Wayne Plein Air 2016 Catalog and Artist Statement Book by Wayne Art Center

Wayne Art Center 10th Anniversary

Plein Air Festival

May 9 - June 25, 2016

Festival: May 9 through May 14, 2016 Exhibition: May 14 through June 25, 2016

10 th Anniversary Wayne Plein Air Festival May 9 - June 25, 2016

Wayne Art Center Executive Director: Nancy Campbell Wayne Art Center Director of Special Projects:

Karen Louise Fay

Wayne Art Center Graphic Designer: Abby Ober Catalog Editor/Art Director and Program and Exhibitions Associate:

Anna O’Neill

Cover Art: Circa 1795, Kathie Odom

Wayne Art Center © 2016 Wayne Art Center All images courtesy of the artists Event photographs courtesy of Brenda Carpenter, Jill Frechie, Susan Scovill and Wayne Art Center Published by Book Baby All Rights Reserved

Contents

Calendar of Events ��X Participating Artists ��X Executive Director’s Statement ��X Juror’s Statement ��X What is “Plein Air”? ��X About Wayne Plein Air ��X Awards ��X 10th Anniversary Plein Air Artists ��X Images from the 10th Anniversary Plein Air Festival ��X Sponsors ��X

10th Anniversary Plein Air Festival Presenting Sponsor

Calendar of Events

May 9 May 10-13 May 12 May 14 May 14 May 15

Artist Welcome Dinner at Berkley V Farm Artists paint within 20 miles of Wayne Art Center Chanticleer Day Artist and Community Paint-Out in Wayne 10th Anniversary Plein Air Preview Party Plein Air exhibition open to the public

May 15 May 16-18 May 19-20 June 1 June 7

Lecture and book signing with juror T. Allen Lawson Plein Air Workshop I with Mark Boedges (Ardrossan Dairy Farm) Plein Air Workshop II with Mark Boedges (St. Davids Church) Painting Demo with Valerie Craig Tour of Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas at New York Botanical Garden Seeing Landscapes Creatively: lecture by Marilyn Bauman (Barnes Foundation, de Mazia Educational Foundation) The Art of Gardening: lecture, book signing and cocktail reception with Chanticleer Gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Erin McKeon and Joseph Henderson Plein Air exhibition closes

June 14 June 23 June 25

Participating Artists Nancy T. Baker

Hon. Mention 2016

Al Barker

2016 2014

D. Eleinne Basa

2016 2012 2011 Best of Show 2010 2009 2nd Place 2008

Zufar Bikbov

Hon. Mention 2016

Mark Boedges

3rd Place 2016 Best of Show 2015 Best of Show 2014 2013

Robert BohnĂŠ

Hon. Mention 2016 MAPAPA Award 2015

Brienne M. Brown

Hon. Mention 2016

Michele Byrne

2016 2014 2013 Hon. Mention 2012 Hon. Mention 2011 2nd Place 2010 2009 Hon. Mention 2008 Award of Excellence 2007

Arcenio M. Campos

1st Place 2016 Hon. Mention 2015

Valerie Craig

Hon. Mention 2016 2nd Place 2014 2nd Place 2013 Best of Show, Hon. Men. 2011 1st Place 2010 Hon. Mention 2009 Best of Show 2008 2nd Place 2007

Paul George

2016

Kathie Odom

Hon. Mention 2016 Plein Air Mag. Award 2015 Plein Air Mag. Award 2014

Ray Hassard

Hon. Mention 2016

Neal Hughes

Hon. Mention 2016 Hon. Mention 2015 2014 2013

Timothy Kelly

Best of Show 2016 2nd Place 2015

Kathleen Kotarba

2016 2014 2011 2007 Michael

Kotarba

2nd Place 2016 2015 Hon. Mention 2014 2013 Hon. Mention 2012 Hon. Mention 2011 2010 2008 Award of Excellence 2007

Jim Laurino

2016

Elise N. Phillips

2016 2015 2014 Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice 2013 Hon. Mention 2012 2008

Crista A. Pisano Laila Raslan

Plein Air Mag. Award 2016

Monique Sarkessian

2016 2013 2012 3rd Place 2011 2010 3rd Place 2009 2008 2007

2016 3rd Place 2015

Chuck Marshall Kirk McBride

2016 Hon. Mention 2015

Charles A. Newman

2016 Plein Air Mag. Award 2013 7

2016 Hon. Mention 2015

Jill Stefani Wagner

Hon. Mention 2016

Stewart White 2016

2016

John Slivjak

Chad M. Smith

Georganna Lenssen

2016

Julie Riker

Patrick Lee

MAPAPA Award 2016 Hon. Mention 2015

2016

2016 1st Place 2015 1st Place 2014 Best of Show, Hon. Men. 2013 Hon. Mention 2012 Hon. Mention 2011 Hon. Mention 2010 2nd Place 2009 1st Place 2008

