Monday, March 24, 2014

Palouse Plein Air at Colfax Library...

The Palouse Plein Air Traveling exhibit comes to the foyer of the Colfax Library for the month of March. This exhibit features the award winning work of 10 of the artists who competed in the Palouse Plein Air competition in Moscow, Idaho last fall. 

Plein Air is French for "in the open air" and used to describe the act of painting outdoors. For the local competition artists were required to paint outdoors using the medium of their choice. Among the prize winners on display in Colfax are Andy Sewell 1st place entry, “Garden Studebaker” and Martha McIver’s “September: Sunny, Cloudy, Windy,” winner of the Artists’ Choice award.

The exhibit can be seen during regular library hours which are Mon-Weds 10-8, Thurs-Fri 10-6 and Sat-Sun 1-5. For more information, visit the library’s website at www.whitco.lib.wa.us or call the library at 509-397-4366.

Below: Garden Studebaker by 1st place winner by Andy Sewell
 
 

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