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The Artists' Choice Award


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Congratulations Anton Pavlenko,
2024 Artists' Choice Award Winner!

A Sonoma Plein Air tradition since 2002.
On the Friday afternoon of each Festival, the artists enter one painting from the week's works to be judged by their peers. Votes are cast and the winning painting receives the Artists' Choice Award. All of the entries, considered each artist's personal best of the week, are displayed and offered for purchase by Silent Auction during Friday night's Plein Air Gala.

This year, Anton Pavlenko of Oregon took the top prize with Cloud Gazing. Honorable mentions went to Debra Huse of Southern California and Wayne McKenzie of Truckee, CA.
Congratulations everyone!


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Additional fun fact:

The Artists' Choice winning work traditionally becomes the "hero image" on the next Festival's promotional mailing and about-town flyer. Our collection keeps growing - take a look at every winning work since 2002, below.


Artists' Choice Awards 2002-2023


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LAST YEAR: 2023 Geoff Allen

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2002 Keith Wicks
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2003 John Poon

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2004 Jeanette LeGrue
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2005 Michael Situ

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2006 Kim Fancher Lordier
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2007 Nancy MacDonald

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2008 Timothy Horn
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2009 Robert Sandidge

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2010 Dick Cole
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2011 Keith Wicks

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2012 Eric Bowman
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2013 Sergio Lopez

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2014 Aimee Erickson
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2015 Eric Jacobsen

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2016 Kevin Courter
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2017 Greg LaRock

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2018 Eric Bowman
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2019 Anton Pavlenko

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2021 Kim VanDerHoek
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2022 Marc Anderson

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  • ANNUAL FESTIVAL
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      • 2024 ARTISTS
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  • ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
  • GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
    • CURRENT GRANTS 2025
    • LEWIS E. COOK III SCHOLARSHIP - for SVHS students
    • JUDY VADASZ SCHOLARSHIP - for Art Educator Certification
  • NEWS / VIDEOS
    • IN THE PRESS
    • OUR NEWSLETTERS
    • STUDENT EXHIBITS
    • VIDEO: Scholarship Winners, where are they now?
    • VIDEO: Putting Arts Education Back on Track
    • VIDEO: Live, Love, Learn
    • VIDEO: The Sonoma Plein Air Story
    • VIDEO: Art Really Matters
    • VIDEO SERIES: The Community Speaks
  • DONATE
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