{"id":10945,"date":"2012-06-13T14:07:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T21:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=10945"},"modified":"2013-04-05T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T21:31:08","slug":"plein-air-art-festival-awards-given","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2012\/06\/13\/plein-air-art-festival-awards-given\/","title":{"rendered":"Plein Air Art Festival awards given"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10946\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10946\" title=\"plein air\" src=\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air.jpg 500w, https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Rose Ford ofLoma Linda works on her pastel outside the Quiet Creek Gallery on Saturday morning. Ford was one of many Plein Air artists creating art around Idyllwild during the weekend. The event was put on by the Art Alliance of Idyllwild.\tPhoto by Barbara Reese <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the 2012 Plein Air Festival, finished works, from Saturday, were judged and honored. The Artist\u2019s Choice and People\u2019s Choice were determined by voting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Over all:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First Place:<\/strong> Fariad Ali, \u201cDutton\u2019s Place\u201d (oil)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Place:<\/strong> Leslie Sweetland, \u201cIdyllwild Red\u201d (pastel)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third Place:<\/strong> Marcus Thorne, \u201cMountain Retreat\u201d (oil)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10949\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10949\" title=\"plein air4\" src=\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air4-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fariad Ali\u2019s oil painting, \u201cDutton\u2019s Place\u201d received first place  over all, at the Plein Air Festival reception and awards ceremony on Sunday morning at the Quiet Creek Inn. Photo by Barbara Reese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mentions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toni Williams, \u201cMorning Light\u201d (oil)<\/li>\n<li>Patricia Rose Ford, \u201cIdyllwild Morning Shadows\u201d (pastels)<\/li>\n<li>James Wisnowski, \u201cTaking the Order\u201d (oil)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>People\u2019s Choice Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First Place:<\/strong> Marcus Thorne, \u201cMountain Retreat\u201d (oil)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Place:<\/strong> Patricia Rose Ford, \u201cIdyllwild Morning Shadows\u201d (pastels)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Artist\u2019s Choice Awards:(Tie) (both oil)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First Place:<\/strong> Marcus Thorne, \u201cMountain Retreat\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Place:<\/strong> Rachel Welch, \u201cOrange Truck\u201d (acrylic)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10947\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10947\" title=\"plein air2\" src=\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air2-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Welch\u2019s \u201cOrange Truck\u201d tied for first place (with Marcus Thorne) for the  Artist\u2019s Choice award at the Art Alliance\u2019s annual Plein Air Festival reception &amp; awards ceremony.  Photo by Barbara Reese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10948\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10948\" title=\"plein air3\" src=\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air3-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During the Art Alliance\u2019s Plein Air Festival reception and awards ceremony on Sunday morning, Marcus Thorne\u2019s oil painting, \u201cMountain Retreat,\u201d received first place for the Artist\u2019s Choice (tied with Rachel Welch), first place People\u2019s Choice and third place over all. Photo by Barbara Reese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10950\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10950\" title=\"plein air demo\" src=\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air-demo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air-demo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air-demo-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Quiet Creek Gallery hosted a demonstration of painting in Plein Air style on Friday night to kick off the weekend of the Plein Air Festival. Three professional artists collaborated in creating one oil painting. From left to right, are the artists, Rich Stergulz, Erich Neubert and Paul Strahm. As they painted they discussed the importance of value, temperature, shape, edges, light and shadow.\tPhoto by Careena Chase <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the 2012 Plein Air Festival, finished works, from Saturday, were judged and honored. The Artist\u2019s Choice and People\u2019s Choice were determined by voting. &nbsp; Best Over all: First Place: Fariad Ali, \u201cDutton\u2019s Place\u201d (oil) Second Place: Leslie Sweetland, \u201cIdyllwild Red\u201d (pastel) Third Place: Marcus Thorne, \u201cMountain Retreat\u201d (oil) Honorable Mentions: &nbsp; Toni Williams, \u201cMorning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[490],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Plein Air Art Festival awards given &bull; Idyllwild Town Crier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2012\/06\/13\/plein-air-art-festival-awards-given\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/\",\"name\":\"Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"description\":\"Almost All the News \\u2014\\u00a0Part of the Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2012\/06\/13\/plein-air-art-festival-awards-given\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/plein-air.jpg\",\"width\":\"500\",\"height\":\"359\",\"caption\":\"Patricia Rose Ford ofLoma Linda works on her pastel outside the Quiet Creek Gallery on Saturday morning. 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