Plein Air Grand Marais

Award Winners

2025 Awards

Juror: Neil Sherman

Competition Class

Best Body of Work:
Logan Hudson

Artists' Choice for Body of Work:
James Turner and Brock Larson (Tie)

Paintings of Exceptional Merit - POEM Awards:
Kelly Schamberger, Best Nocturne: "S'mores at 7:30," oil
Carl Bretzke, "Gray Day at Artists' Point," oil
Brock Larson, "September Field," oil
Cheryl LeClair-Sommer, "Rock Bottom," oil
Dan Mackerman, "The Fog of Sydneys," oil
Bob Upton, "Morning Rest," Gouache
Paul Bergquist, "Cascade River," oil

Best Historic Site - Awarded by Cook County Historical Society:
Ken Valentas, "Cook County History Museum," watercolor

Evergreen Award for Best Tree:
Lisa Stauffer, "Reaching Pine," pastel

Honorable Mentions:
Bridget Ertelt, "As the Fog Rolls In, oil
Andrew Carr, "Seagulls in the Parking Lot," oil
Joanne Meierhofer, "Highway 61 Revisited," pastel
David R. Becker, "North House Folk School Food Kitchen," watercolor
Nelia Harper French, "Hidden Falls," oil

Birney Quick Paint

First Place:
Logan Hudson

Paintings of Exceptional Merit - POEM Awards:
Carl Bretzke
Jean Larson
Steve Puttrich

Open Class

Best in Show:
Jean Rehkamp Larson, "Fading Summer," watercolor

Paintings of Exceptional Merit - POEM Awards:
Megan Miller, "Breaking Through," oil
Jasmin Strevel, "Remembering Grandpa Dean," oil
Stephanie Hansen, "Morning at Artists Point," oil

Honorable Mentions:
Susan Hayden, "Slipping Into the Past," watercolor
John Mix, "Legacy Along the Cascade," oil
Paul Oman, "Boats at Bay, Grand Marais," watercolor

Plein Air Grand Marais Competition Class Winners

Logan Hudson - Best Body of Work Grand Prize Winner - A Love That Will Last Forever

Paul Bergquist - POEM Award - Cascade River

Brock Larson - POEM Award - September Field

Carl Bretzke - POEM Award - Gray Day at Artists' Point

Dan Mackerman - POEM Award - The Fog of Sydney's

Kelly Schamberger - POEM Award (Nocturne) - S'mores at Seven-Thirty

Cheryl LeClair-Sommer - POEM Award - Rock Bottom

Lisa Stauffer - Evergreen Award for Best Tree - Reaching Pine

David R. Becker - Honorable Mention - North House Folk School Food Kitchen

Andrew Carr - Honorable Mention - Seagulls in the Parking Lot

Bridget Ertelt - Honorable Mention - As the Fog Rolls In