Join us for Paint Cedarburg,
our annual plein air painting event.
June 2 –10, 2023
Over 165 plein air artists roam our charming city of Cedarburg and areas in Ozaukee County capturing favorite historical structures, coffee shops and the picturesque countryside. Artists from all over work with oils, watercolors, pastels and more. Paint Cedarburg is nationally recognized as the largest gathering of artists in Wisconsin. Artists leave the comforts of their studios and spend 7 days painting outside…rain or shine. The public is encouraged to interact with the artists as they work and watch as their paintings come to life!
Get out of
your comfort zone!
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Challenge yourself and take your art to the next level.
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Enjoy the comradery of fellow artists and experience the challenge of working in different conditions outdoors
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Over $8,000 in prizes awarded every year
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Be a part of Wisconsin's largest gathering of plein air artists
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You'll have the chance to show and sell your work at the Cedarburg Cultural Center (CCC)
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Appreciate and support the process, talent and courage it takes to participate!
ARTIST INFORMATION & RESOURCES
Make the most of your Paint Cedarburg experience.
Space is limited and this event is open to the first 165 artists who register.
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Paint Cedarburg Prospectus: here’s where you can find more
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Printable boundary map (TBD)
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2023 Artists Handbook (TBD)
2023
AWARDS
Our Main Event in 2023
Presented Friday, June 9 at 5:00pm
(following the Artists’ Choice voting)
Cedarburg Cultural Center, W62 N546 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg
BEST OF SHOW
$3000
Purchase award Cedarburg Art Museum,
sponsored by Ozaukee Bank’s Gift to the Future Fund
2nd Place
$1000
3rd Place
$500
(4) Honorable Mentions
$250 value each
Gift certificates from Blick Art Materials and
Jack Richeson and Company
BEST OF THE CITY OF CEDARBURG:
SANDRA MCCUTCHEON PAPE
1st Place • $500
2nd Place • $300
3rd Place • $150
(3) Honorable Mentions • $50 each
PAINT THE LAKE
1st Place • $500
Sponsored by Bridget and Matt Deloge
& Katherine de Shazer
2nd Place • $300
(2) Honorable Mentions • $50 each
Sponsored by Robert Powell
NOCTURNE
1st Place • $300
2nd Place • $100
(2) Honorable Mentions • $50 each
ARTISTS CHOICE
1st Place • $300
2nd Place • $200
Each artist may only win one of the above awards with the exception of the Artists Choice Award.
Artists awarded more than $550 must complete a federal form W-9 prior to receiving the cash.
Our community loves watching you work and buys images of their favorite local shops, mills, waterways, historic homes and buildings, gardens and restaurants! Your sheer presence creates the vibe that sells artwork and makes our event so memorable. Thank you!
We love that you’re here!
2023 PAINT CEDARBURG EVENT SCHEDULE
JUNE 2023
02
FRIDAY
9am to 5pm
TBD
Workshop with Paint Cedarburg 2023 Judge, Hector Acuna.
This one-day plein air workshop
begins with an introduction by Hector at his home/studio in Grafton prior to painting outdoors at a nearby location.
Space is limited to 10 people, so early registration is recommended. Visit Hector’s
website for details.
8am to 10am
CAM
Welcome to Paint Cedarburg
Check-in & Stamping
Check-in for the day and get your canvases stamped. See the 2023 Artist Handbook for
more information.
SATURDAY
03
8am to 10am
CAM
Check-in & Stamping
Check-in and get stamped for another day of plein air.
2:00pm to 3pm
CCH
Artists set up easels to sell
3:00pm to 5pm
CCH
from Cedarburg
First public sale of 2023
plein air paintings on the lawn of Cedarburg City Hall. If it rains, go to the gymnasium at Cedarburg Community Center
Fresh!
SUNDAY
04
05
MONDAY
8am to 10am
CAM
Check-in & Stamping
Check-in for day three of Paint Cedarburg
6pm to 7pm
WHI
Artists Social
Hangout and get to know other Plein air artists and network
8am to 10am
CAM
Check-in & Stamping
Check-in and for day four of Paint Cedarburg
6pm to 7pm
WHI
Artists Social
Enjoy mingling with fellow plein air artists and network
TUESDAY
06
8am to 10am
CAM
Check-in & Stamping
Last day to check-in and get canvases stamped.
