17th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival Award Winners

Wayne Art Center is proud to feature some of the work of the 2025 Plein Air Festival artists!

View the outstanding collection of work by each artist in this Online Gallery Exhibition & Sale.

Buyers interested in purchasing or viewing additional artwork should contact Wayne Art Center at info@wayneart.org or 610.688.3553.

Click on each artist to explore more of their work.

Martin Geiger, VA

Best in Show
Ripka, 1-3 pm   (SOLD)

Jonathan McPhillips, RI

1st Place
Forward Guidance-Pickering Creek

Natalia Andreeva, FL

2nd Place
Echoes of the Valley   (SOLD)

Neal Hughes, NJ

3rd Place
Rain in Manayunk

Durre Waseem, CA

Wayne Art Center Award
Color, Fragrance and Texture

Tracy Everly, PA

Best Local Treasure
Rainy, Willows Park

Crista Pisano, NY

Best Nocturne
Lonely 1:20 am

Mark Vander Vinne, IN

Best Depiction of Light
Between Rain and Sun   (SOLD)

Fred Jackson, PA

Best Street Scene
Great American Pub

John Eiseman, MD

Best Water Feature
Path of the Paddles

Thomas Bucci, ME

Best Architecture
Dead Quiet

Caleb Stoltzfus, PA

Plein Air Magazine Half-Page Award
Rosebush in Bloom

Lon Brauer, IL

Plein Air Magazine Quarter-Page Award
It’s Just a Chicken

Olena Babak, ME

Plein Air Magazine outdoorpainter.com Award
White Dog Café   (SOLD)

Richard Sneary, MO

En Plein Air Pro, Royal Talens & Method Lights Award
Ardrossan   (SOLD)

Farley Lewis, MO

Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Award
The Hay Barn   (SOLD)

Qiang Huang, TX

Vasari & Ampersand Award
Mandeville   (SOLD)

Hai-Ou Hou, MD

Blick, PanelPak & Dixon Ticonderoga Art Award
Shopping for Fresh

Elise Phillips, PA

Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Award
On Top of the World

Debra Howard, MD

Royal Talens & Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Award
Storm Front   (SOLD)

Jennifer Sampson, NY

Method Lights Award
Saturday Morning, Wayne   (SOLD)

Abby Ober, MD

Golden Artist Colors/Williamsburg & Rosemary & Co. Award
Azaleas at Jenkins   (SOLD)

John Caggiano, MA

Silver Brush Limited Award
The Village Market   (SOLD)

Joshua Cunningham, MN

Silver Brush Limited Award
Grant School

Beth Cole, NE

Silver Brush Limited Award
Waiting

Thomas Adkins, CT

Silver Brush Limited Award
Boat House Row

Henry Coe, MD

JFM Enterprises & General Pencil Company Award
May Shadows

Barbara Berry, PA

Royal Talens Award
In Lilac Shadows   (SOLD)

Brian Keeler, NY

Sourcetek Award
Center City May-Philly

Mick McAndrews, PA

Guerrilla Painter Award
White Dog Café

Beth Bathe, PA

Royal Talens Award
The Geometry of Farm Life

Jacob Houghton, MA

Rosemary & Co. & Gamblin Award
Wisteria Daydream   (SOLD)