"THE OLMSTED LEGACY" BY CARLA BOSCH
Olmsted 200 Celebration Artist Awards
Judged by B. Eric Rhoads, Publisher/Artist/CEO of Streamline Publishing – Plein Air Magazine and Fine Art Connosisseur Magazine and Andy Hall, Landscape Architect and co-founder of Olmsted Arts we congratulate all of you and thank you for your participation. The full body of work includes scenes from Olmsted landscapes from all over the country including Yosemite, Acadia, Niagra Falls and Grand Canyon National Parks, Atlanta, Florida, New York City, Brooklyn, Oyster Bay, Baltimore, New Orleans, Washington, DC, Camden (ME), West Point (NY) and more.
On behalf of all of us at Olmsted Arts we thank all of the participating Artists!
Best Season in an OLmsted Landscape Spring | ‘Central Park Pink’ by Russell Jewell
$ 1,000.00
16” x 8” Watercolor on watercolor board Olmsted associated park: Central Park, New York Bright May morning with trees in bloom.
Best Season in an OLmsted Landscape Winter | ‘Hidden Trails’ by Valerie Craig
$ 1,767.00
16” x 12” painting size, Oil on cotton canvas Olmsted associated park: Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC Enchanted by the chance to get lost in the woods while in the midst of the nation's hub, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC.
Best Representation of an Olmsted Landscape | “THE oLMSTED lEGACY” BY cARLA bOSCH
$ 2,950.00
18" x 26" Painting Size, Acrylic on Cotton Canvas The Olmsted Legacy "The Olmsted legacy is truly worth celebrating, and that is exactly my aim with this palette knife painting." Olmsted landscape associated - Olmsted Linear Park, Druid Hills, Atlanta, GA
Best Season in an OLmsted Landscape SUmmer | ‘Morning Light in Deepdene’ by Jason Sacran
$ 2,400.00
14” x 18” Oil in linen panel Olmsted associated park: Deepdene Park, Druid Hills, Atlanta I loved the radiant morning light of this scene. The orchestration of the trees. The way the sunlight played with the foliage. It was all magical.
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Best nocturne in an olmsted landscape | “AUDUBON PARK nIGHT STREETCAR ON SAINT CHARLES AVENUE” BY SUZIE BAKER
$ 1,900.00
12” x 16” Oil on linen panel. Olmsted associated park: Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA. Frederick Law Olmsted knew the creation and preservation of national and urban parks had a profound effect on human well-being. Audubon Park is part of the Olmsted legacy, enriching the lives of New Orleanians for 151 years.
Best of Season in an Olmsted Landscape Fall I “ Water Numph” by Susan Lynn
$ 1,400.00
11” x 14” Watercolor on paper Olmsted associated park: Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, New York I was working from a photo I had taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens a while back. I've been looking for an excuse to paint this scene - the light was so perfect, and I love how the fountain sculpture is.
Best Light in an oLMSTED lANDSCAPE | “Sweeping views” by Jonathan McPhillips
$1,400.00
Olmsted associated park: Harbor Park, Camden, ME
Hired by patron Mary Louise Curtis Bok, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. prepared a plan in 1928 for the neglected two-acre hillside between Camden Harbor and the Camden Library. Simultaneously, Fletcher Steele designed the Camden Library Amphitheatre directly across Atlantic Avenue, a unique convergence of work by two of the most important American landscape architects in the 20th century.
Employing strategic grading operations, Olmsted’s design emphasized framing views, especially those of the harbor from the library’s Palladian window, as well as views by boat toward nearby Mt. Battie and Mt. Megunticook. Curved walking paths led from street level to the shore, and generous planting beds concealed views of the backs of contiguous houses and stores. Olmsted proposed numerous native plants such American arborvitae, juniper, and blueberry, along with old-fashioned shrubs such as weigela, lilac, and tree hydrangea.
