Carmel on Canvas 2025 results
More than $11,000 in prizes awarded at annual event
Pictured top row: Grand Prize/Best of Show, Catherine LaPointe Vollmer; 2nd Place winner, Jeannie Hilfiker. Bottom row: 3rd Place winner Scott Sullivan; 4th place winner Peter Wu.
CARMEL, Ind., Sept. 16, 2025 - The 11th annual Carmel on Canvas plein air event was held Sept. 5 and 6 and featured artists in an open-air painting exhibition and competition which took place on the sidewalks throughout the City's central corridor.
The event hosted 60 highly acclaimed artists from the Midwest and beyond. The artists competed in a variety of plein air contests during the two-day event, registering in a division that matched their skill or age level: professional, non-professional, teen and youth. Carmel artist and educator Irina Smulevitch of the Carmel Art Education Studio in the Village of WestClay was this year's judge.
The awards for the 2025 Carmel on Canvas are as follows:
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
Grand Prize/Best of Show ($3,000) Catherine LaPointe Vollmer, Pottsdam, N.Y.
2nd Place ($2,000) Jeannie Hilfiker, Indianapolis, Ind.
3rd Place ($1,500) Scott Sullivan, Bloomington, Ind.
4th Place ($1,000) Peter Wu, Missouri City, Texas
Merit Winners
Betsy Bird, Indianapolis, Ind.
Melanie Wissel, Carmel, Ind.
Carleen O’Connor Rivera, Munster, Ind.
Mary Ann Davis, Indianapolis, Ind.
Mark Millis, Bargersville, Ind.
Brad Fields, Fishers, Ind.
Jaclyn Schillinger, Westfield, Ind.
Lesley Halflich, Noblesville, Ind.
Emily Winslow, Indianapolis, Ind.
Donna Shortt, Indianapolis, Ind.
NON-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
1st Place, Bill Bernard, Carmel, Ind.
2nd Place, Clover Scholl Indianapolis, Ind.
3rd Place, Marie Schafer, Sheridan, Ind.
Merit Winners
Lisa Elliott, Indianapolis, Ind.
Alexis Hahn, Fishers, Ind.
TEEN DIVISION
1st Place, Ella Guo, Carmel, Ind.
2nd Place, Lena Michalowicz, Fishers, Ind.
3rd Place, Isaac Anthony, Carmel, Ind.
YOUTH DIVISION
Merit Winner, Julie Cao, Carmel, Ind.
Merit Winner, Alison Zhang, Zionsville, Ind.
PURCHASE AWARDS
Carmel on Canvas artists have the opportunity to compete for Purchase Awards by painting the sponsoring business’ establishment and winning the listed monetary prize. Purchase Awards paintings are not included in the Plein Air Paint Out. Congratulations to the artists listed below with the participating businesses.
Fringe & Form ($400) David Seward, Zionsville, Ind.
Pure Green ($300) Brad Fields, Fishers, Ind.
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