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The October 2007 Plein Air Painting Festival was a rousing success.
Top, nationally ranked artists selected for the San Luis Obispo
Plein Air Painting Festival were charmed by eminently paintable
landscapes, warm hospitality and eager art collectors. In its sixth
year, this event has earned a place among the top plein air painting
festivals in the country.
During
the week of the festival, 51 painters from across the United States
were seen capturing San Luis Obispo County's great outdoors. A large
crowd of admirers filled Mission Plaza to watch the artists paint
during a "Quick Draw" on Saturday morning. When the stop-all
painting whistle blew, easels were lined up on the Plaza, paintings
were framed on the spot, and put on view, followed by the crowd
of collectors bidding on the still wet paintings.
In
the nearby Art Center, there were 153 paintings created during Festival
Week on public view. A new Collectors' Party on Friday night and
the always popular Gala Exhibition and Silent Auction on Saturday
night brought collectors, art lovers, and gallery owners from throughout
the country for the first opportunity to purchase the exhibition
paintings.
Best
of Show was awarded to Niles Nordquist for "Morning at Pelican
Point". Other awards presented were: Artist's Choice Terry
Miura for "Stop" and People's Choice Ken Christensen for
"Yellow House."
Proceeds
from this annual fundraiser benefit both the artists and the Art
Center's exhibition and educational programming.
We
would like to thank the sponsors of the 2007
San
Luis Obispo Plein Air Painting Festival
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Best of Show 2007
Niles Nordquist

Artist's Choice 2007
Terry Miura

People's Choice 2007
Ken Christensen
Photos
by David Garth
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