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ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER – APRIL 27 - SEE INSIDE
April 25 -May 1, 2016 35Artists - 4Venues
THE SHOPS BUCKHEAD ATLANTA – APRIL 26 & 27- SEE INSIDE
OLMSTEAD LINEAR PARKS – APRIL 27–SEE INSIDE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN – APRIL 27 & 28 - SEE INSIDE
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Welcome and Bonjour!
During one memorable week in 2016 metropolitanAtlanta will become the focus and the inspiration forAmerica’s greatest outdoor Impressionist landscape painters.Thirty-five of the top tier plein air painters haveaccepted the invitation and the challenge of the second annual Olmsted PleinAir Invitational.They will traveltoAtlanta to paint their vision and we anticipate the thrill of seeing our familiar landmarks through theirdiscriminating eyes.
The event isApril 25th - May 1st and celebrates the 194th Birthday ofAmerican landscape architect, FrederickLaw Olmsted, Sr. It will take place across our city at theAtlanta History Center campus, theAtlanta BotanicalGarden, hosting a show of Chihuly glass art,The Shops BuckheadAtlanta, and culminating in the OlmstedLinear Park.
These locations will be captured by NorthAmerica’s greatest plein air painters who will paint and documenttheseAtlanta cultural and business locations, creating a legacy for future generations to enjoy.
Each evening the public is invited to ticketed events allowing them to meet and mingle with the invited artists.At the end of the show, the hundreds of diverse and enchanting paintings produced during the week will beoffered to Friends, Sponsors,Collectors at the Druid Hills Golf Club.
In addition to broadening the plein air movement,we hope to expand the knowledge and culture of plein air,accomplished through event lectures, demonstrations and educational programs in theArtistVillage.The publicis invited to paint alongside the invited artists in the park during our Paint Quick competition. Additionally,the Olmsted PleinAir Invitational is delighted to present 25 sponsored scholarships offered to high schoolstudents for Paint Quick competition.
This marks the second year of what we believe will become an annual art event deserving of our fair city.For one week the Olmsted PleinAir Invitational will shine with the light of art and inspiration as we share inthe amazing phenomenon the plein air movement has become.Through all the various events our goal is tobring together all who share our love of art and our city. We both wish to express our sincere thanks andgratitude for allowing us to be part of this grand artistic experience.
Let’sToast toArt!
Andy Hall and Lillian Kirbo Ansley, Co-Chairs, Olmsted Plein Air Invita$onal
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Proceeds benefit the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance
What is enPlein Air?
En plein air is a French expression whichmeans “in the open air” and is particularly usedto describe the act of painting outdoors, which isalso called peinture sur le motif (“painting of theobject(s) or what the eye actually sees”). In painting,“sur le motif” reproduces the actual visual condi-tions seen at the time of the painting.Artists havelong painted outdoors, but in the mid-19th Centuryworking in natural light became particularly impor-tant to the Barbizon school, the Hudson RiverSchool and Impressionism.The popularity of paint-ing en plein air increased in the 1840s with theintroduction of paints in tubes (resembling moderntoothpaste tubes). Previously, painters made theirown paints by grinding and mixing dry pigmentpowders with linseed oil.
It was during this period that the “Box Easel”, typi-cally known as the French Box Easel or field easel,was invented. It is uncertain who developed it first,but these highly portable easels, with telescopiclegs and built-in paint box and palette, made treksinto the forest and up the hillsides less onerous.Still made today, they remain a popular choiceeven for home use, since they fold up to the sizeof a briefcase, and thus are easy to store.
Welcome toAtlanta’s Second OlmstedPlein Air Invitational!
Once again,Atlanta joins the prestigious ranks of towns and citiesholding plein air painting competitions; forward-looking localesthat recognize the importance of theArts to the surrounding
Community.TheArts speak to each of us individually in a way thatenhances our lives.TheArts teach us about the world we live in.In particular, plein air painting allows us to view our familiar
Atlanta landmarks through the discriminating eyes of recognizedartists, documenting these places for posterity.