Executive Director’s Statement Nancy Campbell

It is with great pleasure and pride that I welcome you to the 10th Anniversary Wayne Plein Air Festival. The Wayne Plein Air Festival has continued to grow over the years and has earned a place today among the top Plein Air Festivals presented nationally. We applaud the 32 artists who painted for four and a half days and collectively completed 268 works to help us celebrate this important milestone year. We extend our gratitude to our juror, T. Allen Lawson, who so thoughtfully selected each artist to participate and presented over $15,000 in awards raised by the Wayne Art Center at the opening Preview Party. Congratulations to this year’s plein air artists who travelled to the Wayne area from throughout the country to participate in this important milestone year! Why is the Wayne Plein Air Festival so eagerly anticipated as a leading cultural event and one which continues to attract thousands of attendees and art collectors each year? First and foremost, our area is amazingly beautiful, especially in May! The intimate private gardens and arboretums; Delaware and Chester County farms with breath-taking hills and vistas; woods and streams, towns with historical architecture as well as notable institutions that date back centuries - all contribute fuel to an artist’s imagination. Our Plein Air Committee, artist housing hosts and community members welcome our Plein Air Artists each year with open arms and gracious, unsurpassed hospitality. The Wayne Plein Air Festival would not be possible without the generous and ongoing support of the Wayne Art Center Board of Directors, Plein Air Committee, sponsors, patrons, artist housing hosts, volunteers, guests and visitors. I would like to thank this year’s co-chairs, Lindsay Dubarry and Debbie Craley, and honorary chairs, Barbara Berry and Ann McIlvain, as well as the entire Plein Air Committee whose tireless energy and enthusiasm make this festival such an enjoyable experience and wonderful success. A special word of thanks to our presenting sponsor, West Laurel Hill Cemetery and Funeral Home, our key sponsor, Charles Schwab, our major award sponsor, the Archie W. and Grace Berry Foundation, and the growing list of sponsors and patrons who provide support for this monumental endeavor that furthers the Wayne Art Center’s core mission of enriching our community through the arts. I would also like to thank all of the dedicated Wayne Art Center staff who collaboratively assisted with the various aspects of organizing this event and especially Karen Louise Fay, Director of Special Projects, for all for her efforts in planning and coordinating the 10th Anniversary Wayne Plein Air Festival! 8

Juror’s Statement

T. Allen Lawson

Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting Wayne, Pennsylvania as the juror for their 10th annual Plein Air Festival. I was greatly impressed. The center of Wayne is its historic downtown which is quaint without being cute. It’s the type of town that still has its theater, the Anthony Wayne, right on the main street, not some multi-cinema complex stuck out on the edge. The area around Wayne is some of the most beautiful country in all of North America. And if Wayne, at times, appears somewhat old fashioned or sleepy, its Art Center is anything but. The Wayne Art Center is an impressive facility full of constant activity. When so many art programs across the entire country are being down-sized or completely scraped, Nancy Campbell and Karen Louise Fay and have created a remarkable, vibrant center—a hub of seemingly endless activity. The Wayne Plein Air Festival is very well organized. It attracts quality painters, from near and far, and offers some a wide variety of subject matter to paint. I was complimented to be asked to judge the exhibition. I am grateful for having been made aware of the Wayne Art Center and I have to admit, I was a bit envious of the artists who were able to spend the week and paint the exquisite scenery in and around Wayne… though I already look forward to returning to Wayne where I plan to explore the area in depth and do some painting of my own. Thank you, Nancy. Thank you, Karen Louise. Thank you, Wayne, PA for giving the arts such fertile grounds to blossom. May the example you have set spread throughout the country.

T. Allen Lawson, The Proposal. Oil on linen. 2014

What is

Plein Air?

Winslow Homer. Artists Sketching in the White Mountains. 1868. Oil on panel. Portland Museum of Art.

En plein air is a French expression meaning “in the open air”, and refers to the act of painting outdoors with the artist’s subject in full view. Plein air artists capture the spirit and essence of a landscape or subject by incorporating natural light, color and movement into their works. The high point of plein air art came with the emergence of Impressionism in the mid-tolate 19th century. Artists of that period included Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cezanne and Van Gogh. Interest in outdoor painting has remained constant since the 20th century. Today’s artists carry on the traditions of these past masters by capturing light and movement in landscapes that can only come from seeing the subject outdoors in its natural form. The last twenty years have seen a resurgence of interest in plein air painting in the United States. During this time, groups of plein air painters began gathering together to paint at single locations or within certain geographic boundaries. These “paint outs” are now very popular and give artists a chance to share their talents and creativity with the public and with one another.

About Wayne

Plein Air

Modern plein air painting with an audience.

The Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival is an exciting opportunity to bring valued talent to our community. Over half of the artists come from other regions stretching up and down the East Coast and Midwest. This year with the growing awareness of the Wayne Plein Air Festival, there has been an increase in the number of applicants and the festival is attracting artists from as far away as California. The first Wayne Plein Air Festival was held in 2007 with the intention of making it an annual event. Artists had to mail in slides or CDs with their artwork for juror Sara Linda Poly to review. The 33 participating artists were primarily from the East Coast, although a few came in from the Midwest to paint in Wayne. The paintings were displayed in the newly-completed, bright and spacious Davenport Gallery, and the Preview Party was held in the new Vidinghoff Lobby, taking full advantage of our 2007 renovation and expansion. Over the course of ten years, Wayne Plein Air Festival has grown to be one of the most well-respected painting events on the East Coast. The application process is now fully online, attracting the foremost plein air artists from across the country. The paintings produced are displayed across the Art Center in the Davenport, Vidinghoff and Outer Galleries, and over 250 guests attend the Preview Party to have the first chance to see the new artwork. Thanks to generous sponsors and patrons, we are now able to offer ever-increasing awards in recognition of the artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; talents. 11

10 th Anniversary Plein Air Award Winners

Best in Show Tim Kelly, Sproul Rd. Beneath 476

First Place Arcenio M. Campos, Yellow Springs

Third Place Mark Boedges, Paoli Train Station

Second Place Michael Kotarba, Barn Door

Plein Air Magazine Award Julie Riker, Staircase to the Second Floor 12

Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Award Patrick Lee, Entrance

Honorable Mention Nancy Baker, Sheltered

Honorable Mention Zufar Bikbov, Springtime Serenity

Honorable Mention Brienne M. Brown, Manayunk Morning

Honorable Mention Valerie Craig, 30th Street Buzz

Honorable Mention Ray Hassard, Where Friends Meet

Honorable Mention Neal Hughes, Carriage House

Honorable Mention Kathie Odom, Retirement? Never!

