2022 Competition Winners

We wish to congratulate all the winners of last year's Prairie Lakes en Plein Air Painting Competition. Dan Mondloch, our judge for the competition, gave out thirteen awards. We want to thank all the outdoor painters who submitted paintings and we invite you to join us again next year.

Best of Show, Derek Davis, oil, So Many Lakes, So Little Time

Second Place, Chanda Kraft, oil, PLPA #2 - 2022

Third Place, Cheryl LeClair-Sommer, oil, Aging Gracefully, Glendalough State Park

Best of Battle Lake and Best Sense of Place, Connie Reidman, oil, Postcards from Battle Lake

Best of Glendalough, Lisa Burns, gouache, Glendalough Dining Hall

Honorable Mention, Lisa Stauffer, pastel, The Old Granary

Honorable Mention, Kim Jore, Watercolor, Restored Shoreline

Honorable Mention, Susan Seaborn, watercolor, The Sky Darkened

Judge's Choice, Tadas Kosciuska, oil, John's White Pine Studio

People's Choice, Cheryl LeClair-Sommer, Sinclair Called This Peak Humble Beauty

Quick Paint People's Choice winner, Kim Jore, watercolor, Trinity Lutheran Apartments

Quick Paint Artist's Choice, Lisa Stauffer, pastel, GTA Elevator

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Dan Mondloch   |       danmondloch.com

Dan is an award winning third-generation painter. His first interest in painting was in the 9th grade; while driving with his dad he mentioned he’d like to try painting. The next morning he woke to the kitchen table covered with everything he could ever possibly need to paint a picture. He lives in Cold Spring, MN with his wife Mallory, sons Jack and Drew, and plein air painting canine bud - Ruby.

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