Columbus Museum of Art and OPAS Show

Last night was the opening of the Ohio Plein Air Society's juried group exhibition in the lobby of the Columbus Museum of Art. The theme was to document the Russell Page sculpture garden before it is destroyed by a new expansion project for the museum. About 40 to 50 of our artists submitted works and 18 works were chosen from 13 artists. A art auction will be held next Friday and part of it will go to the museum fund.
The opening went very well and I am sure many of the patrons of the museum were impressed by the quality and skill of our artists. I am very proud of this society.

Columbus Museum of Art Exhibition

The CMA is hosting a plein air exhibition and art auction for the Ohio Plein Air Society beginning Sept 10 - 18th. Members of OPAS, myself included, have made plein air painting of the Russell Page garden which will be destroyed to make way for a new museum expansion. We have submitted our painting to a judge who will decide who will be in the exhibition in the museum. I submitted one which took about 3 hours last Thursday. First real painting since I became ill.

It looks it too :). I call it Garden as Teacher for there is a lot to be learned in plein air by painting this garden with its shape angles, solid geometry, sculptures, and foliage. Not at all like the gentle feminine landscape features of Italy or Ohio