Honorable Mention Jill Stefani Wagner, Osteria

Blick Art Materials Award Robert BohnĂŠ, Berkeley V

Honorable Mention Awards sponsored by Wayne Art Center and (in order): Rosemary & Co., Canson, Guerrilla Painter (two awards), Strada, SourceTek, Raymar, Golden Artist Colors 13

Nancy T. Baker Thomaston, ME

Nancy Baker was born in Texas with an aversion to heat. She has since been on a northerly migration and in 2008 settled on the coast of Maine. Her career began in 1980 in NYC where she trained at the Isabel O’Neill Studio for the Art of the Painted Finish. In 1986 she founded a decorative arts company in the Washington D.C. area. Working in residential and commercial settings her company specialized in custom murals, painted finishes, furniture and decorative arts. In the mid-90’s Nancy’s attention turned back to drawing and painting, which a high school teacher had nurtured and inspired. She studied drawing and painting at the Corcoran College of the Arts and the Yellow Barn Studio in Maryland. She has continued to study independently with several contemporary realists whose work is marked by strong drawing, an appreciation of abstraction and solid design skills. She completed a residency in painting at the Vermont Studio Center, has participated in national juried plein-air competitions, exhibited throughout the Mid-Atlantic and New England and is represented by Mars Hall Gallery in Tenants Harbor, Maine. Nancy is the parent of four young women and in addition to painting is passionately involved in organizations committed to children’s health and education.

Pulling In Oil 14

Al Barker

Bordentown, NJ

Al Barker was born in New Jersey and raised within the metropolitan area of New York City where he learned to appreciate the outdoors by hunting and fishing. These activities led him to pursue academic studies where he earned a B.S. and M.S. in Forestry and later received a National Fellowship for Doctorate work. For a few years, Al was a forestry-educator and taught post-secondary education. However, for forty years, Al has been a full-time artist who specializes in smaller-sized paintings. Since 2007, Al has continuously exhibited at the Modern Marine Masters and Mystic Marine International Invitational exhibitions at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut. In 2011, the Museum purchased his painting for its permanent collection. He has been a continuous exhibitor at the prestigious Easton Waterfowl Festival from its inception in 1970, and is a participant in plein air and invitational competitions in the eastern United States. Al is a member the Whiskey Painters of America, Artists Fellowship of New York City, Salmagundi Club and is listed in “Who’s Who in American Art.”

A Distant View Oil 16

D. Eleinne Basa Jackson, NJ

A Classically trained artist, D. Eleinne Basa began painting at the young age of eight. Her early training still influences her and she still remembers painting plein air in oils as early as age nine. Eleinneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landscapes allure the viewer to move into the work with their radiant light and luminescent qualities reminiscent of the early Luminists and American Tonalists. She is inspired by painters like Thomas Moran and George Inness, and is continually striving to achieve a certain timelessness to her work. A professional and full time artist since 2004, Eleinne participates in national and museum invitational shows. She has also been invited to show her works at the National Arts Club and the Salmagundi Club in New York, the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the CM Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, the Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, and in 2012 at the Autry National Center as part of the 101st Gold Medal Show of the California Art Club where she received an Art of the West Award of Excellence. In 2012, she won the $15,000 Grand Prize of the 1st Annual Plein Air Salon, hosted by Plein Air Magazine.

Ardrossan Morning Oil 18

Zufar Bikbov Oakville, CT

Zufar Bikbov was born in 1974 in the Kazan suburbs of Russia. His interest in painting came from his father. Ahkat Bikbov, a well respected engineer, could not study in Nikolay Fechin’s Art School in Kazan because he grew up during the Stalin regime. Times were different for Zufar; he studies art and graduated Cum Laude from Zelenodolsk Art School. When the time came for Zufar to choose a college and a profession, he was called to medicine. Zufar studied medicine, did a residency and moved to the United States, but his art remained an essential part of his life. He was honored to exhibit his art at “Doctors Paint” in the State Museum of Fine Arts in Kazan and at the Yale Medical School in New Haven, CT. Zufar’s landscapes and townscapes are reminiscent of Soviet era Impressionism with elements of abstraction. For him, art is continuous experimentation and growth. During the last 12 years, his paintings, mostly of the Northeastern shoreline, have become more creative, artistic and recognized as superior works of art. During the past decade, Zufar has won awards at several national competitions. The award he most treasures is the Artist Choice award at Plein Air Easton. Another was the Medal of Honor and Merit from the Kent Art Association.

Back Path Oil 20

Mark Boedges Shelburne, VT

An up and coming artist, Mark Boedges has in a short time amassed numerous awards and shown his work in many galleries. Although art was always a part of his life, Mark came to painting in a more serious manner only during, and immediately after, college. Out of high school he attended the University of Kansas where he received a degree in philosophy. But by then the painting bug, and in particular painting plein air, had already taken hold. He went back to school to study fine art at the University of Colorado. Preferring a more traditional approach to painting, Mark left the program after two years to study exclusively from nature. Painting plein air had become his sole focus, and it would remain so for several years. Through this study his skills quickly developed. His first show was in 2003 and it was a great success, nearly selling out. But all artists need mentoring, and realizing that in order to further progress he needed guidance, Mark began to seek out other artists and to attend workshops to learn everything he could about his craft; which he continues to do to this day. Among the top honors Mark has received are the Grand Prize for Landscape and a spot on the cover of International Artist Magazine, as well as more recently the Joseph Hartley Memorial award at the prestigious Salmagundi Club in New York City, Best in Show at the American Impressionist Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Exhibition and Best in Show at the Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art.

