Meet the Artists

The Augusta Plein Air Art Festival features many talented artists from Missouri as well as from states across the country. Come observe these artists at work everyday during the event. Scroll down to see the list of this year’s winners to date.

2020 ARTISTS

* Look for these Award Winning Artists who have been invited to the Premier Artist Paint Out at Defiance Ridge Vineyards on April 30, 2020.

2019 ARTISTS

* Look for these Award Winning Artists who have been invited to the Premier Artist Paint Out at Defiance Ridge Vineyards on May 2, 2019.

********* 2019 WINNERS *********

Daily Event $500 Purchase Prize Winners

• Augusta Shores
  • 1st “Canoes” Acrylic- Farley Lewis
  • HM “Serenity at Augusta Shores” Oil – Gabriele Baber
  • HM “Threads of Light” Pastel – Debbie Williams
• Montelle Winery
  • 1st “Original Home and Japanese Maple” Watercolor 16×20 – Danae Hoppe
  • HM “Montelle Memories” Oil 11×14 – Larry DeGraff
  • HM “Finally” Oil 10×15 – Diane Washa
• Noboleis Quick Paint
  • 1st “Under the Tree” Watercolor – Alicia Farris
  • HM “Springtime Vineyard” Watercolor – Mary Riney
  • HM “Noboleis Friday” Oil – Zak Barnes
• Paint the Parks
  • 1st “Katy Trail Sunrise” Pastel – Michele Wells
  • HM “Pensive Morning” Watercolor – Marcia Willman
  • HM “View from the Trail” Oil – Gabriele Baber
• Washington
  • 1st “W 5th Street” Watercolor – Denny Dowdy
  • HM “Going Dutch” Oil – Marjorie Haley
  • HM “The Caboose” – Zak Barnes
• Lake Creek
  • 1st “Lake Country Morning” Oil 11×14 – Marty Coulter
  • HM “Early Morning at Lake Creek Winery” Oil 10×20 – Tammie Dickerson
  • HM “Lake Creek in Sunny Weather” Oil 16×20 – Konstantine Kublanov
• Mount Pleasant
  • 1st “Mt. Pleasant Winery and Out
    Buildings” Watercolor 16×20 – Larry Siwek
  • HM “Mt. Pleasant Winery” Oil 8×16 – Gabriele Baber
  • HM “Overlook” Watercolor 14.5×10.5 – Denny Dowdy
• Catala
  • 1st “Almost Abandoned” Watercolor – Marcia Willman
  • HM “Modern Barn” Watercolor/Ink – Liz Vargas
  • HM “Cold Front” Watercolor – Lori Nass/li>
• New Melle
  • 1st “Feed Store” Watercolor – Jamie Green
  • HM “Spring Reflections” Oil – Jennylynne Gragg
  • HM “Go to the Top” Oil – R. Gregory Summers
• Private Estate #1
  • • 1st “Garden Cabin” Oil – Tim Tyler

  HM “Morning at the Farm” Oil – Tammie Dickerson

• HM “1957 John Deere” Acrylic – Craig Thomas
• Private Estate #2
  • • 1st “Brick Silo at the Deppe’s” Pastel – Susan K. Rogers

  HM “65 Chevy” Oil – Zak Barnes

• HM “Homestead” Watercolor – Lori Nass
• Daniel Boone Home
  • 1st “Old Peale” Oil – Anne Molasky
  • HM “Carriage House” Watercolor – Cynthia Schanink
  • HM “Zepharia’s Roost” Oil – R. Gregory Summers
• Sunflower Hill Farm
  • 1st “Buzz Boxes” Oil – Carolyn Larkin
  • HM “Sunflower Hill” Oil – Zak Barnes
  • HM “Sunflower Hill Farm” Mixed Media – Tammie Dickerson
• Sugar Creek
  • 1st “Rusty Gate Sugar Creek” Pastel – Linda Wilmes
  • HM “Waterfall” Oil – Zak Barnes
  • HM “Sugar Creek Vineyard” Oil – Mike Phelps
• Premier Artists at Defiance Ridge Vineyards
  • 1st “Wet Afternoon on the Patio” Oil – Annie DeGraff
  • HM “Defiance Ridge ’19” Oil – Zak Barnes
  • HM “Green Tin Roof” Watercolor – Peggy Wilson/li>
• Robin”s Nest
  • 1st “Planter Pig” Oil – Thomas Buchs
  • HM “Graveyard Deere” Oil – Zak Barnes
  • HM “Welcome” Oil – Tatyana Robberts
• Balducci Sunset
  • 1st “Balducci’s ’19” Oil – Zak Barnes
  • HM “Balducci Vineyard” Oil – Michael Phelps
  • HM “Stormy Sunset” Oil – Jane Flanders
• Life in Augusta Augusta
  • 1st “Augusta Heritage” Mixed Media – Spencer Meagher
  • HM “Augusta Corner” Watercolor – Liz Vargas
  • HM “Augusta” Mixed Media – Craig Thomas
• Nocturne
  • 1st “3 Houses” Acrylic – Craig Thomas
  • HM “Cedar & Third” Acrylic – Marty Coulter
  • HM “Dirges in the Dark” Oil – R. Gregory Summers</li
• Paint Augusta
  • 1st “The Hill, Public Street” Oil – R. Gregory Summers
  • HM “TG Bold” Acrylic – Craig Thomas
  • HM “Among the Vines” Pastel – Deborah Williams

Final Prize Winners in 5 Mediums

Best of Show “Augusta Moment” Watercolor – Alicia Farris
Artists’ Choice “Augusta Bottoms Bliss” Oil – Julie Wiegand
People’s Choice “Misty Morning Augusta Shores” Oil – Gabriele Baber

Acrylic:

• 1st “Spring Morning Shadows” – Farley Lewis
• 2nd “Hill” – Craig Thomas
• 3rd “Dan’s in the Distance” – Spencer Meagher
• Honorable Mention “Heavy Overnight Rain” – Farlely Lewis

Mixed Media:

• 1st “Augusta Heritage” – Spencer Meagher
• 2nd “Lingering on Locust” – Tammie Dickerson
• 3rd “SW3439” – Tarin Eicher
• Honorable mention “Prarie to Vines to Farm Co-Existing Sugar Creek” – Linda Green-Metzler

Oil:

• 1st “Augusta Bottoms” – Diane Washa
• 2nd “Augusta Bottoms Bliss” – Julie Wiegand
• 3rd “View at Fort Charrette” – Jane Mudd
• Honorable mention “Graveyard Oliver” – Zak Barnes
• Honorable mention “Misty Morning Augusta Shores” – Gabriele Baber
• Honorable mention “Fly on Little Wing” – R. Gregory Summers

Pastel:

• 1st “Katy Trail Sunrise” – Michele Wells
• 2nd “Cedar Lake” – Allison Laupp
• 3rd “Sunny Verbena” – Susan K. Rogers
• Honorable mention “The Promise of Sunset” – Rhonda Pepmiller

Watercolor:

• 1st “Augusta Moment” – Alicia Farris
• 2nd “Gathering Under the Tree” – Alicia Farris
• 3rd “Backyard Shed” – Larry Siwek
• Honorable mention “The View” – Denny Dowdy

Final Judging by Shawn Cornell, Lisa Ober, Vic Brown