Beth Bathe Beth Bathe is an artist currently residing in Lancaster, PA. She has a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and has had her own graphic design business, Bathe Design for 30 years. Her fine art oil paintings include figurative, still life and landscapes. She has become very involved in the plein air movement of painting outdoors and plein air competitions. Beth teaches classes and leads and hosts workshops at her studio, Short Dog Studio, in Ephrata, PA. and facilitates a weekly evening open studio with model for local artists at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster PA. She also does demos and will be teaching a two day workshop in August in Bath County VA. Beth is a member and Board Member of the Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters (MAPAPA), Oil Painters of America (OPA), Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters (SVPAP), Daily Painters of Pennsylvania and Daily Paintworks. Beth was juried into and participated in over nine 2016 national competitions as well as participated in February 2016 Plein Air Magazine Invitational trip to Cuba. 2017 is another busy year, with several group shows, a solo show in May and nine juried competitons, as well as in September being invited into the group show “Artists for the New Century” at the Bennington in Vermont. Exhibited only every 5 years, Artists for the New Century offers a unique opportunity to celebrate distinguished members of the fine art community. Artists were hand–selected by the editors of 5 prominent fine art magazines. The editors were asked to select artists whose work they have noticed to be consistently strong, and who they feel deserve to be recognized for their talents. Awards Quick Draw First Place – Fingerlakes Plein Air 2017 Honorable Menton – Richmond Plein Air 2017 Honorable Mention – Solomons Island Plein Air 2016 Honorable Mention – Solomons Island Sunset Quickdraw 2016 Honorable Mention – Richmond Plein Air 2016 Donald Lewis Memorial Award – Bath County Plein Air 2015 Judge’s Choice Award – Plein Air Easton 2015 Second Place – Mountain Maryland Plein Air 2015 Artists Choice Award – Camp Hill Plein Air Quick Draw 2015 First Place – Maryland Agricultural Center Quick Draw 2015 Best in Show/Artist Choice Award – Paint Snow Hill 2015 First Place – 2014 Small Works Show, The Art Center, Mechanicsburg PA First Place & People’s Choice Award – Gettysburg Fest Plein Air Competition 2014 Second Place – Quick Draw. Plein Air Camp Hill 2014 Honorable Mention, Plein Air Camp Hill Quickdraw 2013 Art League of Alexandria, VA annual show “Scapes”, 2010 and 2011 Past Juried competitions Juried artist 2016 Richmond Plein Air, VA Juried artist 2016 Paint It! Ellicott City, MD Juried artist 2016 Paint The Peninsula, Olympic Park, WA Juried artist 2016 Solomons Island Plein Air, MD Juried artist 2016 Harford County Plein Air, MD Juried artist 2016, 2015 Mountain Maryland Plein Air, MD Juried artist 2016, 2015 Paint Annapolis, MD Juried artist 2016, 2015 Bath County Plein Air, VA Juried artist 2015, 2014 Plein Air Easton, MD Juried artist 2015 Castine Plein Air, ME Juried artist Plein Air Camp Hill PA, 2015, 2014 & 2013 Invited artist Plein Air Mt. Lebanon, PA, Oct. 2014 Invited artist Plein Air Chincoteague, VA, Sept. 2014 Invited artist, Paint Snow Hill, MD, 2015 & 2016