Kathie Odom has revealed her selections for the winners in the September 2024 PleinAir Salon. Scroll down to see the winning paintings and read Kathie’s comments on her top picks.
PleinAir Salon Winners Preview:
1st Place Overall: “Still Stirring (At 93)”
“The story is front and center on this special painting,” Kathie said. “The idea is so out-of-the-box, even though this is everyday life for some. The best of edges, shapes, value, composition, movement… all there!! I love, love, love this painting!”
2nd Place Overall: “The Matriarch”
“For a long time I’ve been trying to learn more about color change within the same value. This painting is a master course in that very thing! Shapes that are abstract working to make a realistic appeal plus a great lesson in hard and soft edges. And somehow, there is great emotion in this big mother.”
3rd Place Overall: “Asbury Park”
“This little 6×12-inch jewel is action-packed. How the foreground goes from a really warm/dark value and transitions into a cool/soft-edged distance, well, it’s breathtaking. I especially love the true rendering of the figures… there’s a party going on!”
Winners in the Plein Air Categories:
Call for Entries: The Salon Art Prize (formerly PleinAir Salon) offers $65,000 in cash prizes annually, and Grand Prize winners get their art on the cover of PleinAir or Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. There are 19 categories to enter your artwork. Learn more at TheSalonArtPrize.com.
Announcement prepared for the web by Cherie Dawn Haas, Editor of Plein Air Today
