Make space on your calendars and walls for Lighthouse ArtCenter’s 12th Annual Plein Air Festival, which will take place from March 2 - 8, 2025
This juried event brings a selection of the country’s top plein air painters to Tequesta for a week of outdoor painting. These artists, painting outdoors, or “en plein air,” will compete for over $15,000 in cash and prizes. The week kicks off with our Paint Out Competition at Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. Join us daily at the ArtCenter Gallery to view and purchase the freshly painted work of our talented artists. Check out the free plein air painting demonstrations at picturesque locations across the area. On Friday, add to your art collection at our fabulous Collectors’ Party & Sale. Mix and mingle with the artists and fellow art enthusiasts while feasting on Lighthouse ArtCenter’s signature hors d’ oeuvres. All pieces are available to purchase, including competition pieces. Finish out the week on Saturday with our Small Works Sale and our Live Painting Event at the ArtCenter Gallery. Learn from the masters and enroll in one of our Plein Air Workshops offered before and after the festival.
Event Details
Dates:
March 2 - 8, 2025
Location
Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery
373 Tequesta Drive
Tequesta, FL 33469
Paint Out Competition:
Jupiter Lighthouse and Museum | March 2, 2025
Sponsors
If you would like to become a Lighthouse ArtCenter Plein Air Festival sponsor please view our Sponsorship Levels or contact Maggie Kramer at maggie@lighthousearts.org or (561) - 746-3101
Participating Artists
We are thrilled to announce our invited artists -get ready for fresh work
from some of the top plein air artists in the country!
Antwan Ramar
Central FL
Bill Farnsworth
Venice, FL
Carl Bretzke
Minneapolis, MN
Carlos Maldonado
Iowa City, IA
Crista Pisano
Nyack, NY
David Savellano
Alameda, CA
Eli Cedrone
Boston, MA
Gary Frisk
Houston, TX
Harsh Agrawal
London, UK
Jeff Steiner
Minneapolis, MN
John Guernsey
Georgia
Kari Ganoung Ruiz
Interlaken, NY
Kathleen Denis
Palm Beach Shores, FL
Kathy Hammond
Texas
Krystal Brown
Spring, TX
Lizzie Hunter
Miami, FL
Lon Brauer
Granite City, IL
Lori Cusick
Dallas, TX
LuAnn Widgeren
Holmes Beach, FL
Lyudmila Tomova Clark
New York, NY
Manon Sander
Tequesta, FL
Marc Anderson
Door County, WI
Mark Shasha
Swampscott, MA
Natalia Andreeva
Tallahassee, FL
Neal Hughes
Medford, NJ
Pam Ayres
Tequesta, FL
Ralph Papa
Boca Raton, FL
Richard Sneary
Missouri
Robin Roberts
Ashland, OH
Stephen Wysocki
Armstrong Creek, WI
Plein Air Workshops
Days & Times:
Level:
All Levels Welcome
Location:
Offsite
Instructor:
One of the most common mistakes painters make is to forget to bring exciting light into their paintings. Even when compositions and other aspects work well something is often missing in the presentation of light. Mark will show you how to fix this problem by applying many of his favorite techniques acquired over his 40 years as a full time artist and illustrator. This fun, two day workshop will focus on the power of values which shift from light to dark. Whether you are a beginner or professional Mark will bring you to the next level. Expect each day to begin with some general lessons and at least one demo followed by one on one instruction for the rest of the day. A group critique will be available for anyone who would like to participate late in the afternoon on the second day. Students are encouraged to bring any medium they feel comfortable with, Mark will be using oil paints.
Days & Times:
Level:
All Levels Welcome
Location:
373 Tequesta Dr. Studio C
Instructor:
On the first day, We will visit a local farm with cows and other livestock where we will take studies and sketches, and hopefully finish a Plein Air painting.
Our second day will be used to paint from our sketches and Plein Air paintings that we did on the previous day to use to finish a studio painting.
Plein Air Festival Judge
Mary Garrish: Mary Garrish is a landscape painter known mostly for her seascapes and coastal scenes in oils. She also travels extensively and teacher in France and Italy. She started out in a career as an ENT surgeon and become enthralled with landscape painting through a number of Plein Air workshops with many great teachers such as Scott Christensen, Matt Smith, Quang Ho,. Mary was an artist in Residence at the Everglades National Park. You can see her videos on YouTube specifically on Art School Live or Streamline Publishing with Eric Rhodes. She considers herself a representational painter and is drawn to the ever changing atmosphere.
