First Place Winner: “Come September”

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We’d like to congratulate Paula Holtzclaw for winning Overall First Place in the November 2022 PleinAir Salon, judged by Lance Rehs, Director of Rehs Contemporary Galleries.

Artist Statement: “I choose to paint what is beautiful and meaningful, knowing that this act of celebrating and communicating the beauty in this world has the power to uplift and inspire.”

About the Artist: North Carolina artist Paula Holtzclaw has gained a national reputation for her ability to capture the drama of nature on canvas. Light-filled paintings of pristine, undeveloped landscapes are executed with a unique blend of classical realism and impressionism, while her still life paintings demonstrate a love of the Old Masters’ works.

Holtzclaw’s paintings have been included in many National Juried and Museum Exhibitions. Museum venues include the Haggin Museum, Gilcrease Museum, Booth Western Art Museum, Muscarelle Museum of Art, the Tucson Desert Museum, and the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.

She has been the recipient of notable awards including Women Artists of the West Presidents’ Award for Masters at National 2021, Award of Excellence, American Women Artists National 2019, the F & M Bank Purchase Award American Women Artists National 2018, First Place, Nautical Show at Salmagundi Art Club, NY 2017, Best Landscape, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 2016, Best in Show, Women Painters of the Southeast Exhibition 2015.

Most recently featured in Southwest Art Magazine, November 2020, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine “Today’s Masters,” January 2019, and Art of the West Magazine, featuring the artist and her studio, April 2019.

Holtzclaw is a Master Member of American Women Artists, and Women Artists of the West. She has been honored with Signature Memberships in the Oil Painters of America, The American Society of Marine Artists, National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society and The American Impressionist Society. Recently awarded “Out of State” Artist status in the historic California Art Club, Holtzclaw is by invitation, an artist member of the Salmagundi Club of New York and the Plein Air Painters of the SouthEast.

She often serves as an entry and awards juror for regional and national exhibitions. Holtzclaw served on the Executive Board of American Women Artists from 2012 – 2019, a 501 (c) (3) educational nonprofit organization, dedicated to advancement of women through the arts.


About the PleinAir Salon:

In the spirit of the French Salon created by the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, this annual online art competition, with 11 monthly cycles, leading to the annual Salon Grand Prize winners, is designed to stimulate artistic growth through competition. The competition rewards artists with over $33,000 in cash prizes and exposure of their work, with the winning painting featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine.

Winners in each monthly competition may receive recognition and exposure through PleinAir Magazine’s print magazine, e-newsletters, websites, and social media. Winners of each competition will also be entered into the annual competition. The 12th Annual Awards will be presented live at the Plein Air Convention & Expo in May 2023.

The next round of the PleinAir Salon has begun so hurry, as this competition ends on the last day of the month. Enter your best art in the PleinAir Salon here.

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