The 2026 Roster
Meet the Artists
Every painter at the Heartland Plein Air Festival is here by invitation. This year, 25 nationally recognized artists travel to the Omaha metro to spend a week painting it — outdoors, on location, in real time. Browse the full roster below, then come find them in the field.
Meet This Year's Judge →Awards
Awards Judge
Rick J. Delanty
California
Rick J. Delanty is a nationally recognized painter with a career spanning more than fifty years, known for award-winning plein air landscapes and coastal scenes throughout the American West. His work is held in the permanent collections of several museums, and he is the author of Beauty Unites Us. The Art Renewal Center designated him as an Associate Living Master.
A Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists, the American Impressionist Society, and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Rick has spent decades teaching, judging national competitions, and mentoring fellow artists.