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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 Coming Soon
Here are the Winners of PAL 2024

First Place - $500, Sandra Wakeen, Jefferson Hill, Oil

Second Place - $250, Alison Barry, Long Shadows,Oil

Third Place - $125, Catherine Elliott, Topsmead Barns in October, Oil

People’s Choice - $500, Bill Lane, Looking Up, Watercolor

Uplifting Community - $250 Prize, Susan Wakeen, King of the Hill, Oil

Best Wild Spaces - $250, Susan Grisell, Pond at Litwin Farm, Oil

Best Historical Architecture/District - $250, Freeman Dodsworth, Curiosity, Oil

Best Farmscape - $250, George Van Hook, October, Oil

Honorable Mention - Tom Adkins, Litwin Farm, Oil
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