2025 Plein Air Festival Juried Exhibition

2025 Plein Air festival exhibition

September 13, 2025–JANUARY 11, 2026

Juried By Peter Adams and Toni Williams with OMA executive director Maria Mingalone
As part of OMA’s third Plein Air Festival (September 6-13, 2025) artists at all levels of experience were welcomed to create art in the open air throughout Oceanside, celebrating creativity and the natural environment. The Festival is not only about the artists who join in the creative process, it is also for our friends, neighbors, visitors, and art lovers of all ages that have connections to our beautiful city. Everyone is invited to share curiosity, wonder, and joy as they watch scenes of the ocean and beaches, landscapes, and cityscapes of Oceanside come to life on canvas and paper. It is a time for people to find connection and empathy–all at the intersection of art and everyday life.
Each festival participant completed multiple artworks en plein air (French for “outdoors”) during the course of the week, from which the jurors Peter Adams, Toni Williams, and OMA Executive Director Maria Mingalone selected for this exhibition. Look for the award winning works and honorable mentions throughout the gallery.
The 2025 Plein Air Festival Juried Exhibition is a stunning showcase of original plein air works of art representing Southern California’s natural beauty and urban environments in a variety of media, all created over the course of one exciting week.
 
Visit OMA to Purchase artwork from this exhibition through January 11.

Congratulations to our 2025 Festival Winners and Exhibiting Artists

 

Best In Show, First Place | Hermann Chen, Midday Moments

Second Place | Liz Lancaster, Mission Ave Rail Crossing

Third Place | Dunya Holland, Mellano Farm, North River Road; Oceanside

Additional Awards

Congratulations to our Exhibiting Artists

John Dillon, Oceanside Star, Honorable Mention
Frederick Hope, 2 Days at Buddy Todd, Honorable Mention
Nick Martello, Morning Walk, Honorable Mention
Claire Miller, Sunfall on the Sea, Honorable Mention
Margaret Larlham, Back Alley Ballad, Honorable Mention
Fan Li, Robert's Cottages, Honorable Mention
Gia Moody, Tower 7 the strand, Honorable Mention
Kathryn Peterson, Oceanside Civic Center Fountain, Honorable Mention
Sarah Sullivan, Waiting for the Green Flash, Honorable Mention
Vira Ustianska, Oceanside Public Library, Student Submissions 1st Place, presented by Main Street Oceanside
Mark Nakanishi, Oceanside Pier, Student Submissions 2nd Place, presented by Main Street Oceanside
Cheryl Hamilton-Gray, Cottage Impressions, O'side O'riginal , Presented by Visit Oceanside
Amanda Ferguson, The Orderly Shoreline Society, Best Brick and Mortar, Presented by Oceanside Chamber of Commerce
Karen Haub, Morning Bells at the Mission, Osider Magazine Award, 1st Place
Drew Bandish, Harbor Glow, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Hermann Chen, Midday Moments, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Lorraine Marie Cote, Oside Farmers Market, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Cheryl Hamilton-Gray, Cottage Impressions, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Victoria Huff, Baited, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Michelva Hutchinson, Buccaneer Cafe, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Kathleen Lanzoni, Sun Worshippers, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Margaret Larlham, Back Alley Ballad, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Margaret Larlham, Down to the Pier, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Kathryn Peterson, Oceanside Harbor Lighthouse, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Chris Rooney, Oceanside Harbor, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Vira Ustianska, Oceanside Public Library, Osider Magazine Honorable Mention
Kevin Liddell, Perspective San Luis Rey, Mission San Luis Rey Quick Paint Award, 3rd Place
Victoria Huff, Notes from the Past, Mission San Luis Rey Quick Paint Award, 2nd Place
Fan Li, San Luis Rey Mission, Mission San Luis Rey Quick Paint Award, 1st Place
Chris Rooney, Teeny Tiny People's Choice Award

Victoria Huff, Baited
Victoria Huff, Lily’s Pad
Marie Huggin, The Pier
Michelva Hutchinson, Buccaneer Café
Mai Igarashi, Morning Light
Kate Joiner, Oceanside Pier from Mission Pacific
Chuck Kovacic, Contemplating the Contemplation Gate
Elizabeth (Liz) Lancaster, Mission Ave Rail Crossing
Kathleen Lanzoni, Sun Worshippers
Margaret Larlham, Back Alley Ballad
Margaret Larlham, Down to the Pier
Fan Li, Robert’s Cottages
Fan Li, San Luis Rey Mission
Kevin Liddell, Kite Stuck
Nick Martello, Morning Walk
Jim McConlogue, Buena Vista Palms
Jim McConlogue, Batiquitos Lagoon Trail
Claire Miller, Sunfall on the Sea
Gia Moody, Tower 7 the strand
Mark Nakanishi, Oceanside Pier
Anh Nguyen, I got a fish
Hanna Osterwyk, Mission (On A)
Hanna Osterwyk, Oceanside City Hall
Frenses Perey, Moonlight and Sage
Frenses Perey, Blue Dome
Kathryn Peterson, Oceanside Civic Center Fountain
Kathryn Peterson, Oceanside Harbor Lighthouse
Chris Rooney, Oceanside harbor
Lyndelle Stonick, In the Silence
Sarah Sullivan, Little House with a Big View
Sarah Sullivan, Waiting for the Green Flash
Joyce Trinh, Buccaneer Cafe view from Buccaneer Beach
Vira Ustianska, Oceanside Public library
Stephanie Van de Wetering, Just Throw It, Man!

Liz Abeyta, O’side Bakery
Liz Abeyta, Oceanside Crab Crew
Deena Altman, Lucky 13 at Cassidy Bridge
Yvette Alvarado, Fire Station 1
Taylor Bacon, Star Theatre
Drew Bandish, Harbor Glow
Joli Beal, Twos
Joli Beal, Tower Nine
Joli Beal, Palms and Pier
Julie Bradbury-Bennett, About-face Merry-Anne!
Julie Bradbury-Bennett, Strand of Gold
Sandra Chanis L, Family day by Robert’s Cottage
Joey Chavez, Harbor 25
Hermann Chen, Midday Moments
Hermann Chen, Bayside Reverie
Lorraine Marie Cote, Drinks at the Harbor
Lorraine Marie Cote, O’side Farmers’s Market
Emily Davis, The Antoinette
John Dillon, Oceanside Star
John Dillon, Evening Glow on Harbor
Claudia Dominguez, The Wait
Amanda Ferguson, The orderly shoreline society
Sasha Furlan, Who goes who stays
Ken Goldman, Mission Shadows
Ken Goldman, Morning at Buddy Todd Park
Stephanie Goldman, Evening Glow
Cheryl Hamilton-Gray, cottage impressions
Nita Harper, Tuesday Evening
Karen Haub, Morning Bells at the Mission
Michael Hill, Beach Boys
Dunya Holland, Mellano Farm, North River Road; Oceanside
Dunya Holland, Signs of the Times
Fredric Hope, 2 Days at Buddy Todd

Thank you to our Featured and Selected Artists

Select Artists

Joli Beal

Mike Hill

Marie Huggin

Nita Harper

Victoria Huff

Kate Joiner

Chuck Kovacic

Kathleen Lanzoni

Margaret Larlham

Jim McConlogue

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