Mar 16

Sierra Foothill Conservancy Plein Air Event Participants

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March 13 and 14 2010

We had a perfect weekend for painting.  While the organizers were sweating out the Friday night rain, the artists were preparing for a weekend of painting.  Mother nature was very good to us by providing plenty of sunshine, lots of clouds on Saturday  with a blue, blue sky and perfect temperatures.   I heard 14 artists participated and  many of the visitors commented on how interesting it was to see all the various interpretations of the landscape. 

I’d like to say thank you to all the Sierra Foothill Conservancy personnel and members involved with putting on the event.  They were all so helpful and graceous to the artists, despite at times that,  (I’ve heard this a few times), organizing artists is like herding cats.  Thank you for a beautiful weekend, great company and gorgeous landscape.  I can’t wait to see the exhibit of all the paintings next summer!

While I was busy painting, my husband photographed  nature and people. 

Kim Lordier

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As near as I can tell Ginny Burdick is far left in the background.  Karen is on the right in the foreground.  Patrick Lacey is at one of the easels but  I don’t know who was at the fourth easel.

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Ginny Burdick

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Jeff Horn

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Gil Dellinger

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James McGrew

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Karen photographing David Hoffman photographing the landscape.

Karen photographing David

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Mar 03

McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve Open House and Plein Air Paint Out

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 Come join the invited group of local artist and the prestigious group of nationally recognized Embarcadero artists for a day of enjoying nature and the arts.  The artists have committed to creating a body of work depicting the Sierra Foothill Conservancy lands. The paintings will be sold at a fundraiser next autumn. 

Foothill Invitational artists:  Brianna Johnson-Smeds, Charlotte Hoffman, Don Price, Ginny Burdick, Matt Hopson-Walker, James McGrew, Patrick Lacey, Paul Buxman, Penny Otwell, Sue McCline

Embarcadero Invitational artists:  Adam Longatti, Clark G. Mitchell, Jeff Horn, John Burton, Kathleen Dunphy, Kim Lordier, Randall Sexton, Bryan Mark Taylor, Gil Dellinger, Jesse Powell, John Cosby, Kevin Courter, Libby Tolley, Ray Roberts

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Saturday, March 13, 2010
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

March is a beautiful time of the year on the McKenzie Preserve. Bring your family and friends to the Open House to explore on your own, enjoy the wildflowers and perhaps have a picnic. You may pick up a Discovery Trail guide and walk this interesting loop trail on the lower part of the preserve or hike to the table top to see the beautiful view. While you explore the preserve, observe plein air artists creating paintings on canvas right out of the landscape. No reservations are needed.

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Nov 18

Sierra Foothill Conservancy Plein Air Painting Project October 2009-2010

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I’ve embarked on a new journey that will last a year. 

Last month the Sierra Foothill Conservancy invited me and other regional artists to join their core of nationally known artist for their Plein Air Invitational.  The Sierra Foothill Conservancy owns preserves and have easements in the Fresno, Madera and Mariposa counties.   The artists will have access to paint the lands for the following year.  In the Fall of 2010 the paintings will be exhibited and sold to benefit Sierra Foothill Conservancy.    Soooo……

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Above:  Charlotte Hoffman (left)   Penny Otwell (right)      Regional artist Penny Otwell was also selected for the project. 

……Penny and I had a lovely day last Friday, painting on the Hornitos Easement property.   The next day, Saturday November 14th, was the first scheduled public plein air event at the Trabucco Ranch.  The artists arrived at the Trabucco Ranch easement property a few hours before the public so we could familiarize ourselves with the area.  From 2 – 6  visitors talked with and watched the painters as they painted the land surrounding them.  I had the pleasure of  meeting again with Adam Longatti,  Kim Lordier and Jeff Horn and meeting for the first time Clark G. Mitchell,  John Burton, Patrick Lacey and Brian Mark Taylor.  It was such a gorgeous day for painting!  As the sun set, the foothills turned rose colored with beautiful clouds to the northwest. 

This is such an awesome privilege to be be granted access to these beautiful lands….AND to meet such fabulous painters.  More importantly, the Sierra Foothill Conservancy is a wonderful organization working very hard for our future generations guarantee of unspoiled lands.  My heartfelt thanks to their hard work and dedication.

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Above:  Penny  at her easel greeting visitors and distant group watching Adam Longatti demonstrate.  (right) John Burton catching the last light.

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