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Plein Air Litchfield


Dylan McKnight
1st Place
PAL 2025

Plein Air Litchfield 2026
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Expanded Days
Nationally Acclaimed Artists
$8500 Awards
Artists arrive and paint all week.
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Special Features of PAL Week:
Paint the Historic District Day
FREE! The Historical Society @ OWL. Presentation History of Painting in Litchfield: Landscape Visions; Artistic Depictions of Litchfield
Free! Art Walks
FREE! Art Shows & Sales
FREE! Artist Demonstrations
FREE! Artist Round Table Talks
Tickets required VIP PREVIEW PARTY & EARLY SALE
Tickets required Collectors Art Show, Judging & Sale
Quick Paint: Community Artists Paint alongside Competition Artists
Last Year's
Competition Artists

2025 Winners Plein Air Litchfield 2025

First Place, $2500, Dylan McNight, Fife & Drum, Watercolor

2nd Place, Liane Whittum, $1000, Farm on Chestnut Hill, Oil

3rd Place, Charlie Hunter, $500, Sunlight on Sloane Barn, Oil

Best Abstract Landscape, $250, Alex Eisenopf, White Flower Farm, Pastel

Best Architecture, Bill Farnsworth, $250, Hello Old Friend, Oil

Best Wild Spaces, John Eiseman, $250, Bantam's Burning Bush, Oil

Best Body of Work, Jim Laurino, $1000. Oil

Honorable Mention, Melissa Carroll, $250, Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy, Oil

Best Farmscape, George Van Hook, $250, Along Litwin Rd., Oil
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