| SPONSORED BY THE SAM & DIANE
STEWART FOUNDATION
Our Third Annual Plein Air Painting Competition hosted 53 artists from throughout Utah and the West. The artists completed almost 135 paintings in oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastels. We had an wonderful competition, with all the artists commenting on how well run the event was and culminating with an amazing art show and sale. Below are images of the winners and most of all the paintings submitted by the artists for the competition. Enjoy review all the wonderful works.
| Best of Show - Gary Earnst Smith |
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| Second Place - Lee Udall Bennion |
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Third Place - Osral Allred |
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| All other plein air competition surfaces randomly shown below. |
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