The Artists' Choice Award
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Congratulations Paul Kratter,
2025 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, Paul Kratter of Moraga, CA took the top prize with his nocturne painting, Return to Forever. Honorable mentions went to Bill Cone of Moraga, CA and Geoff Allen of Encinitas, CA.
Congratulations everyone!
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, Paul Kratter of Moraga, CA took the top prize with his nocturne painting, Return to Forever. Honorable mentions went to Bill Cone of Moraga, CA and Geoff Allen of Encinitas, CA.
Congratulations everyone!
Additional fun fact:
The Artists' Choice winning work traditionally becomes the "hero image" in the following year's Festival promotions. Our collection keeps growing - take a look at every winning work since 2002, below.
Artists' Choice Awards 2002-2024
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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2023 Geoff Allen
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2024 Anton Pavlenko
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