En Plein Air 2026
Painting Competition
Painting Competition
The 9th Plein-air festival will be held on 25th, 26th and 27th June 2026. ArtREGEN looks forward to welcoming artists to our town for the three days of the competition. Judging will take place in Amgueddfa Torfaen Museum Pontypool on Sunday 28th June.
Artists are required to register with ArtREGEN in Pontypool Indoor Market after 9.00am and complete and return their painting(s) before 4.00pm on the same day.
All artworks will be exhibited in the museum gallery and offered for sale after the competition.
'The Market' 1st
Justin Brown
£240
'Gone West' 2nd
Alex Rouse
£160
'Gatekeeper' 3rd
Inna Abramova
£150
'The Old Bank'
Rachel Baber
£240
'Sunlight on the Afon Lwyd'
Clara Koehler
£95
'Sunny Orchard'
Jane Rosair
£70
'Woodman's Cottage'
Helen Payek
£80
'Ancient Rhodedendron'
Chris Hanbury
£55
'A Quiet Place'
Alyssa Braid
£80
'Italian Garden'
Gary Yeung
£180
'Dappled Roots'
Abigail Tanner
Exhibit Only
'Dappled Roots 2'
Abigail Tanner
£95
'No Swimming'
Emily Clark
£125
'Are you coming then?'
Laura Mathieson
£60 (Sold)
'A Calm, Quiet Corner'
Sam Daddin
£25
'Purple Beech Days'
Madison Edwards (Student)
£10.00
'Nobody's Perfect'
Inna Abramova
£175
'Rooted in Time'
Lorna Savidge
£100
'Pink Sky, Green Trees'
Pauline Price
£55
'Two Bridges'
Steve Ellwood
£175
'Woodman's Cottage'
Paul Weston
£140
'Peaceful Pond'
Joseph Foster
£30
'Lost and now Found'
Laura Mathieson
£165
'Bridge at Pontymoile'
Denise Jones
£50
'Town Hall & St James'
Ann McMail
£90
'Go Local'
Alison McKenzie
TBA
'Osborne Road & George Street'
Rachel Baber
£185
'Pond Life'
Rachel Edwards
£35