Good ‘Plein’ Fun: The Plein Air Plus Exhibition is on view at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies through Oct. 29. The show features 45 artists who worked and painted on LBI during the months of July and August of this year.

IN HIS DEPTH: ‘Low Tide Lagoon’ won the top prize in the regular ‘Plein Air’ portion of the competition. (Artwork by John Meehan)

Art juror Kiko Aebi, curatorial assistant at New York City’s Modern Museum of Art, said she was “overwhelmed by the quality and diversity of the work.”

First prizes went to, in the regular “Plein Air” category, Island painter John Meehan for “Low Tide Lagoon” and, in the…