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THANKS TO OUR 2016 SPONSORS
Suzie Baker, AIS, OPA, PSATheWoodlands, Texassuziebaker.com/
Recognition of Suzie Baker in 2015included En Plein Air Texas -BestWest Texas Landscape; LagunaBeach Plein Air Invitational -Awardof Exceptional Merit; Kerrville Out-door Painting Event -Best of Show;Door County Plein Air Invitational;American Impressionist SocietyNational Exhibition; Oil Painters ofAmerica Salon -First Place Plein AirCompetition; Oil Painters of Amer-ica 24th Annual National JuriedExhibition; Western RegionalJuried Exhibition of Traditional Oils;Women PaintingWomen TexasGeorgetown Art Center; Plein AirSalonMay/June -First Place Overall;and Outdoor Painters Plein AirSouthwest Show. Publicationsinclude Fine Art Connoisseur, PleinAir and Southwest Art Magazines.She was recently named as one ofFine Art Connoisseur’s “Three toWatch”. Ms. Baker’s professionalaffiliations include Oil Painters ofAmerica Board Member, PortraitSociety of America, AmericanImpressionist Society, National Oiland Acrylic Society, Laguna PleinAir Painters Association, OutdoorPainters Society, and AmericanWomen Artist. She teaches atTheWoodlands Art League.
Jill BashamChesapeake Bay, Marylandjillbasham.com/
Returning to the OPAI in 2016; JillBasham’s recent recognition in-cludes Oil Painters of AmericaEastern Regional Exhibition 2015;Plein Air Texas, 2015 - San AngeloMuseum of Fine Art PermanentCollection Museum PurchaseAward; Best Maryland Artist,Plein Air Easton! 2015; "Bold-Brush" Award (First Place), Janu-ary, 2015; Salmagundi Club ArtistMember Award Winner: 106th An-nual Thumb Box Exhibition in2014; National Oil and AcrylicPainter's Association: "BestLandscape", Spring 2014; Na-tional Oil and Acrylic Painter's As-sociation: "Best Landscape",Spring 2014; Third Place, Plein AirEaston 2012. Ms. Basham’s workhung in the U.S. Embassy in SriLanka as part of U.S. Departmentof State's "Art in Embassies Pro-gram". Publications include PleinAir Magazine, Featured Artist,Plein-Air Magazine/OutdoorPainter: Article, "Why ThisWorks", an analysis of work forpainting, "Bath County Beauty."
Garin Baker, AIS, OPA, ASMANewWindsor, New Yorkgarinbaker.com/
American realist painterGarin Baker’s recent recognition in-cludes Plein Air Easton Grand Prize2013; Brandywine Paint Out FirstPlace 2012; and Paint the TownFirst Place Cranford, NJ Paint Out2011. He also runs a public artmural company called CarriageHouse Art Studios and his publicart murals are in Los Angeles,Chicago, Atlanta,Washington, D.C. ,New York andHelsingor, Denmark.Mr.Baker is includedoncoversandinterior articles in Plein Air Maga-zine, American Artist, ConnoisseurMagazine, International Artist andArtistWorkshopMagazine
Cindy Baron, OPA, AWS, SC, AISNorth Kingstown, RIcindybaron.com/
Ms. Baron is returning to OPAI in2016; recognized by her peers inboth watercolor and oil. She is asought-after instructor, and someof Ms. Baron’s works are ownedby Nike and The National Mu-seum of Wildlife. Some of her ac-complishments include OilPainter of America National 2010and Salon International Green-house Gallery 2010. She in-structs classes and workshops.Ms. Baron has been featured inPlein-Air Magazine, Artist Profile,March issue 2014, The Artist Mag-azine, 1999 Profile, SouthwestArt, The Art Collector, Art Connois-seur, Coastal Life Magazine andBig Sky Journal. Ms. Baron wasnamed Oil Painter of America Sig-nature Status, American Water-color Society Signature Status,elected to the Salmagundi Club,as well as the American Impres-sionist Society.
