8th Annual Plein Air Paint Out on Quadra Island

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Sunday, September 15th, 2013
Saturday 9-4, Sunday 9-3: Watch the artists work Sunday 3-5: Reception and meet the artists

Explore Quadra Island with a paint brush! This not-for-profit event will promote global awareness of the arts and of the scenic wild beauty of B.C. Quadra Island has been registered as an official location as part of the International Plein Air Painters Organization's annual event.

Landscape painters will invade Quadra Island in September. Some of the area's most talented outdoor painters will bring their paint boxes and easels to Quadra Island, well known for its vistas of distant mountains and islands, beautiful forests, and abundance of marine wildlife.

Last year's event drew artists from all over the Globe. Many new plein air painting groups were formed directly from this event. Plein air artists seek the quality of natural light and atmosphere outdoors. Their art work is in direct response to the beauty they find in nature. They use a variety of media, from oils, through watercolors and pastels.

The public will be able to join in the fun by watching individual artists work and moving from painter to painter from 9 until 3 throughout the day.
On Sunday afternoon, there will be an exhibit of the day's work at the Heriot Bay Inn. An artists' reception will be held from 3:00 until 5:00 PM. The public is invited to come view the art and meet the artists.

For more information contact Nanci Cook at Firesign Studio