Thursday, July 8, 2010

More to come... First gatherings planned to start in August 2010

I'm announcing an idea to have informal Saturday morning outdoor painting gatherings for anyone who is interested in meeting with other painters and painting in the area of the St. Croix River Valley and it's surrounding landscape.

THIS IS NOT A CLASS, though I think it would be fun to watch others while they paint. It's to share the Art Spirit, and the love (some might call it habit) of painting the incredibly scenic landscape that we have surrounding us here in the St Croix Valley region.

THIS IS OPEN TO ANYONE, ANYHWHERE, WHO WANTS TO COME AND PAINT HERE IN THE ST CROIX VALLEY REGION BETWEEN AFTON AND TAYLORS FALLS OR THERE ABOUTS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS.

As this begins, I will be posting a weekly location announcement here on the blog, on a Facebook Group page and will keep an email list for the group for anyone who indicates that they'd like to be on it.

Although I am going to be kicking this thing off, I am open to suggestions for painting locations at anytime, farms in the area, properties that you all have or know about that might be open to a group of very well behaved painters showing up to paint on a Saturday morning... anything of interest is game for suggestion.

There will be many Saturdays that are weathered out, or that I won't be in town and able to get out to a location. IN THOSE CASES I WILL PUT NOTICE OF THAT ON THIS BLOG AND ON THE FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE.

THOSE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO GO PAINT WILL HAVE TO COMMUNICATE TO EACH OTHER VIA THIS BLOG ABOUT WHERE THEY'LL BE PAINTING IN THAT CASE.

It's just the beginning so we'll shake out the bugs as we go. Expect some info to start showing up here in August.

Hope to see you out painting!


'Humid St Croix' oil on linen, 2008 (painted on location at the Canoe Launch in the Interstate Park, MN side.)

4 comments:

Dot Courson said...

Wonderful idea! Keep posting the dates you are going, Marc...I'm sure you will draw a crowd of artists. Would love to see that part of the country- is it cool there? Hot as blazes down here in MS! (Oh, and a beautiful painting, by the way!)

Marc R. Hanson said...

Dot, not as hot as there, but still hot. I've been in the south and tried to go out painting... it's not easy in the summer. But man is the winter nice there!!! :-)
Thanks.

MaryAnn Cleary said...

I love the idea!

SuziSez said...

Well, nough said, let's go paint. Love it. Dec 11, I am having my annual Saggitarius Party so cannot be there on that date, but plan to !
Thanks for putting this all together like this Marc.