Eleinne BasaJackson, New Jerseyeleinnebasafineart.com/
In 2015 recognition for EleinneBassa included Plein Air for thePark Aspen- Interior Award ofExcellence; Door County Plein Air -Honorable Mention; ARC RenewalCenter Salon -Competition Finalist;National Cowboy andWesternHeritage Museum Notes from theField; California Art Club GoldMedal Show; Outwest Art Show;and SettlersWest American Minia-ture Show. She has also shownher works at the National Arts Cluband the Salmagundi Club of NewYork. Her work is in the permanentcollection of the Academy ArtMuseum in Easton, and in publica-tions including Southwest ArtMagazine Artist to Watch Featureand Plein Air Magazine Cover andFeature have included her work.
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David Boyd, Jr. OPA, AISNewnan, Georgiadavidboydjr.com/
David Boyd, Jr.’s recent recognitionincludes the Florida's ForgottenCoast PaintOutQuickDrawEmerging Artist 2013; American Im-pressionist Society National –Hon-orable Mention; Plein Air Affair St.Simon’s Island Georgia QuickDraw-third place; CallawayGardens PleinAir -Paint Out Award; Paintin' TheTown Plein Air College Park (Geor-gia)- second place. Mr. Boyd is af-filiated with Oil Painters of Americaand the American ImpressionistsSociety.
WoodyW. Cyrus,Roanoke, Virginiafacebook.com/woody.cyrus
Returning to OPAI in 2016 as theOlmsted Plein Air Invitational 2015-Cezanne Award,Woody Cyrus’ re-cent recognition includes BathCounty Plein Air 2015; VirginiaPlein Air Painters, 2015; and PleinAir –Easton 2012 and 2013. Mr.Cyrus has won several awards forhis paintings and he teaches at theArt League in Alexandria, Virginia
Ken DeWaardViroqua, Wisconsinkendewaard.com/
Mr. DeWaard is returning to OPAI in2016. His recent awards includeOlmsted Plein Air Invitational –Paint QuickHonorable Mention,2015; Door County Plein Air - Bestof Show and Artist Choice, 2015;Plein Air Easton – PAE Competition,2015; Lighthouse Plein Air Compe-tition -3rd place award, 2015;Lighthouse Plein Air Competition,2014; Plein Air Easton- third placeaward and Artist Choice Award forPre-Event, 2014; A Little Piece ofItaly - Monteprandone AP, 2014;Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational- The Strada and Randy HigbeeGallery Awards; Plein Air Easton –third place QuickDraw, Florida’sForgotten Coast Plein Air – QuickDraw Honorable Mention; CallawayGardens Plein Air -Best of Show,2012. He teaches at The Academyof Fine Art in Denmark,Wisconsinin the Driftless area. Mr. DeWaardhas appeared in the LaCrosse Trib-une and was the subject of “ArtistFocus” in American Art CollectorMagazine.
Margaret Dyer , PSA, IAPS, AISAtlanta, Georgiamargaretdyer.com/
Margaret Dyer returns to the OPAIin 2016 as reigning winner of the2015 Olmsted Plein Air Invitational-Paint Quick First Place. In 2014 herawards included Pastel Society ofNorth Florida -First Place; Connecti-cut Pastel Society Renaissance -Pastel’s Salter Award forInnovation; StoneMountain PleinAir Event -First Place Atlanta;Southeastern Pastel Society Inter-national Exhibition -Best of ShowAtlanta;Women Painters of theSoutheast -Outstanding FigurativeAward; ArtistsMagazine 31st An-nual Competition Landscapes/In-terior -Finalist and -Animal/WildlifeFinalist. In addition, in previousyears she earnedmany Best ofShow Awards and People’s ChoiceAwards. Ms. Dyer has been cele-brated inmany publications, in-cluding The Pastel Journal;American Artist Magazine; Interna-tional Artist Magazine; The Artist’sMagazine; Pastel Artist Interna-tional How Did You Paint That? 100Ways to Paint Figures (book); Pas-tel Highlights 2; and Pure Color:The Best of Pastels. Ms. Dyer is af-filiated with Pastel Society of Amer-ica - Master Pastelist; InternationalAssociation of Pastel Societies -Masters Circle; and American Im-pressionist Society -AwardWinner.
