Awards from Plein Air Grand Marais:
An outdoor painting festival on Lake Superior's North Shore
September 7-14, 2018 Competition
September 14 - October 7, Exhibit at Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
115 W. Wisconsin St.
Grand Marais, MN 55604
September 14 - October 7, Exhibit at Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
115 W. Wisconsin St.
Grand Marais, MN 55604
OPM had a fantastic first year organizing Plein Air Grand Marais with the Cook County Historical Society's Johnson Heritage Post. Special thanks to our Juror, Jeffrey T. Larson, and our event sponsors. Paintings are flying off the wall as collectors return to buy their favorite painters' work or discover new ones. The event has been a resounding successs. We are thrilled to announce scheduled dates for next year: September 6-13, 2019. Details to participate will be posted later this fall.
Main Category Awards:
1st Place - Carl Bretzke, “Upper Lot at North House”
2nd Place - Bob Upton, “Harbor Motif #2”
3rd Place - Neil Sherman, “Gunflint Greening”
4th Place - Chrstopher Copeland, “Red Rock Formations”
Honorable Mentions for Main Category:
1. Jack Dant, “Breakwater Blues”
2. Kami Mendlik, “Morning Simplicity”
3. Sue Wipf, “Glowing Superior”
Atmospheric Perspective Award: Bridget Ertelt, “Our Wilderness”
Night Paint:
1st Place - Hannah Heyer, “Light Keeper’s Place
2nd Place - Tom McGregor, “Free the Fish”
3rd Place - Michelle Wegler, “Warm Light, Cool Light”
Quick Paint:
1st Place - Dan Mondloch, “Crisp & Clean”
2nd Place - Cheryl LeClair Sommer, “Permanent and Transient”
3rd Place - Joanne Carmody Meierhofer, “Harbor View”
Best Historic Place Award (CCHS): Christine Tierney, “S. Bally Blacksmith”
Sense of Place Award (OPM): Richard Abraham, “Temperance River Bend”
Birney Quick Artists' Choice Award: Lisa Stauffer, "September Harbors"
Open Class Exhibit at Yellow Bird Fine Art: Best in Show, Margie Bracken
"Art on the Rocks" Open Class of the Quick Paint: Mary Lynch
Main Category Awards:
1st Place - Carl Bretzke, “Upper Lot at North House”
2nd Place - Bob Upton, “Harbor Motif #2”
3rd Place - Neil Sherman, “Gunflint Greening”
4th Place - Chrstopher Copeland, “Red Rock Formations”
Honorable Mentions for Main Category:
1. Jack Dant, “Breakwater Blues”
2. Kami Mendlik, “Morning Simplicity”
3. Sue Wipf, “Glowing Superior”
Atmospheric Perspective Award: Bridget Ertelt, “Our Wilderness”
Night Paint:
1st Place - Hannah Heyer, “Light Keeper’s Place
2nd Place - Tom McGregor, “Free the Fish”
3rd Place - Michelle Wegler, “Warm Light, Cool Light”
Quick Paint:
1st Place - Dan Mondloch, “Crisp & Clean”
2nd Place - Cheryl LeClair Sommer, “Permanent and Transient”
3rd Place - Joanne Carmody Meierhofer, “Harbor View”
Best Historic Place Award (CCHS): Christine Tierney, “S. Bally Blacksmith”
Sense of Place Award (OPM): Richard Abraham, “Temperance River Bend”
Birney Quick Artists' Choice Award: Lisa Stauffer, "September Harbors"
Open Class Exhibit at Yellow Bird Fine Art: Best in Show, Margie Bracken
"Art on the Rocks" Open Class of the Quick Paint: Mary Lynch
Upcoming Events
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Painting in Place: OPM Member Show at
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Fall Salon at The FrameWorks Gallery2022A Ford Pkwy, St Paul, MN 55116
An exhibit of OPM members' plein air paintings completed in 2018. Reception: 7-9pm Saturday, September 29, 2018 Exhibit: September 29–October 28, 2018 |
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