Dead Ahead Oil 22

Robert Bohné Brookhaven, PA

Born in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1953, Robert Bohné now resides in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania. Robert studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Fleischer Art Memorial and is the recipient of a Grumbacher award and several DCCC purchase prizes. He was awarded top honors for the best still life in the 2006 Philadelphia Sketch Club Annual Small Oils show, Second Place in the Plastic Club Air show, Honorable Mention in the Multimedia Show, and the Dorothy Invernizzi Guinn Memorial Prize in the Plastic Club Members’ Medal Show. His works are in number of public and private collections, including the Delaware County Community College collection, MBNA and DuPont. He is best known for his intimate still life paintings and his landscapes of the Delaware Valley area including New Jersey. Robert also runs Landscape Painting Philadelphia, a group that he operates free of charge for those who are interested in plein air. He also monitors a Thursday workshop at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the oldest artists’ club in the United States, and is a volunteer at Sunshine Arts, a non-profit organization that provides art lessons and materials for children in Upper Darby, PA.

The North Side Oil 24

Brienne M. Brown Julian, PA

From a young age, Brienne Brown loved art but pursued a career in science. After graduating with a Master’s degree in Chemistry, she soon found that art was more than a hobby, it was a necessity. She left her toxicology job and began painting more consistently. Soon she was not only exhibiting and entering shows regularly, but also winning awards. Her passion is watercolor and plein air. She loves using the slightly controlled chaos nature of watercolor in bringing the everyday to life. She holds signature status in several Watercolor Societies. Brienne’s work can be seen in Splash 17: Inspired Subjects and the Oct/Nov 2015 issue of Plein Air Magazine. Brienne says about her work: “I find beauty in everyday life, the so called ‘mundane’. Ordinary people going about their everyday lives inspire me. I especially enjoy painting en plein air, where each painting reminds me of where I was, of the experiences I had, the sounds, smells, and the people I met. As I try and capture the essence of a scene, my paintings are always more about a moment in time than about a particular location. I enjoy sharing how I see the world.”

A Day at the Museum Watercolor 26

Michele Byrne Wyomissing Hills, PA

Michele Byrne is recognized for her figurative plein air work. In recent works, Michele continues the wonderful tradition of flag paintings in American art. She lives and works in Reading, Pennsylvania. However, she travels extensively, painting in various locations including, Manhattan, Paris, California, Colorado, Cuba and Key West, Florida. Michele was a Faculty Demonstrator for the Annual Plein Air Convention in Monterey, California in April of 2014. In 2016 she acquired Signature Membership in the American Impressionist Society. She exhibits in many galleries, including Eckert & Ross Fine Art, Indianapolis, Indiana and at the Gingerbread Square Gallery in Key West, Florida.

Sunlight Over General Wayne Oil 28

Arcenio M. Campos Philadelphia, PA

Arcenio Martin Campos attended New Mexico State University for studio arts, and then the University of New Mexico for studies in art history. He began drawing on his own as a child, and between schools acquired much of his fine art education from independent study and private instruction in the human figure. From 1999 through 2002 he taught small classes in cast drawing and facilitated open figure drawing groups in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Martin recently graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, receiving a Certificate in Painting. He is currently searching for stories for the figures heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drawn over the course of his life.

Berkeley V Oil 30

Valerie Craig St. Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, PA

Valerie Craig has drawn and painted nearly all of her life. Known for her impressionist approach to color and light, Valerieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subject matter includes urban and rural landscapes as well as intimate still life paintings, and figures within a landscape.â&#x20AC;¨She has had more than twenty years in the field to date, painting in both watercolor and oils. Like most artists, Valerie continues to be a student of art, always reaching for a higher level of excellence, while discovering and expressing her own voice. In 1998, Valerie left her career in nursing administration to pursue her passion for painting on a full-time basis. She feels that her best expressions happen when she is on location and can directly sense the mood and atmosphere of a particular scene. Whether painting vast open areas or intimate spaces, she finds that capturing light and color is best accomplished through close observation and careful study. Valerie teaches workshops and has been invited to be the juror for professional art exhibitions. Her work is represented in corporate, private and museum collections across the country.

Neighborhood Homage Oil 32

Paul George Ipswich, MA

Paul George has been painting and teaching both watercolor and oils for over 20 years. He is a signature member of National Watercolor Society, the North Shore, Rockport and Lyme Art Associations, New England Watercolor Society and is a Marine Master Artist at the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport. Paul has won more than 70 awards, including the Gold and Bronze medals from the New England Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society and the Award of Excellence from The Gallery at Mystic Seaport. He has been juried into and participated in plein air events in Richmond, Annapolis, Frederick, Easton and Castine, ME.

Cyan Barn Oil 34

Ray Hassard Cincinnati, OH

Ray Hassard was born in Freeport, New York in 1949. He studied at Pratt Institute, and moved to Buffalo, New York in 1977 where urban landscapes became his primary theme. Ray won several commissions, most notably one to create and install a large wall piece for the subway the city was building. In 1987, after moving to Cincinnati, Ohio he became co-owner, publisher, and art director of American Record Guide, a magazine reviewing classical music CDs. Ray is a Signature Member of the Cincinnati Art Club and the Pastel Society of America; MidAmerica Pastel Society has designated him Master Pastelist. He is in the Master Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies. He participates in plein air competitions often and has won top awards in several festivals. His art was the subject of a feature article in Pastel Journal and was selected for the program book cover at the 2011 IAPS convention. He was featured in Plein Air Magazine and again in Pastel Journal as winner of the Gold Medal Award in the Top 100 competition.