6pm to 7pm
WHI
Artists Social
Connect with fellow Plein air artists and network
WEDNESDAY
07
8am to 11am
CCC
Painting Drop-off
Get social and connect with your peers.
2:00 to 7:00pm
CCC
Judging
Let the judging begin!
THURSDAY
08
3pm to 5pm
CAM
Artists Soireé
Enjoy mingling with fellow artists, network and have fun. It’s a party after all! Dress is casual.
FRIDAY
2:00pm
CCC
Award Winners
Announced to artists only
2:00pm to 5:00pm
CCC
Collectors Invitational
Collectors are invited to enjoy coffee and the chance to acquire plein art before it is open to the public.
5:00pm to 8:00pm
CCC
Public Opening Party &
Gallery Sales
The general public is invited to enjoy the work of Paint Cedarburg participants and purchase some original art to take home.
09
Vote for your favorite!
Artists Choice Voting
CCC
noon to 1:30pm
10
SATURDAY
10am to 5pm
CCC
Public Gallery Sales Continue
Last chance for the public to purchase plein art from Paint Cedarburg
5:00 to 6:30pm
CCC
Painting Pickup
All participating artists are expected to pick up their wonderful work at this time.
5:00 to 7:00pm
CCC
Plein air in
Cedarburg Continues…
Artists must sign up in person to be included in this event. See prospectus for more information.
CAM = Cedarburg Art Museum • W63 N675 Washington Ave
CCC = Cedarburg Cultural Center • W62 N546 Washington Ave
CCH = Cedarburg City Hall • W63 N645 Washington Ave
WHI = Washington House Inn • W62 N573 Washington Ave
CCG = Cedarburg Community Gym • W63 N641 Washington Avenue • Cedarburg, WI 53012
Get involved and
help make it happen
Paint Cedarburg requires the work of dozens of volunteers like you! Become part of the creative group that makes the event happen. It’s fun and a great way to meet people in this plein community. Spouses/partners are welcome, too. Click for 2023 volunteer opportunities.
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2022 AWARD WINNERS
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2022 BEST IN SHOW
HECTOR ACUNA | ”Clouds Passing Over Afternoon Walk“ (Oil)
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2nd PLACE
MAIN EVENT
Bethann Moran-Handzlik
“May the Rain Fall Softly" (Oil)
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3rd PLACE
MAIN EVENT
Troy Tatlock
“Future Condominiums" (Mixed Media)
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1st PLACE
BEST OF CEDARBURG
Don Yang
“Late Afternoon Arch” (Oil)
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2nd PLACE
BEST OF CEDARBURG
Paula Swaydan Grebel
“Historic Back View” (Oil)
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3rd PLACE
BEST OF CEDARBURG
Pamela Grabber
“Color Chart” (Oil)
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1st PLACE
PAINT THE LAKE
James Faecke
“Noon Departure” (Watercolor)
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2nd PLACE
PAINT THE LAKE
Deborah Rollo
“Beauty Before the Storm” (Oil)
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1st PLACE
NOCTURNE
Tom Smith
“Port Washington 2nd Shift” (Oil)
1st PLACE
ARTISTS CHOICE
Todd Schabel
“By a Thread” (Oil)
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Honorable Mention
MAIN EVENT
Tom Linden
“Along Cedar Sauk" (Oil)
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Honorable Mention
MAIN EVENT
Stephen Wysocki “Andy and Katie's Garden" (Oil)
Honorable Mention
MAIN EVENT
Michael Olive
“Evening Ice Cream" (Oil)
New Plein Air workshop opportunity
with Hector Acuna.
Friday, June 2, 2023 | 9am to 5pm | $150
Join Hector Acuna for a one day workshop. You will learn about his approach to composition, value, and color in his award-winning plein air work. In this workshop, Hector will discuss the strategies of making a compelling image through bold and decisive paint application while promoting good habits that can continue to inform our ways of seeing. Space is limited to only 10 artists.
