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NEW IBERIA, La. --- The 10th annual Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air Painting Competition held its Awards Ceremony and Fine Art Sale on Fri., March 16 at the Shadows Visitor Center. Judge John Poon presented the awards for this year’s winners.
Winners:
- Best of Show: Mary O. Smith from Steinhatchee, FL for “Lil Man”
- 2nd Place: John Guernsey from Marietta, GA for “Downtown Franklin”
- 3rd Place: Ann Larsen from Edinburg, NY for “High Overcast”
- 4th Place: Phil Sandusky from New Orleans, LA for “Main Street Looking North”
- Honorable Mention: Susan Bunce Ritter from Perrysburg, OH for “Sunday Morning on Main Street”; Kari Ganoung Ruiz from Interlaken, NY for “Three’s a Crowd”; Alex Eisenzopf from Clyde, NY for “Service Entrance”
- Best Nocturnal: Karen Philpott from Fairhope, AL for “Nocturne on Bayou Teche”
- Best Architectural: Craig Reynolds from Rainbow City, AL for “The Old Ice Plant”
- Best Use of Water: John T. Eiseman from Hebron, MD for “Morning Berth”
- La Petite Peinture (The Little Painting): Kari Ganoung Ruiz from Interlaken, NY for “Standing Tall”
- 1st Place Quick Draw-Juried Artist: David Savellano from Alameda, CA for “Teche Icon”
- 2nd Place Quick Draw-Juried Artist: Chris Willey from Kansas City, MO for “Oaks on the Teche”
- 1st Place Paint Out-Juried Artist: Mary Monk from Abita Springs, LA for “Can’t We All Just Get Along”
- 1st Place Paint Out-Non-Juried Artist: Marjorie Shanks for “Weeks St. Oak”
- 2nd Place Paint Out-Non-Juried Artist: Oksana Fogg for “Spanish Moss”
Presenters:
The Artist Choice Award was presented to Kari Ganoung Ruiz from Interlaken, NY for “Three’s a Crowd.” Artists participating in this year’s competition submitted votes for their selection of the best painting.
New Iberia Mayor Freddie DeCourt presented the Mayor’s Award to David Savellano from Alameda, CA for “Church Alley.” The Mayor’s Award, sponsored by Wyatt and Becky Collins, celebrates the beauty, culture, and history of the city of New Iberia. Savellano’s painting will hang in New Iberia’s City Hall in perpetuity.
Iberia Parish President M. Larry Richard presented the M. Larry Richard Award to Keith Burgess for “Bayou Teche Morning.” The Parish President’s Award celebrates the beauty, culture, and history of Iberia Parish.
Wendell Verrett, Director of the Twin Parish Port District, presented the award for Best Delcambre Painting to Robin Roberts from Ashland, OH for “The Crystal Lyn.” Roberts’ painting was completed during the Paint Delcambre day, held Sun., March 10, where the Delcambre Seafood & Farmers Market welcomed competing artists to a day of beautiful weather, painting, food from Dwight’s, and music. For his award, Roberts will be receiving local seafood shipped directly to his front door.
Cindy Herring, representing the Kiwanis Club of New Iberia, presented the Preserving History Award to John Guernsey from Marietta, GA for “Church Alley.” The Preserving History Award, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of New Iberia, is meant to showcase a building or landscape that is integral to the history of the city of New Iberia.
The Louisiana Natural Beauty award was presented to Mary Monk from Abita Springs, LA for “Overcast Sugar Mill.” Rep. Beau Beaullieu sponsored the award, which is meant to highlight Louisiana’s unique landscape.
The Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air Competition would like to thank the supporters and sponsors who helped make this year’s event possible:
- Event Sponsors: The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Iberia Parish Convention & Visitors Bureau, Plein Air Magazine, Community First Bank, Wyatt and Becky Collins, Delcambre Seafood and Farmers Market, Louisiana Direct Seafood, Twin Parish Port District, Bayou Carlin Cove, Hilliard Art Museum, and the City of New Iberia.
- Monet Sponsors: Cindy Herring Real Estate, Kiwanis Club of New Iberia, Jerome & Michael Weber, and Iberia Parish President Larry Richard.
- Van Gogh Sponsors: Representative Beau Beaullieu, District 48 and Castaing Hussey & Lolan, LLC.
- Degas Sponsors: Senator Blake Miguez
About Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air:
The Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air competition debuted in 2015, introducing the community to painting en plein air. The tradition of “painting outside” is one explored by William Weeks Hall, the last private owner of the Shadows, who advertised for and taught painting classes in the gardens in the 1940s.
In the 10-year history of the competition, over 180 artists from 28 states, Canada, and the Philippines have applied to participate. Over 100 of these artists have traveled to New Iberia for the opportunity to spend a week painting Acadiana, helping to preserve unique landscape and historic, urban, and rural viewscapes. Painting sales, the driving force behind the event and a clearer measure of success, increase each year with a grand total of $200,000 over the history of the event, providing support to the artists and the Shadows.
About Shadows-on-the-Teche:
The Shadows-on-the-Teche, National Trust for Historic Preservation site, opened to the public in 1961 with the mission to preserve the buildings, landscape, collections, and historical integrity of the site; to research and interpret through education programs a 19th century southern Louisiana plantation economy and community and their evolution; and to encourage an appreciation of and interest in historic preservation.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which owns and operates the Shadows-on-the-Teche, is a private, non-profit organization. The Shadows does not receive funding from federal, state, parish, or city government. The site supports itself through admissions, special programs and events, and donations to the Friends of the Shadows.
For additional information, contact Jayd Buteaux at the Shadows-on-the-Teche at (337) 369-6446 or by email. Any funds raised from this event will be used for the continued preservation and maintenance of the Shadows.
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