2021 Plein Air Paint-Out
‘‘Paint the Apple Blossom Festival”
Nena Howell was awarded first place recognition with a check for $200. This is the first time Nena has entered the competition. She painted an apple orchard, part of the parade, and the carnival in the background in oils.
Sasha Syssoeva did two oil paintings. The first one was a painting of the Apple Blossom Golf Tournament, however, she chose to enter her painting of the carnival at night and received an Honorable Mention.
Terry Johnson won second place with his daughter and grandchild at the balloon toss. Terry has entered several paint outs and won awards. He is well known for his commercial sign business, Terry Signs.
This is the first time that the Apple Blossom events was chosen to be a subject in Two Rivers Annual
Plein Air Paint Out.
All paintings can be seen on exhibit this month, Wednesday through Saturday 11am-4pm, Sundays 1-4pm.
Jennifer McIntyre painted at the food park and won a third place. She is a watercolorist, paints at the Tuesday water media group and is a member of the Wenatchee Watercolor Society.
Russ Hepler handed out the awards to the winners.
First place $200, second place $100, third place $50
He presented Honorable Mention to Oil painter Sasha Syssoeva who received a 2021 membership award.
Brad Brisbine spoke to a small crowd about the history of the eleven plein air competitions we have had over the years and explained why we chose to have the Apple Blossom festival events as this year’s theme.