Rainy Day at Devon Pastel 36

Neal Hughes Morrestown, NJ

Neal Hughes resides in Moorestown, New Jersey and is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts). Neal was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Maine Artists and is also a member of Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters. His plein air work has won many awards, including First Place, Bath County Plein Air Festival 2015; Best Use of Light, Easels in Frederick 2015; Wayne Art Center Award, Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival 2015; and First Place, Lighthouse Art Center Plein Air Festival 2015. Other awards include an Award of Excellence from Oil Painters of America at the 2012 Eastern Regional Exhibition, the Maritime Gallery Yachting Award and Awards of Excellence (2006 and 2013) at the prestigious International Marine Art Exhibition at the Gallery at Mystic Seaport. In addition, Neal was the grand prize winner of the Utrecht 60th Anniversary Art Competition, winning the top prize out of over 12,000 entries and his work has been featured in Plein Air Magazine, American Artist Magazine and other publications.

Manayunk Nights Oil 38

Timothy Kelly Baltimore, MD

Tim Kelly, from Baltimore, is a Maryland Institute, College of Art graduate, where he majored in illustration. After graduating, he embarked on a freelance illustration career which lasted about 10 years. A career change and a hiatus from artistic pursuits followed. When his muse returned, it took the form of plein air painting and other similar kinds work focusing on directly observed painting. Tim entered his first organized plein air event in 2011 and has been a frequent and avid participant in such events since then. Timâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plein air work prioritizes observational fidelity and directly stated paint application. Almost all of his plein air efforts are completed in single sessions without studio corrections. Tim is a licensed tractor trailer driver. He enjoys his family when not working or painting, and likes to annoy his kids with his subpar guitar playing.

Wayne Deco Oil 40

Kathleen Kotarba Baltimore, MD

Kathleen Gilbert Kotarba is an award-winning plein air painter residing in Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is an Artist Member of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association, and a member of Oil Painters of America and the Baltimore Watercolor Society. She has been a juried exhibitor in Paint Annapolis, Plein Air Easton, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition of the Baltimore Watercolor Society, Wayne Plein Air Festival, Paint It-Ellicott City, Hampton Art Initiative, Cylburn Celebration of Art, and Mountain Maryland in Cumberland. Her work has also been exhibited at McBride Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland, Crystal Moll Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, the Carroll Mansion, with MAPAPA at Strathmore Center for the Arts, Chadds Ford Historical Society, Quiet Waters Park Gallery, the Towson Art Collective, Annapolis City Hall, St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School, and Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. Kathleen is one of the artists featured in the publication 100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic.

Sun Shines on Wayne Oil 42

Michael Kotarba Baltimore, MD

Mike Kotarba is an award-winning landscape painter residing in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Signature Member of both the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association and the Baltimore Watercolor Society. Mike has participated in Easels in Frederick, Paint Annapolis, Plein Air Easton, Wayne Plein Air Festival, Mountain Maryland, Paint It! Ellicott City, the Hampton Art Initiative, Cylburn Celebration of Art, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition of the Baltimore Watercolor Society. He was also selected to exhibit in the 2013 American Watercolor Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual international exhibition at the Salmagundi Club. He is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Morning in Wayne Watercolor 44

Jim Laurino Burlington, CT

Jim Laurino is a representational landscape painter whose style has been heavily influenced by American and French impressionist painters. A Connecticut native, he draws inspiration from nature; the changing seasons, farmland vistas, and the geography of his home state. Like most landscape painters, he has favored locations and strives to work on site whenever possible. Jim studied fine art at the University of Connecticut. As a high school student he was fortunate to receive basic painting instruction from notable marine painters Carl G. Evers and Christopher Blossom. Through select workshop attendance and continuous self-study, Jim has cultivated a painting style which allows significant room for expression, while maintaining a strong representational foundation. Employing visually stimulating blends of rich and muted colors with a lyrical sense of drawing and design, Jim delivers a body of work which has common appeal. He has received numerous awards for his paintings, most recently a 2nd place finish in the 2015 Finger Lakes Plein air competition (NY State).

Evan Jones Mill and Bridge Oil 46

Patrick Lee Pittsburgh, PA

Patrick Lee is an award winning artist and plein air painter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participated in many solo and group exhibitions, including Plein Air painting events like Plein Air Easton 2013, Wayne Plein Air, and Solomons Plein Air Festival where he was a Quick Draw and Grand Prize winner. Using thick applications of paint, he likes to look for the design and form possibilities in nature, which sometimes leads to strong elements of abstraction and suggestion in his work, rather than explicit detail.

Sunlight in Wayne Oil 48

Georganna Lenssen Honeybrook, PA

Born in Seoul, Korea, Georganna Lenssen graduated from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with a four-year certificate in painting. Prizes awarded include the Roy Lance Lauffer Memorial Prize the Elizabeth Arramark scholarship, and the Wildlife Purchase Prize. Asian art - its deep reverence for nature and the vitality of its direct, spontaneous use of brush and ink has strongly influenced her work and its development. She incorporates these qualities in her work and focuses upon gesture and movement as they express the essence and vitality of the subject. Since 2005, Lenssen has been teaching classes at the Wayne Art Center and Historic Yellow Springs Studios, as well as privately from her studio in Chester Springs. She has also started teaching workshops in New Hope and Massachusetts. Lenssen exhibits her work extensively and is currently represented by Red Raven Art Company in Lancaster, PA and West Branch Gallery in Stowe, VT.

