PleinAir Magazine presents the first annual "Plein Air Salon." In the spirt of the French Salon created by the Acade'mie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, this annual competition with bi-monthly contests leading to an annual Salon winner is designed to stimulate artist growth through competition and to reward artists through recognition and $20,000 in cash prizes. It is our belief that cash prizes assist in removing pressure to earn a living and help create an environment to thrive and develop new work in a pressure-free environment.

Each bi-monthly competition will offer recognition awards, visibility through PleinAir Magazine's newsletter editions plus awards of materials and supplies.

The competition is an annual contest with a bi-monthly component. Winners of each bi-monthly competition will be entered into the annual contest at which time a 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and runner ups will be selected.

We will be rewarding up to $20,000 in prizes plus many merchandise and recognition awards. In order to enter you’ll have to register for your first entry and can use your sign-in and password for additional entries or future entries.

1st place: $ 15,000 cash prize plus more!
2nd place: $ 3,000 cash prize plus more!
3rd place: $ 1,500 cash prize
3 finalists: $ 500 cash prize
Plus showcase of all winners in PleinAir Magazine!

We're excited to launch this brand new art competition and are looking forward to the great works of art we're sure to see submitted!

Visit us on our Plein Air Salon Facebook page

Competition Rules:
Each entry must be accompanied by an entry fee, which is non-refundable unless the image is rejected. The fee for the first image submitted is $30.00 and each additional image submitted is $11.00 each (US Dollars). There is no limit to the number of images you can enter in each bi-monthly contest and images can be re-entered in subsequent contests as many times as you wish. Competition is open to residents of any state or country where acceptable by law. All painting subjects accepted including studio and plein air works of any subject matter including, but not limited to landscape, architecture, still life, figurative, or portraiture in any size and made with any medium including oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, and others. PleinAir magazine reserves the right to reject or not display any image, which it feels is inappropriate or distasteful or the image quality resolution is poor. All images submitted in digital format and must be presented without frames and must have the signature of the artist. By submitting you agree that you are not submitting images, which are copies of other artists works or copyrighted materials and that you are the copyright holder and are submitting original work. By submitting you are agreeing in advance to have your artwork published on any Streamline Publishing, Inc. website, email, Facebook or Twitter page or other electronic or printed means, including PleinAir Magazine’s website and in PleinAir Magazine and promotional materials in perpetuity. If the publication requests a high-resolution image for higher quality reproduction purposes you are in agreement that you will provide this in a timely manner when requested. Each contest ends officially at exactly 12 midnight following the published final day of each contest.

All individuals entering must be at least 18 years of age to accept cash prizes. Entries will not be accepted if sent by mail or physical delivery of photographs, discs or actual paintings.

Annual Awards: $20,000 in Cash Awards

1st place: $ 15,000 Cash Prize plus article on the artist in Plein Air Magazine.
2nd place: $ 3,000 Plus Feature in the digital edition of Plein Air magazine
3rd place: $ 1,500
4th place: $ 500
Plus showcase of all winners in PleinAir Magazine!

Bi-Monthly Winners

Artist Profile on one Weekly Newsletter Plein Air Today
Framable Award Certificate
Products: To be announced

Judges:

Each bi-monthly competition will be judged by a guest judge who will be provided with tools to rate the artworks and select the best of each competition.

The Grand Prize Winners will be annouced at the Plein Air Convention in Red Rocks, Nevada!

Past Winners May/June July/August September/October November/December January/February

Plein Air Salon May/June Winners
Juror: Curt Walters
Walking the Dog Jim Wodark Comments: The visual clues "painted on the spot" are all over this painting. I love the warm under belly of in the shadow and the cool light interplay. I keep returning to this image and like it more each time. Great job.	Patzcauro Morning Ned Mueller Comments: Drawing skills combined with good color and edge control make this a wonderful painting.	Preparing to Go On... Thomas Kitts Comments: Beautiful design and elegantly painted.
A Quiet Spot Ray Roberts Comments: It is the midday quality of light that attracts me in this painting, the sort of thing that most artist avoid, handled here just beautifully. The cool light dominates with subtle warm shadows and edges, obviously knowledge discovered plein air. Very nice.	Perspective of Youth Jason Sacran Comments: The contemporary story is best told by a an artist with old fashion academic skills. Great job.	Coyote Call Josh Elliott Comments: Great drawing skills and a strong sense of form are not lost in the quiet of moon light. Magnificent.
Pastries and Preps Trent Gudmundsen Comments: This type of subject is handled by most artist in a very stiff fashion. This difficult drawing has a feeling of action that is conveyed with edge control and lost shadows. The artist captured the atmosphere of incandescent and natural light. All of this is brought together with a great design. Wonderful painting.	Little Girl with Toy Cars Yen-Ching Chang Comments: Charming. Great drawing and form, color and edges.	First Light over St Mark's, Venice Barry John Raybould Comments: When an artist with the full grasp of the painter's skills is used with speed to capture a fleeting moment, magic can happen. This is a wonderful painting.
An Appreciation Ryan Brown Comments: Amazing skill, congratulations.	Bay Bridge, San Francisco Carole Rafferty Comments: This urban landscape charms with its simplified volumes and color. Great job.	My Desk at Trinchera Deborah Chabrian Comments: This is art that is 'of the moment'. Strong drawing skill underlies the simplicity of this painting. We feel the quality of window light illuminating the edges and fading softly into shadow.
Strange Encounter Ted Smuskiewicz