Scott GellatlyPortland, Oregonscottgellatly.com/
Scott Gellatly has participated inthe Pacific Northwest Plein Air ArtExhibitions from 2001 to the pres-ent, and stages annual solo exhibi-tions at BrianMarki Fine Art Galleryin Portland. His paintings were in-cluded in the BrintonMuseum’sSmallWorks Exhibition in 2014 and2015. In 2012, Mr. Gellatly partici-pated in Plein Air Columbia ArtGallery in Hood River, OR; and thePlein Air Invitational at the PortlandArt Museum in Portland, OR. He isa ProductManager for GamblinArtists Colors as well. Scott Gel.
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Deborah Joy Groesser, AIS, APA,PAAC, OPAOmaha, Nebraskadebrajoygroesser.com/
In 2014, Ms. Groesser participatedin Sedona Plein Air Invitational;American Impressionist Society Na-tional Juried Exhibition; DoorCounty Invitational Plein Air Festi-val and Exhibition; Plein Air ArtistsColorado National Juried Exhibi-tion; Oil Painters of Amercia Na-tional Juried Exhibition;MongomeryMuseum of Fine ArtsBiennial Art Auction, Spirit 2014;and The Legacy of theWest TwoWomen Artists AbbyWilliams Hilland Debra Joy Grosser Painting aCentury Apart. Her work has beenfeatured in several national artpublications including Art of theWest, American Art Collector, PleinAir and Southwest Art magazines,including a full feature article inPlein Air Magazine. Ms. Groesser’saffiliations include American Im-pressionist Society -SignatureMember and CEO/President; Amer-ican Plains Artists -Signature Mem-ber; Plein Air Artists Colorado-Signature Member and BoardMember; Oil Painters of America -Associate Member.
Bryan GugliemiPhiladelphia, Pennsylvaniabrianguglielmi.com/
Currently a student at the Pennsyl-vania Academy of Fine Arts (2017),Mr. Gugliemi works in genres in-cluding human and animal por-traits, special life eventrepresentations, still life, historicalpeople and events, landscapes,cityscapes, pop culture representa-tions and classic, sport and luxuryvehicles. He also creates businessand commercial product promo-tional imagery.
Jack Hannula, ACW, IASGWashington, D.C.jackhannula.com andLandscapesAndSonnets.com/
JackHannula, primarily an oilpainter, currently exhibits his art atthe Arts Club ofWashington’sSpilsbury Gallery in downtownWashington, D.C. where hefounded the Gallery and served aterm as Club President; and in NewYork at the Kushnir-Taylor Gallery;and Amsterdam-Whitney Gallery.He has exhibited internationally inIndia, China, Russia and Egypt andtravels considerably to paint, espe-cially in Italy, Sicily and France. Mr.Hannula’s forthcoming book is ti-tled Painting Sicily: An Artists’Odyssey, and his affiliations in-clude Arts Club ofWashington,serving as President, Exhibit Com-mittee Chair, Officer, and Board ofGovernorsMember; and the Inter-national Artists Support Group(IASG) also serving a term as Presi-dent.
Marc Hanson, OPALongmont, COmarchansonart.com/
Marc Hanson is returning to OPAI in2016. He was awarded 'TheFrancesca KerpelWenger Award‘Best Sense of Place' at the Olm-sted Plein Air Invitational, 2015; heis a winner of the Oil Painters ofAmerica National Exhibition -Bronze and included in the Virtu-osos of the OPA Exhibition at theSalamagundi Club in 2015. Mr.Hanson was awarded RockyMoun-tain Plein Air Painters -Best ofShow in Grand Teton National Park,and at the Door County Plein AirFestival Mr. Hanson won First Placein 2013, both Artists’ Choice andBest of Show in 2012, and FeaturedArtist of the Year in 2011. Recentpublications featuringMr. Han-son’s work include Plein Air South-west Art Magazine, and he hasappeared in American Art Collector,Creative Convergence. Mr. Hansonis an Oil Painters of America OPASignature Member.