Moonlit Farmhouse Acrylic 50

Chuck Marshall Wilmington, OH

Chuck Marshall (Charles W. Marshall, Jr.) was born in Wilmington, Ohio, on December 7, 1957. The small town of New Antioch, about 7 miles outside of Wilmington, became home to Chuck, his one brother, five sisters, mother and father. The surrounding area was known for its agriculture - mainly hogs and corn. So Chuck grew up working farms and spending time in his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction trade, but he knew he wanted to do something different with his life - he knew he was going to be an artist from a very early age. He would spend hours each day sketching images of fields, hillsides, and animals that he would see while roaming the countryside. He studied one year at the Art Institute of Cincinnati before studying at the California Art Institute in Southern California. His art career includes many years as an illustrator and graphic designer as well as his fine art. Chuck has been invited to and participated in many national plein air events as a guest artist, such as Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Atlanta Georgia, Door County, Wisconsin, and The Great American Paint Out, in the Apalachicola/ Panhandle Florida area. Chuckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work has been published in International Artist Magazine, American Artist Magazine, and Plein Air Magazine. Chuck has won numerous local and national awards, and has also performed as a judge in many juried art shows.

Valley Forge Oil 52

Kirk McBride Berlin, MD

Kirk McBride is a graduate of the University of Maryland who has also studied with some of today’s great American painters including Ken Auster, Kim English, and Randall Sexton. He continues to benefit from the experience and knowledge shared by a wonderful group of artist friends and passes forward what he has learned by teaching workshops and mentoring new artists. His work is represented in seven East Coast galleries ranging from Georgia to Maine. He has shown his work in dozens of solo and two-artist shows (with his wife, Lynne Lockhart). McBride’s home and studio are located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Travels to Italy, Mexico, New England, the Southwest and California have provided many of the ideas for his paintings. Kirk often paints outdoors and uses small plein air paintings along with sketches and reference photos to create larger studio paintings. He has been elected a Signature Member of the Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association and has participated in many painting events. He has been invited to and painted in the Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational four times, Plein Air Easton four times, and Paint Annapolis Six times, winning awards, including Artist’s Choice in Annapolis.

At the Market Oil 54

Charles A. Newman Haddon Township, NJ

Charles Newman received his Master’s Degree in Fine Art from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2008, focusing on plein-air painting. During undergrad, he also studied a semester abroad at the Scuola Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence focusing on painting and photography. Charles continues to paint en plein air throughout the Philadelphia area. He works with the Philadelphia Mural Arts and has helped create numerous murals throughout the city. Charles received the Best in Show Award at the Philadelphia Sketch Club’s 150th Annual Small Oil Painting Exhibition and the Plein Air Magazine Award at the 2013 Wayne Plein Air Festival. He was also recently selected to exhibit at the fourth annual Five to Watch exhibition that showcases the artwork of five exceptional graduates from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

The Higher One Oil 56

Kathie Odom Knoxville, TN

Kathie Odom was born, raised and educated in Tennessee. She rode bikes and walked to school as a suburban kid in the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. And in the 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Kathieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high school art teacher offered her a vision that still lives on today. After graduating from the University of Tennessee with degrees in Art Education and Fine Arts, Kathie received early recognition for pastel works in 1982. But it was in 2009 when plein air painting set her flying, setting her on course for a career as an oil painter. Kathie resides with her husband in north Knoxville where she also maintains a studio. She proudly paints weekly with an enthusiastic plein air community and travels extensively participating in plein air events. Her original works can be seen in some of the finest galleries in the South. Kathie has sold her paintings internationally and has received several awards and honors, including the Plein Air Magazine Award at both the 2014 and 2015 Wayne Plein Air Festivals.

Pails in Comparison Oil 58

Elise N. Phillips Elverson, PA

Elise Phillips was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania into a family with an extensive background in the fine arts. Her great, great grandfather founded Newman Galleries in Philadelphia in 1865, and today she is the fifth generation of the family to exhibit there. A graduate of the Hussian School of Art in 1983, Elise was an accomplished illustrator and graphic designer with many successful commissions in the business community. With an inherent interest in painting, she enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, emerging well schooled in the tradition of the Academy. Elise has for many years maintained a studio in Elverson, Pennsylvania, where the bucolic countryside is a source of inspiration for many of her paintings, as are the Jersey Shore, New England, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where she is a frequent visitor. An award-winning exhibitor, she is a Signature Member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society, a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Oil Painters of America and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association.

Up on Top Oil 60

Crista A. Pisano Nyack, NY

Crista Pisano was born and raised in northern New Jersey. In 1989 she began painting in oils under the instruction of John Phillip Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, NJ. She graduated from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 2000, receiving a Bachelors degree of Fine Arts Painting. In 2003, Crista received a Masters Degree of Fine Arts Painting from the New York Academy Graduate School of Figurative Art. Crista is a member of numerous art organizations including the Barrett Art Center, the Rye Art Center, the Garrison Art Center, and the Lyme Art Association, where she is an elected member. Crista belongs to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission’s ‘Artists in the Parks’ program, and the Bennington Center for the Arts in Bennington, VT. Aside from participating in various plein air events during the year, she exhibits her work throughout New England and New York. She has received numerous awards and honors, including “Best in Show” at the Adirondack Plein Air Festival in both 2012 and 2014. Crista also won “Honorable Mention” at Plein Air Easton in 2015. Crista is currently represented by the Sylvan Gallery in Wiscassett, ME and the Box Heart Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA.

