2021 starts

 

2020 was definitely a crazy year for all of us, and 2021 is starting out still crazy, including our blog and everything else, but at least plein air seems to be something we're able to do fairly safely at this point, like starting the year off with an event at Washington Oaks State Park,

Washington Oaks is a lovely place, with beautiful gardens as well as water views on the oceanfront, and along the intracoastal waterway, a great place to welcome in the new year.

We didn't have a big turnout, but a few hardy souls made the trek to Washington Oaks to take advantage of the scenery there. 

Here's hoping that as the year goes on we'll all be able to spend more time together. 

Farewell to 2020

 

The Covid pandemic made 2020 a crazy year for many of us and many things well by the wayside, including this blogger's plans for the blog. We had to cancel meetings, learn to use Zoom. But plein air events are fairly safe out in the open air, and we held a plein air event at Hanna Park early in November.

Only as few attendees, but still it was nice for those who attended to be able to get out in the fresh air and paint, even if social distancing was required. 

We also held a first Zoom workshop with Aline Ordman, and attendees all agreed it was a great event. It looks like 2021 will still be including Zoom events, but we hope that as the year goes on we'll be able to see one another in person again. Happy painting everyone.

Plein Air - Hanna Park

 

What:  Plein Air paint-out

When: Saturday, November 7, 9 AM to 1 PM

Where: Katheryn Abbey Hanna Park, 500 Wonderwood Dr., Jacksonville, FL

This Saturday is our next planned plein air event at lovely Hanna Park in Jacksonville.

The park is large and spread out. Lots of room for social distancing of all sorts.

There are various options for everyone for painting - from the inner ponds with lots of trees and vegetation.

To beautiful dunes along the beachfront, and wide amazing beaches as well. 

So everyone should be able to find something. It's one of the most beautiful parks in Jacksonville so everyone should be able to find something that's good for their heart and soul to paint during these crazy times.

Our annual juried show

 Again. with the Covid pandemic, one of the other things that ended up not happening as expected. was our annual juried member show. It's original date was right in the middle of the lockdown, the Cultural Center was closed. We hoped to postpone until the fall, but with the fall upon us it's still not an option.

So as many groups have done this year, we've converted our juried show to an online show. Many thanks to Carron Wedlund who worked hard on the show, and created the online version for us. We have so many talented artists in our group so we certainly want to share our works with everyone. I hope you will all enjoy our show: