OPM Awards for "Best Sense of Place"

OPM made a commitment this year to sponsor a $100 "Best Sense of Place" award for each of Minnesota's four plein air competitions:  Grand Marais, Duluth, Aitkin, and Red Wing.  The award is for the painting that best captures the instantly recognizable spirit of a place painted in the competition.  Awards are administered by the sponsor.  Here are three of the summer's award winners so far:

Duane Barnhart, "Malmo Landing" (Plein Air Aitkin)

Mary Pettis, "Chester's View" (Plein Air Duluth: Paint du Nord)

Duane Barnhart, "Shore Leave" (Red Wing Plein Air)

Grand Marais Plein Air is coming up in September.