We are honored to have Ed Cahill as the judge for the

2025 Top of Georgia Plein Air Festival

Artist Dr. Russell Jewell with glasses and a beard is holding a brush



Ed Cahill


We are very excited to have

 Ed Cahill as the judge for

 the 3rd annual

Top of Georgia Plein Air Festival. Ed participates in plein air events in Georgia

and across the Southeast. 

He has won over a dozen awards including nine first place finishes. 

Ed now teaches oil painting and

plein air at Kennesaw State University and gives workshops both locally

and nationally.


An example of Russell Jewell's painting - a watercolor painting of a chicken coop with people and a dog


Ed Cahill is an award-winning artist from Marietta, Georgia with a passion for representational art and plein air painting. Raised in the mid-west and introduced to painting and drawing at a young age, Ed took classes at the art institute as a child. He attended Carnegie Mellon University graduating with a BFA in 1977. While raising a family Ed worked in his family’s auto dealership and eventually managed his own ad agency for twenty years, painting part time. While living in Yardley, Pennsylvania he was represented by the Golden Door Gallery in New Hope. Since 1996 he has lived in Marietta, Georgia and is now represented by the Frameworks Gallery in Marietta. In addition to his successful career as an artist, Ed teaches oil painting and plein air at Kennesaw State University, The Art Place in Marietta, and the Chastain Arts Center in Atlanta. He is known for his beautiful and vibrant landscapes.   You can view his work at Ed Cahill Artist | Plein Air Landscape Painter | Marietta, Georgia.