Charlie HunterBellows Falls, Vermonthunter-studio.com/
In 2015Mr. Hunter participated inForgotten Coast Plein Air; Easels inFrederick Plein Air; Door CountyPlein Air; Sedona Plein Air; Boxcars- Railroad Imagery in ContemporaryRealism at the BrattleboroMu-seum; and Eyes on the Land at theShelburneMuseum. In 2014 hewas Plein Air Easton -QuickDrawWinner; Easels in Frederick -QuickDrawWinner; andMonterey PleinAir Convention -Mainstage Faculty;EYESON THE LAND, traveling exhi-bition in collaboration with Ver-mont Land Trust; andMain StreetArts Selected Artist for "5 SeasonSuite" Theater Curtain fundraiser inSaxtons River, VT. Mr. Hunter wasfeatured in Plein Air Magazine ,ArtScopeMagazine Artist Profile,Art New England, Seven Days Ver-mont, and Art Map Burlington. Heis affiliated The Putney Painters
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Thomas Jefferson Kitts,AIP, OPA, CAC, LBPAPACaliforniathomaskitts/
Thomas Kitts’ painting awards in-clude Pacific NorthWest Plein AirAward -third place; and TelluridePlein Air -Honorable mention; La-guna Beach Plein Air Painters Invi-tational -Mathewson FamilyFoundation Award; Laguna BeachPlein Air Painting Invitational -Artists’ Choice Award ; Carmel, CA,Arts Festival -Best of Show andMayor's Choice Award; andmulti-ple Raymar Art and Plein Air Maga-zine Salon Finalist awards.Publications include Painting theLight, 2015, TJK Press, Advice onPainting by John Singer Sargent asa downloadable PDF written byMr.Kitts, and both written articles andfeature stories in several issues ofPlein Air Magazine. Mr. Kitts wasawarded a twelvemonth Artist Res-idency from the University Club ofPortland; and he leads paintingworkshops around the world, andhe is affiliated with American Im-pressionist Society, Oil Painters ofAmerica, California Art Club, La-guna Beach Plein Air Painters Asso-ciation Signature Member.
Greg LaRock, AIS, OPA, ASMA,CAC, LBPAPA, SCPAPANewport Beach, Californiagreglarock.com/
In 2015 Greg LaRockwas awardedLos Gatos Plein Air Second Place;Paso Art Fest Invitational Award ofExcellence; Florida's ForgottenCoast Plein Air Invitational Artists’Choice; Painting the Light—Here,There and Everywhere First Place;and theMaui Plein Air InvitationalArtists’ Choice andMakena-AlohaFoundation Award. Greg LaRockwas profiled in Plein Air Magazinewith an article on “Ideas for BetterPaintings”, featured in SouthwestArt’s “Artist toWatch” ¬column andincluded in a Jack Richeson Fine ArtSeries bookPlein Air NewMexico.His affiliations include AmericanImpressionist Society- SignatureMember; Oil Painters of America ,American Society of Marine Artists-Signature Member; California ArtClub; Laguna Plein-Air Painters As-sociation- Signature Member; andSouthern California Plein AirPainters Association.
Andre LuceroGoochland, Virginia,andrelucero.com/
2015 was a busy year for AndreLucero, who participated in theAmerican Impressionist SocietyAnnual Show; Plein Air Easton;Bath County Plein Air FestivalQuickDraw First Place; BothbayHarbor Plein Air Invitational Best inShow;Where in theWorld is PleinAir Invitational Plein Air ShowSt.George, Utah; Cabell Gallery Soloshow Lexington VA; Coco Vivo FineArt TwoManShow Charleston, SC;Plein Air Painters of the SouthEast; Juried Group Show AndersonFine Art St. Simons GA; Paint NorthCarolina Plein Air Juried Show Ger-manton, NC; JMStringer GalleryTwoManShow Bernardsville, NJ;For Art’s Sake Gallery Solo ShowRichmond, VA; and JMStringerGallery, TwoManShowVeroBeach, FL. Publications includePlein Air Magazine January/Febru-ary, 2016, American Art CollectorMagazine and 100 Plein AirPainters of theMid-Atlantic in2015, and Plein Air Magazine andAmerican Art Collector Magazine in2014.
