Entry Juror
Jacqueline Baldini
Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada

J.Baldini is Executive Director and Founder of International Plein Air Painters. She is a Plein Air Painter as well as Master Photographer.

She is a member of International Plein Air Painters, The Professional Photographers of America, American Society of Photographers.

Her paintings are part of private and public collections in the US, Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada and Europe. She conducts Plein Air Painting Art Workshops in Niagara Falls,Ontario , Niagara Falls, USA, St. Lucia, West Indies and Monhegan Island, Maine.

The recipient of numerous international awards, Jacqueline’s work has also appeared in many publications including The Artists Sketchbook Magazine by The Artists Magazine, The Artists Magazine, American Artist Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Esquire Magazine, Country Living Magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur.

Awards Judge
Kenn Backhaus
Pennyslvania

Award-winning, nationally recognized oil painter
1973 graduate of Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Past commercial designer and illustrator receiving many awards, including acceptance in the Annual Society of Illustrators Show in New York. Works have been juried into many shows across the country, including the Oil Painters of America National Shows.

Awards including"

• Collector’s Choice Award at the Seventh Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational
• Artist’s Choice Award at the First Annual Telluride Plein Air Exhibit and Sale
• Fredix Artist Canvas Best Landscape award at the Oil Painters of America National Show, Kirkland, Washington
• Tara Best Landscape award at the Oil Painters of America National Show, Taos, New Mexico
• Second Place Award in the Crystal Cove Invitational Exhibition
• Finalist winner The Artist Magazine
• Best of Show in the Invitational American Plains Artist Show, Midland, Texas
• Award of Excellence in the Regional Oil Painters of America Show, Arlington Heights, IL.

Kenn is a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America and the Plein Air Painters of America. Kenn was highlighted on American Public Television’s Passport & Palette™