, IL

Best Architectural:

Evergreen Summer Camp
Richard Sneary
Kansas City, MO

Artists’ Choice:

Storm will Pass
Natalia Andreeva
Tallahassee, FL

Artists’ Choice:

Big House
Lon Brauer
Granite City, IL

Quickdraw Winners:

First Place - Russell Jewell
Second Place - Jeff Williams
Third Place - Lauren Carlo

Community Artist Winners:

Kevin Kutz
Patricia Wilt

Student Artist Winner:

Berkeley Leasure

2021 Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our 2021 Mountain Maryland Plein Air Competition!

Best in Show:

Lunch Under the Green
Durre Waseem
Riverside, CA

First Place:

Table of Earthly Delights
Lon Brauer
Granite City, IL

Second Place:

Sunburnt
Wyatt LeGrand
Bloomfield, IN

Third Place:

Old Humbird House
Kari Ganoung Ruiz
Interlaken, NY

Best Nocturnal Scene:

5 O’Clock Gathering
Richie Vios
Victoria, TX

Best Use of Light:

Swallow Falls
Natalia Andreeva
Tallahassee, FL

Best Architectural Scene:

Allegany Muse
Russell Jewell
Easley, SC

Artists’ Choice:

Old Humbird House
Kari Ganoung Ruiz
Interlaken, NY

Quickdraw Winners:

First Place – Sunlit Centre Street – Thomas Bucci
Second Place – Slice of City Life – Ray Hassard
Third Place – Load Out – Wyatt LeGrand

Community Artist Winner:

Mechanic Street Waterfall – Patricia Wilt

Student Artist Winner:

Emmanuel – Ava Breigmann

2018 Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our 2018 Mountain Maryland Plein Air Competition!

Best in Show:

Getting to the Point
Joanna Barnum

First Place:

Escher at the B&O
Lon Brauer

Second Place:

Overlook in Gray
Thomas Bucci

Third Place:

Tuesday’s Downpour
Patricia Hilton

Best Nocturnal Scene:

Nocturning in the Rain
Crista Pisano

Best Use of Light:

Alan’s Playroom Redux
Mick McAndrews

Best Architectural Scene:

Washington Street
Alison Barry

Best Newcomer:

Lost in Garrett
David Finnell

Artists’ Choice:

Cumberland Reflection
Wyatt LeGrand

Quickdraw Winners:

First Place – Above the Embassy – David Diaz
Second Place – Morning Shadow – Henry Coe
Third Place – Alleys of Cumberland – Mick McAndrews

Community Artist Winner:

Deborah Moffitt

Student Artist Winner:

Ella Riley