Accepted Artists

 

2026 ARTISTS 

 

87 artists, from all over the country applied to participate in the 18th Adirondack Plein Air Festival. Three anonymous “selection jurors”, all plein air painters, reviewed and scored the applicants and the top 39, plus the 2025 Winner, Kari Ganoung Ruiz, were invited to attend. 

 

Laura Bollettino, VA *

Nancy Brossard, NY

Michael Burpoe, NY *

Melissa Carroll, PA*

Cathy Copeland, NY

Lisa Diebboll, NY *

Freeman Dodsworth, MD

Kathleen Gray Farthing, OH

Eric Fasking, TX

Stephen Florimbi, ME

Holly Friesen, QC

Tarryl Gabel, NY

Kari Ganoung Ruiz, NY 2020, 2025 Winner

Jennifer Gibson, NY 

Laurie Gilmore, NY*

Elizabeth Grosso, NY *

Sam Guindon, CT*

Sandra Hildreth, NY

Fred Jackson, PA

Catherine LaPointe Vollmer, NY

 

 

 

 

Jim Laurino, CT 2024 Winner

Diane Leifheit, NY 2010 Winner

Lynn Lewis, MD

Patrick McPhee, NY

Maria Nemchuk, MA

Chrissy Pahucki, NY

Cora Pahucki, NY*

Terry Peca, NY

Steven Plaziak, CT

Robin Roberts, OH

Jerry Russell, NY

Jennifer Sampson, NY

Francisco Silva, NJ *

Patricia Valens, NY*

Oleg Shvets, MD

George Van Hook, NY 2013, 2016, 2023 Winner

Dennon Walantus, NY

Susan Whiteman, NY

Geoffrey Wittig, NY

Vicky Zhou, VA*

 

*New in 2026

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