MEET OUR
ESTEEMED JUDGES
Hector Acuna
“Through painting I aim to make sense of my place in the world and the encounters I share with the people around me.” – Hector Acuna
Hector Acuna is a local artist and educator from Kenosha, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point before completing his Master of Fine Arts from Michigan State University. Hector has exhibited his studio and plein air paintings throughout the US including the Wisconsin Museum of Art, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Scarabocchio Art Museum, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, and Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Throughout his career, Hector’s art practice has been multifaceted which has included public murals, mixed-media installations, and artist residencies.
He began using gouache and oil paint en plein air as a student in Stevens Point and has continued to incorporate it into his process. Hector’s paintings have been purchased for private and public collections and received numerous awards. In 2022, his painting “Cracked A Few Good Eggs” was awarded Best of Show at the Door County Plein Air Festival. In the Fall of 2022, Hector was an invited guest to speak with artist Charlie Hunter on his Reasonably Fine Art Talk podcast. Hector was nominated as one of three "Artists to Watch" in the 2022 October/November issue of Plein Air Magazine. His work is represented by Pink Llama Gallery in Cedarburg, WI.
DK Palecek
“What intrigues me most is the symbolism woven in the human brain that allows one simple stroke to suggest an intricate object or a complicated scene. I will never tire of the thrill of that phenomenon.” – DK Palecek
DK Palecek
“What intrigues me most is the symbolism woven in the human brain that allows one simple stroke to suggest an intricate object or a complicated scene. I will never tire of the thrill of that phenomenon.”
I am an oil painter based in Northeastern Wisconsin. I participate in invitational and juried plein air events throughout the US and Ireland. I am a signature member of the AmericanImpressionist Society and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters, and a member of Oil Painters of America and the Portrait Society of America.
My fascination with art, with painting, is a fascination with brain science and the power and plasticity of the brain. I focus on the link between the eye and the brain. The brain assimilates volumes of visual information in every moment and can translate it into a feeling or an experience within seconds. For me, painting is this process in slow motion. The challenge is not to lose this glimpse, this feeling, this experience, in the translation. The challenge is to provide just enough information to capture that moment. My ambition is to find that place where a single brushstroke becomes a solitary building or a whole street; a simple path or miles of landscape; the difference between warmth and comfort or solitude and empty space. I paint with this delightful, ceaseless challenge all around me.
Brian Sindler
“I am driven to create works of art that capture the emotion and feeling of night. The peacefulness in the evening is the mood I’m most interested in conveying. Nighttime is the painter's equivalent to music in a minor key, and I hope when viewers look at my work they feel a sense of calm.” – Brian Sindler
Brian Sindler
A former musician, Brian Sindler did not start painting until his 30s and was at first a figurative and still life artist working in a Picasso-inspired Cubist style. He then trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, followed by four years of study at the French atelier-style School of Representational Art. Not long after graduating, Sindler discovered plein air painting, and this has been his genre of choice since. Today the artist’s style is centered on tonalism, while incorporating elements of abstraction, impressionism, and realism.
Sindler’s emotive landscapes are claiming numerous awards at events and festivals nationwide, including the 2018 Gold Medal at the National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic’s national exhibition, the 2018 Best of Show at Paint Grand Traverse, the 2015 Best New Artist at Plein Air Easton, and the 2011 Best of Show at the Door County Plein Air Festival. He was chosen as one of Three to Watch in Fine Art Connoisseur magazine and was featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine.
“I am driven to create works of art that capture the emotion and feeling of night,” the artist says. “The peacefulness in the evening is the mood I’m most interested in conveying. Nighttime is the painter's equivalent to music in a minor key, and I hope when viewers look at my work they feel a sense of calm.”
Sindler is represented by Peterson Contemporary Art (Bend, OR), Primitive (Chicago), Tvedten Fine Art (Harbor Springs, MI), and Williams Fine Art Dealers (Wenham, MA).
