Plein Air Grand Marais 2024
Competition Week: September 6 - September 13
Opening Reception: September 13, 5-7pm
Gallery Exhibition: September 14 - October 6
It’s Plein Air Grand Marais!
Plein Air Grand Marais is a 20 year tradition bringing outdoor painters to the North Shore of Lake Superior for a week of painting, learning, competition, and camaraderie. Since 2018, the event has been organized by Outdoor Painters of Minnesota and hosted by the Cook County Historical Society's Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery.
List of 2024 Winners
Thank you to our 2024 Juror, Brock Larson.
Open Class Winners
Honorable Mentions
Kelly Frankenburg for Wave After Wave
Mary Klein for Gitchee Gumee
Elizabeth Lexau for Along the Way to the Lighthouse
Paintings of Exception Merit (POEMs)
Tim Sullivan for Poplar River
Jean Larson for Superior Glass
Stephen Herzog for The Other Side
Best in Show - Angela Velin for Temperance
Birney Quick Paint Winners
Paintings of Exceptional Merit (POEMs)
Kelly Schamberger
Jimmy Navarro
MaryAnn Cleary
Grand Prize Winner - Gary Olson
Competition Class Winners
Honorable Mentions
Kurt Schulzentenberg for Fractal
Stephen Wysocki for Island of Gods
Michelle Wegler for Sea or Sky
Abbey Fitzgerald for Splash and Sparkle
Nelia Harper for Turbulence
Best Sense of Place sponsored by OPM
Deann Kroll for Canoe Workshop
Sponsored Award for Best Historic Site (selected by Historic Cook County)
David R Becker for Looking Into the Window at B. Bally’s
Beauty of Pastel
Lisa Stauffer for Storm Over Superior
Beauty of Water Media
Gary Olson for Cotton Grass
Beauty of Oil
Michele Combs for Hollow Rock
Six (6) Top Painting Awards - Paintings of Exception Merit
Nocturne: David R Becker for Hjordis Evening Cruise
Cynthia S. Kath Award for Exceptional Color and Light: Hannah C Heyer for Waxing Poetic
Bob Upton for Transparent Harbor
Jack Dant for Evening Departure
Carl Bretzke for Mark on the Rocks with a Twist
Kelly Schamberger for Unabandon
Artist Choice for Best Body of Work - Hannah C Heyer
Grand Prize for Best Body of Work - Neil Sherman
2024 Schedule
August 12: Painting Opens
September 13: Competition Week Begins
September 12: Birney Quick Paint Competition, 3:30pm-5pm, Artist’s Point.
September 13: Opening Reception VIP Access with $20 donation, 4pm, Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery
September 13: All Access Opening Reception and Award Ceremony, 5pm-8pm, Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery. Award Ceremony begins at 6pm.
