Past Exhibition

Plein Air 2017

May 7 – June 24, 2017

The festival will run from May 7 through May 13, 2017, and the exhibition will be on view from May 15 through June 24, 2017, in the Wayne Art Center’s Davenport, Vidinghoff and Outer Galleries.

This annual national juried exhibition is dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of outdoor painting while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share creative endeavors with collectors and the public.

Juror – Don Demers

Wayne Art Center is pleased to welcome Don Demers as the juror for the 11th Annual Plein Air Festival. He will judge the entries based on technique, style, concept, composition and originality.

Demers was educated at the School of the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, and the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, MA. His professional career began as an illustrator and expanded into the field of fine art. His illustrations have graced many book covers and national publications such as Reader’s Digest, Sail Magazine, Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Yankee, and National Geographic. His paintings have been featured in publications including American Artist Magazine, Artist Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Art and Antiques, Yachting Magazine and several other noteworthily publications.

A Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists, Demers is an elected member of the Guild of Boston Artists, an elected member of the California Art Club, and a signature member of PAPA (Plein Air Painters of American). Demers has won a record number of awards for his commercial and fine art paintings on both the east and west coasts.

Awards

Juror Don Demers awarded over $15,000 in prizes this year to the most deserving artists and their work.

 

2017 Wayne Plein Air Artists:

Paul Bachem (Locust Valley, NY)
Bruno Baran (Nottingham, MD)
D. Eleinne Basa (Jackson, NJ)
Joshua Ray Been (Salida, CO)
Robert Bohne (Brookhaven, PA)
Michele Byrne (Wyomissing Hills, PA)
John Caggiano (Rockport, MA)
Arcenio Martin Campos (Philadelphia, PA)
Valerie Craig (Villanova, PA)
Chris Dixon (Lakeville, CT)
Roberta Goschke (Waldoboro, ME)
Ray Hassard (Cincinnati, OH)
Jennifer Holmes (Chester, CT)
Neal Hughes (Moorestown, NJ)
Charlie Hunter (Bellows Falls, VT)
Tim Kelly (Baltimore, MD)
Allen A. Kriegshauser (Kirkwood, MO)
Patrick Lee (Pittsburgh, PA)
Christopher Leeper (Canfield, OH)
Chuck Marshall (Wilmington, OH)
Jane McGraw-Teubner (East Northport, NY)
Patrick Meehan (Annapolis, MD)
Alison Leigh Menke (Silver Spring, MD)
Kathie Odom (Knoxville, TN)
Elise Phillips (Elverson, PA)
Richard Russell Sneary (Kansas City, MO)
Jonathan Stasko (Sharon Spings, NY)
R. Gregory Summers (Overland Park, KS)
Anthony Watkins (Bradley, ME)
Stewart White (Baltimore, MD)
Tara Will (Hampstead, MD)
Peter Yesis (Searsport, ME)

 

 

Calendar of Events

May 7
Artist Welcome Dinner, including orientation presentation and canvas stamping.

May 8-13 (5 ½ days to paint)
Artists paint within 25 miles of Wayne, PA.

May 11 and 12
Artists paint in Center City Philadelphia and designated locations.

May 13 (morning)
Artists paint in Wayne.

May 13 (evening)
11th Annual Plein Air Soirée and Sale at Wayne Art Center.

May 14
Plein Air Lecture/Demo by juror Don Demers.

May 15-17
Plein Air Painting Workshop (leader TBA).

May 15–June 24
11th Plein Air Exhibition open to the public.