Participating Olmsted Plein Air
Invitational Alumni
Amato, Stephanie (Milton, GA)
Babak, Olena (Hartland, ME)
Baker, Suzie (Shenandoah, TX)
Basham, Jill (Trappe, MD)
Bosch, Carla (Liberty Hill, TX)
Bucci, Thomas (Camden, ME)
Caggiano, John (Rockport, MA)
Cahill, Ed (Marietta, GA)
Craig, Valerie (St. Davids, PA)
Cundiff, Katie Dobson (Sarasota, FL)
Eiseman, John (Hebron, MD)
Farnsworth, Bill (Venice, FL)
Fergus, Virginia (Atlanta, GA)
Finney, Trey (Spartanburg, SC)
Forbes, Kathy Rennell (Atlanta, GA)
Gosch, Millie (College Park, GA)
Guernsey, John (Marietta, GA)
Guglielmi, Bryan (Philadelphia, PA)
Gyurcsak, Joe (Monroe Township, NJ)
Jewell, Russell (Easley, SC)
Larsen, Kirk (Hicksville, NY)
Lashley, Christine (Reston, VA)
Lovett, Amanda (Gainesville, GA)
Lynch, Tom (Lincoln, NE)
Lynn, Susan (Rockport, MA)
Marshall, Charles (Wilmington, OH)
McCollough, Celeste (Atlanta, GA)
McGannon, Jill (Suwanee, GA)
McPhillips, Jonathan (Saunderstown, RI)
Meagher, Spencer (Mt. Vernon, IL)
Mitchell, Lisa (Lutherville, MD)
Pinnick, Brenda (Woodstock, GA)
Pisano, Crista (Nyack, NY)
Przewodek, Camille (Petaluma, CA)
Rosen, Cynthia (Dorset, VT)
Sacran, Jason (Booneville, AR)
Sandusky, Phil (New Orleans, LA)
Saunders, Patrick (Everywhere, USA)
Sills, John Brandon (Cockeysville, MD)
Simone, Robert (St Petersburg, FL)
Sneary, Richard (Kansas City, MO)
Steenhuis, Jill (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Tankersley, Nancy (Easton, MD)
Upton, Bob (St. Paul, MN)
Walker, Steven (Hahira, GA)
Watkins, Anthony (Bradley, ME)
Viega, Mary (Baltimore, MD)
Olmsted 200 Celebration
Join us in celebration for the 200th birthday of
Frederick Law Olmsted
(1822-1903)
“Father” of modern American landscape architecture.
Enlisting the talents of the nations’ top plein air painters to capture the beauty, on canvas, of Olmsted landscapes in Atlanta, the last residential design by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.The Olmsted Plein Air Invitational was born. The first Invitational was held in 2015, and now in our eighth year, we want to do our part to celebrate our namesake.
So, we have invited our Olmsted Plein Air Invitational alumni, national and international, to WOW us all with paintings of Olmsted landscapes across the United States - to commemorate the 200th year, to document the landscapes and to give collectors/Olmsted aficionados the opportunity to view/purchase these original works of art.
Explore and share the OLMSTED 200 GALLERY of paintings below. Paintings will be available for purchase until December 31, 2022. Artists may submit paintings to the gallery until November 15, 2022. Please visit frequently to view new paintings (all paintings must be created/completed during the 200th birthday year).
CLICK PAINTING to learn more and purchase a painting. SHOP the collection online at https://olmstedpleinair.myshopify.com/collections/olmsted-200
For those not familiar with Frederick Law Olmsted, his design philosophy and his firms’ impact on American cities, here is a partial listing of some of the most iconic designs:
Druid Hills/Olmsted Linear Park (Atlanta), Audubon Park (New Orleans), Central Park (New York), Buffalo Parks System, Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Louisville Parks System, Biltmore House (Asheville), Chicago World Expo 1893, The Emerald Necklace (Boston), Belle Isle Park (Detroit), The US Capitol Grounds (Washington, DC), Rochester Parks System, Druid Hill Park (Baltimore), Bok Tower (Florida), Portland (OR) Parks System, Seattle Parks System, Stanford University (original campus), Yosemite National Park (CA), Forest Park (St. Louis), Mt. Royal Park (Montreal)
Over the life of the Olmsted firm (1857-1979) thousands of landscape projects benefited from the design philosophy developed and applied by Mr. Olmsted. To learn more about Frederick Law Olmsted visit www.olmsted.org – the website for the National Association for Olmsted Parks, located in Washington, DC.