Valley Forge Oil 62

Laila Raslan Jamesville, NY

Emerging artist Laila Raslan was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. Primarily though not exclusively interested in landscape, Laila is drawn mostly to what she terms “anonymous spaces.” Much of her work depicts scenes that could exist in various locations, or the beauty in the commonly overlooked. Laila’s path to fine art has taken unexpected turns, including a hiatus, which left her believing art would be peripheral in her life. However, in the mid 2000’s, her passion for art was not only reignited but deepened also. She describes her return to art creation and deeper appreciation of art as “God-given, a gift from Christ that enriches and beautifies my life.” Laila’s artistic influences are varied, initiating with the chiaroscuro forms of Renaissance paintings and the grand idyllic landscapes of the Hudson River School to contemporary masters such as T. Allen Lawson and Marc Hanson. Through viewing the work of others, she has gained a greater appreciation and understanding of the natural world. As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. “My desire is always to depict something fundamentally elusive, moments of the fleeting mixed with my own experiences of place and time, something that resonates with me personally. I may not be able to achieve this goal, but I continually desire to reach it.”

Downtown Wayne Oil 64

Julie Riker Camp Hill, PA

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania artist Julie Riker received her BFA in Illustration from Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University of The Arts. After graduation she worked on the restoration of the PA State Capitol for 6 years preserving and duplicating original decorative finishes. In 1996 she started her own interior decorative painting business, specializing in murals, faux finishes, handpainted decoration, and restoration. She has painted in countless homes throughout the region as well as churches and businesses. When not working for a client, Julie enjoys painting outdoors in nature. She has participated in many events and competitions including Chincoteague Island Plein Air Festival, and Plein Air Camp Hill where she won several awards. Most recently she was awarded Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice for Best Body of Work in Paint Snow Hill 2016. She is a member of the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters.

Manayunk Towpath Oil 66

Monique Sarkessian Malvern, PA

Monique Sarkessian earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. In continuing studies she has studied 18th Century European furniture painting, art education, and traditional icon painting with a Russian master iconographer. She has also taken workshops with internationally recognized painters Stanley Bielen, Dale O. Roberts, Jeff Schaller, Jon Redmond, and Moe Brooker. Since 1984, Monique’s work has been shown and honored with awards at numerous exhibitions across the country including two museums. Monique says, “I paint because I am overwhelmed by beauty and the miracle of nature. I work en plein air so I can best translate the euphoric color that I find. I have an urgency to translate those awestruck moments that must be studied immediately or be lost to us all forever.”

Where Your Glory Dwells 88 Oil 68

John Slivjak Philadelphia, PA

John Slivjak is received his BFA in Painting/Drawing from Philadelphia College of Art and his MFA in Painting from Indiana University. He participates in many plein air festivals annually and has been part of the Wayne Plein Air Festivals since 2007. Selected awards and exhibitions include: Easels of Frederick 2016; Honorable Mention, Chestnut Hill Plein Air 2015; Featured Artist, Yates County Arts Center, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cabin Feverâ&#x20AC;? Art Show 2015; 2014 Artist Residency, Yates County, NY; Third Place, Plein Air Magazine Salon CompetitionJune/July 2013; among many others.

Pond Reflections Oil 70

Chad M. Smith Durham, NC

Chad Smith grew up in rural Indiana. During those impressionable years he developed an unshakeable appreciation for the outdoors. After a career in music the artist pursued full time academic atelier training in drawing and painting. Nevertheless, once he discovered outdoor painting and its rich history there was no turning back. Inspired by the specificity of lighting and weather conditions found outdoors, the artist devotes himself to the pursuit of painting en plein air. Chad has won Best of Show honors in both the Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival and Upstate Invitational and has had multiple solo exhibitions in New York and Colorado. Additionally, he has been featured in Plein Air Magazine and its online home Outdoor Painter as well as participating in major plein air events throughout the USA. He continued his education earning a BA in Drawing and Painting from the State University of New York in 2012 and an MFA in Painting from the Academy of Art University in 2016. Smith is currently represented by Gardner Colby Gallery in Naples, Florida, Reinert Fine Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, New York, and Gallery 3040, Old Forge, New York.

The Parkway Oil 72

Jill Stefani Wagner Saline, MI

Whatever she paints, Jill Stefani Wagner’s primary focus is always “the light” and how it affects the landscape or cityscape scene she is trying to capture. Working in pastel, oil and watercolor, she approaches her paintings as a sculptor would, carving out nuances of light and shadow. Jill is a devoted plein air artist, painting yearly in Italy and in plein air festivals around the US. She’s recently been named a Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of America and her work is seen frequently in Pastel Journal. Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine highlighted Jill’s pastels in “Today’s Masters, Artists Making their Mark.” A life-long Michigander with a BFA from the University of Michigan School of Art, Wagner owned an award-winning design firm before “seeing the light” and becoming a full-time artist.

Outward Bound, Wayne Oil 74

Stewart White Baltimore, MD

Stewart White is a member of the American Impressionists Society, and a Signature member of The American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, and past President of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (2012). He is the current President of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association. He currently organizes CITYSCAPE 2016, a national competition. Stewart is a Senior Associate at Design Collective, Inc., working as an architectural illustrator in Baltimore, Maryland. Stewart has painted murals in major museums and sports facilities in the US including the National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Awards of note include Best of Show in Wayne Plein Air Festival 2013, 2nd place Plein Air Richmond 2013 and the only watercolor painter to win the Grand Prize in Plein Air Easton 2009. He is also the Grand Prize winner of the Plein Air Salon 2013-2014 Annual Competition and 2014 Members Choice Award from ASAI. Recently Stewart won The Best of Show Award from the Olmstead Invitational for an oil painting.

