The Eureka Springs Plein Air Festival — known as ESPAfest in Arkansas — wound up last week with Nyle Gordon and Richard Stephens enjoying considerable success.
Gordon won a passel of awards, including Best of Show — Beaver Bridge Paint-Out People’s Choice, Beaver Lake Paint-Out People’s Choice, and Historic Eureka Springs Purchase Award. PleinAir magazine sweetened the Best of Show win by attaching $1,100 to it for the winner.
First Place winner Gil Adams. Photo by Ron Lutz
Second Place winner Julie Gowing Hayes. Photo by Ron Lutz
Third Place winner Richard Stephens. Photo by Ron Lutz
Beaver Bridge Paint-Out Purchase Award winner Spencer Meagher. Photo by Ron Lutz
Stephens won Third Place, People’s Choice (overall), and People’s Choice at the Crescent Hotel Paint-Out.
Historic Paint-Out Purchase Award winner Nyle Gordon. Photo by Ron Lutz
Crescent Hotel Paint-Out Purchase Award winner Jinsheng Song. Photo by Ron Lutz
Beaver Lake Paint-Out winner Carol Dickie. Photo by Ron Lutz
People’s Choice winner John Robert Willer. Photo by Ron Lutz
Gil Adams won First Place, with Second Place going to Julie Gowing Hayes.
Beaver Bridge Paint-Out People’s Choice winner Nyle Gordon. Photo by Ron Lutz
Beaver Lake Paint-Out People’s Choice winner Nyle Gordon. Photo by Ron Lutz
Crescent Hotel Paint-Out People’s Choice winner Richard Stephens. Photo by Ron Lutz
People’s Choice (overall) winner Richard Stephens. Photo by Ron Lutz
Spencer Meagher won the Beaver Bridge Paint-Out Purchase Award, while Jinsheng Song won the Crescent Hotel Paint-Out Purchase Award. The Beaver Lake Paint-Out was won by Carol Dickie.
