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Cape Ann Plein Air 2025 Artists
Suzie Baker
Greg Barnes
Beth Brownlee Bathe
Thomas Bucci
Lyudmila Tomova Clark
Henry Coe
Michael Compton
Vlad Duchev
Alex Eisenzopf
Martin Geiger
Sam Allerton Green
Neal Hughes
Fred Jackson
Tim Kelly
Rusty Kinnunen
Christine Lashley
Carolyn Lindsey
David Lussier
Dylan McKnight
Lynn Mehta
Charles Newman
DK Palecek
Crista Pisano
Antwan Ramar
Kari Ganoung Ruiz
Mark Shasha
Robert Simone
Richard Sneary
Jeff Steiner
Nancy Tankersley
George Van Hook
Richie Vios
Rokhaya Waring
Durre Waseem
Stewart White
A special thank you to our 2025 Sponsors
CURATOR LEVEL
APPRENTICE LEVEL SPONSOR
SUPPORTER LEVEL SPONSOR
FRIEND LEVEL SPONSOR
KAREN BERGER
2025 Painting Awards & their sponsors
1st Place $6000 (plus entry into CAPA26): Cape Ann Plein Air
Rusty Kinnunen: Harbor Labyrinth
2nd Place $4000 (plus entry into CAPA26): Cape Ann Plein Air
Richie Vios: Rockport Morning Glow
3rd Place $2000 (plus entry into CAPA26): Cape Ann Plein Air
Vlad Duchev: The Seafarer Inn
Artist Choice/Greg LaRock Memorial Best Body of Work:
Jill & Stephen Bell $1,000 (plus entry into CAPA26)
Tim Kelly
Best Abstract: Pat & Glenn Alto $1,000
Sam Allerton Green: Reclaimed Edge
Streetscapes : Gloucester Rotary $500
Jeff Steiner: Strolling Bearskin Neck
Best Manchester-by-the-Sea Work: Mike Storella $500
Martin Geiger: Sharksmouth Bay
Best Maritime Activity: Leslie Lobell & Eric Timsak $750
Lyudmila Clark: Best Maritime Activity
Best Nocturne: Leslie Lobell & Eric Timsak $750
Crista Pisano: Kissing the Sea
David Curtis Memorial Award: Judy Curtis $500
Mark Shasha: Turning Point
Best Americana: Beauport Hospitality $500
Suzie Greer Baker: Three’s Company
Best of Art & Architecture: Bazel General Contracting $500
Beth Brownlee Bathe: Crimson Marker
Best Marshes: Connolly Family Charitable Fund $500
Nancy Tankersley: Late Afternoon
Outside the Box: Le Nouveau Venu: Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce $500.00
Alex Eisenzopf : Sultry Night
Best Seascape: Kelly Automotive $500
Kari Ganoung Ruiz: Crashing In
People at Work & Play: Susan & Roger Levine $500
Durre Waseem: Sunday at James
Quintessential Rockport: Ron & Jody Seger $500
Fred Jackson: Rockport
Charles Shurcliff Memorial Award, Best Impressionist: The Coons Family $1,000
Rokhaya Waring: Autumn Gold
Best Beaches: Walter Herlihy and Nancy Legendre $500
Greg Barnes: Morning Glory
Honorable Mention: Rosemary Brushes
Dylan McKnight: The Crane at Gloucester Marine Railways
Honorable Mention: Rosemary Brushes
Charles Newman: A Shipbuilder’s Shack
Honorable Mention: Dick Blick
Tim Kelly: Rust Never Sleeps
Honorable Mention: Dick Blick
Richard Sneary: Boat Drop
Small Painting Award: JFM Framing
Jeff Steiner: Schooner in Dry Dock
Cape Ann Plein Air 2025 Judges
Mat Barber Kennedy, Entry Juror
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We are so pleased to announce that Cape Ann Plein Air’s 2025 artists will be selected from all applicants by renowned plein air painter Mat Barber Kennedy.
“Since 1990, I have been exploring architecture and culture through my paintings which celebrate the lives of ordinary people through the buildings and tools that we use in our everyday lives.
Over the last 15 years or so I have had the privilege of painting in Plein Air events across the United States.As a participant I can speak to the pressures, adrenaline, courage, grit and skill required not only to paint en Plein air, but to paint and exhibit in the company of a group of talented and driven professionals.The intensity of this event demands the resilience to turn up and produce whatever the weather has in store, and the weather on the northeast coast in October can be quite a challenge . Cape Ann 2019 was, if memory serves me correctly, a bit blustery to say the least!It is an honor and an awesome responsibility to have been asked to select the artists that will participate in Cape Ann Plein Air 2025.
There will be so many talented and amply deserving artists hoping for a place in this year’s event, but in the whittling down process I shall endeavour to select a group of painters that reflect a range of media, pace and areas of focus. I hope that my selection shall create a group whose views of Cape Ann will be multifaceted and broad. No-one yet knows what the participating artists will produce in their time there this Fall, but I hope to have set the stage for a rich and varied exhibition in which the beauty of life on Cape Ann will be celebrated.I am a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a member of Britain’s Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and a proud recipient of the Turner Medal for my work in watercolor.
In the summer of 2023 I moved from Chicago to Georgia to take up a position as Professor of Digital Communications at the Savannah College of Art and Design.”– Mat Barber Kennedy
Hiu Lai Chong, Events Judge
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We are thrilled to have plein air artist, Hiu Lai Chong as Cape Ann Plein Air’s 2025 Event Awards Judge. Hiu Lai Chong is a Maryland-based plein air artist with many accolades to her name. We are so pleased to have her as our Event Awards Judge. She is an accomplished plein air artist who has won awards in major events all over the country.
“It’s a huge honor to be an award juror for Cape Ann Plein Air. When it comes to my selection process, I usually look at all the works at once and then begin to narrow down my choices based on the skill of the artist and the mood and feeling expressed in the work. I’m intrigued by artwork that makes me think, feel and wonder. What inspired the artist to paint? Does it reflect something unique or specific about the local culture or natural environment? How did they handling technical aspects, such as the drawing, design, composition, color values, shape relationships, etc.? How well does the work read from a distance as well as up close? What are they trying to say with the piece; is it a quiet and gentle moment, or a large, glamorous scene? Is there a sense of mystery, and so on. It really depends on how well the artist is able to bring all of these subtle elements together.”