Green Bottle Glazes Watercolor 76

Wayne Plein Air Festival May 9 - May 14, 2016

Kathie Odom

Zufar Bikbov

Chad Smith

Arcenio M. Campos

Charles Marshall

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Ed Proudman and Stewart White??? 78

Nancy Baker

Chad Smith

Mark Boedges

Michael Kotarba

Jill Stefani Wagner

Michele Byrne 79

Chanticleer Day May 13, 2016

Debbie Craley, Chuck Neushifter and Tim Kelly

Jill Stefani Wagner

Nancy Baker

Tim Kelly

Michele Byrne

Stewart White 80

Wayne Paint-Out May 13, 2016

Rebecca Postell

Artist tent in Wayne

Lindsay DuBarry

Ed Bouwmeester

Kristi Gilfillan

Carol Kardon 81

Artist Welcome Dinner Berkley V Farm May 9, 2016

Ann McIlvain and Josephine Winsor

Brian Dusinberre, Wheelhouse

Lindsay DuBarry and Debbie Craley

Jane Gardner, Tom Nerney, Nancy Campbell, Suzanne ???? and Karen Louise Fay

Artist orientation 82

Debbie Cassidy, Priyanka Setty, Maureen McAleer, Valerie-Clark Roden

Plein Air Artwork Intake May 14, 2016

Plein Air Preview Party May 14, 2016

Phyllis Chapell and Hot Club

Linda Sindaco and Tom Watkins

Plein Air 2016 artists

Nancy Campbell, T. Allen Lawson and committee present awards 84

Robbie Curley, Michael Nagle, Mary Nagle and Chuck Curley

Nancy Campbell (center) with William and Laura Buck

Lindsay and Joe DuBarry with Debbie and Keith Craley

T. Allen Lawson and Barbara Berry

Laura McGrath and Mark Boedges

Kip Bowman and Kathleen McCoy

Brian Aguilar and Tim Brooke

Bruce and Sandra Gilbert

????, Nancy Campbell, Priyanka Setty and ???? 85

Lauren and Andrew Addis with Meredith and Scott Huston

Josephine Schmidt

Wayne Plein Air Events May 15 - June 25, 2016

Jurorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lecture by T. Allen Lawson

Mark Boedges paints at St. Davids Church

Maya and Barbara Berry with T. Allen Lawson and Nancy Campbell

Mark Boedges workshop and demo at Ardrossan

Artist paints during workshop Audience at Valerie Craigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting at Ardrossan demonstration 86

Valerie Craig explains her painting technique

Guests on the New York Botanical Garden tour

New York Botanical Garden

Audience at “Seeing Landscapes Creatively”, lecture by Marilyn Bauman

Erin McKeon delivers “The Art of Gardening”

Abby Ober and John Radford

Marilyn Bauman of the Barnes Foundation and diMazia Foundation

Erin McKeon and Joseph Henderson of Chanticleer Gardwn with Nancy Campbell and Karen Louise Fay 87

Sponsors Presenting Sponsor

Archie W. & Grace Berry Foundation

EPPS

Plumbing &

SUBURBANGarden CLUB

FRANKLIN MAPS

Many thanks! 88

10 th Anniversary Wayne Plein Air Festival has been made possible by the generosity of the participating artists, dedicated Plein Air 2016 committee, hosts, volunteers, staff, and the following patrons and business sponsors: Committee Co-Chairs: Debbie Craley & Lindsay DuBarry Honorary Chairs: Barbara Berry & Ann McIlvain Frank Bernard Mary Colket Bob Campbell Nancy Campbell Debbie Cassidy Keith Craley Louise Dusinberre Karen Louise Fay Sherry Frank Jill Fulton

Ona Hamilton Patsy Higgins Diane Hillyard Meredith Huston Scott Huston Victoria Kavalerov Bozena Korczak Janet Kravis Georganna Lenssen Arnold Levinson

Wendy Liss Jane Makransky Maureen McAleer Nancy McGivney Laurie McGrath Jean McKinney Maggie Norkus Abby Ober John Radford Valerie-Clark Roden

Priyanka Setty Linda Sindaco Julie Spahr Suzanna Stull Coryell Urban Tom Watkins Jan Wier Elizabeth Yeager

Patrons Frank A. Bernard Jim & Joan Bromley William & Laura Buck Patrick & Patty Burke Rob Capone Jim & Phyllis Cobb Debbie & Keith Craley Joe & Lindsay DuBarry Jeffrey & Sherry Frank

Dede Gilbert Ona Hamilton Tony & Lynn Hitschler Scott & Meredith Huston Arnold I. Levinson Wade & Wendy McDevitt Leo & Eve Pierce Michael & Sally Pillion Leonard & Sally Randolph

Valerie-Clark Roden Al Santos Josephine M. Schmidt Bob & Julie Spahr John & Gerry Tuten Tom & Penelope Watkins Elizabeth Yeager

Artist Housing Hosts Corinne Ackerman Wendy & Tom Coleman Tim & Susan Connors Debbie & Keith Craley Lindsay & Joe DuBarry Diane Hillyard Sherry & Jeff Frank

Austin & Hannah Hepburn Lynn & Tony Hitschler Arnold Levinson Wendy Liss Laurie & John McGrath Brad & Rekah Palmer Andrea Pilling 89

Tracy & Mark Pulos Linda Sindaco Shari Reams Elissa Schoenlanck Suzanna Stull Tom & Penelope Watkins