Tom Lynch, AIS, CWS,MALC,PGA/U.S.OpenGolf Championshipfeatured artistLincoln, Nebraska,tomlynch.com/
Thomas Kitts’ painting awards in-clude Pacific NorthWest Plein AirAward -third place; and TelluridePlein Air -Honorable mention; La-guna Beach Plein Air Painters Invi-tational -Mathewson FamilyFoundation Award; Laguna BeachPlein Air Painting Invitational -Artists’ Choice Award ; Carmel, CA,Arts Festival -Best of Show andMayor's Choice Award; andmulti-ple Raymar Art and Plein Air Maga-zine Salon Finalist awards.Publications include Painting theLight, 2015, TJK Press, Advice onPainting by John Singer Sargent asa downloadable PDF written byMr.Kitts, and both written articles andfeature stories in several issues ofPlein Air Magazine. Mr. Kitts wasawarded a twelvemonth Artist Res-idency from the University Club ofPortland; and he leads paintingworkshops around the world, andhe is affiliated with American Im-pressionist Society, Oil Painters ofAmerica, California Art Club, La-guna Beach Plein Air Painters Asso-ciation Signature Member.
Susan Lynn, AWA,MWS, KWS,MVIS, OPSKansas City, MissouriSusanLynnWatercolors.com/
Artist Susan Lynn’s 2015 awards in-clude: Plein Air Southwest Salon-Honorable Mention; DocksideQuick Paint - first Place; DoorCounty Plein Air -Best Use of Light;Mountain Maryland Plein Air QuickPaint- third Place; and in 2014 Eas-ton Plein Air- Award of Recognition2-D; AmericanWomen Artist's Na-tional Juried Exhibition; Plein AirSouthwest Salon- Award ofMerit;American Plains Artists Juried Ex-hibit - Best Plains Landscape;Western Art & Architecture Maga-zine Publisher’s Award of Excel-lence, American Plains ArtistsJuried Exhibit; and En Plein AirTexas - Historic Fort Concho Award.Susan Lynn has been published in:Southwest Art Magazine, Plein AirMagazine, American Art Collector;Alcove Books American Art Collec-tor, Volumes 1,2 and 3. She is pro-fessionally affiliated with AmericanWomen Artists; Missouri Water-color Society; KansasWatercolorSociety; Missouri Valley Impres-sionists Society; and OutdoorPainters Society.
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JonathanMcPhillipsSaunderstown, Rhode Islandjonathanmcphillips.com/
Returning to OPAI in 2016.JonathanMcPhilllips was Bold-brushWinner in 2015; participatedin The Annual International MarineArt Exhibition at TheMaritimeGallery in Mystic, CT in 2015; and in2014 American Impressionists So-ciety; The Oil Painters of America;The American Society of MarineArtists; and the Salmagundi Clubshows. Mr. McPhillips’ seascapesappeared in juried/invitationalevents across the country, includ-ing Carmel, CA; Jackson Hole, WY;Scottsdale, AZ; San Antonio, TX;and Charlestown, SC. He is alsohonored to have been invited bythe U.S. Department of State toparticipate in the "Art in Em-bassies" program, which expandedhis work to an international audi-ence.
NedMueller, OPA, PAP, PSARenton,Washingtonnedmueller.com/
NedMueller has participated inmany of themajor invitationalshows in the country, including La-guna Plein Air Art Show in 2015and 2014; the annual Plein AirPainters of America Exhibition;Artist's of America Show; GreatAmerican Artist's Show; Prix deWest Show; Oil Painters of Amer-ica; Pastel Society of America;AutryWesternMasters Show; andNorthwest RendezvousShow. Hehas juried several national and re-gional shows and teaches classesand workshops.
Debra Nadelhoffer, AIS, OPA,ASMA, AWA, SEPS,WPSEdebranadelhoffer.com/
Debra Nadelhoffer’s participationin 2015 included the Door CountyPlein Air Festival; and the 16th An-nual AIS National Juried Exhibitionof the American Impressionist Soci-ety, as well as theWildlife Exposi-tion at the Gaillard Center in both2015 and 2014; and the Quinlin ArtCenter the StudioWorkshop in2014. She is affiliated with Ameri-can Impressionist Society; OilPainters of America; American So-ciety of Marine Artists; AmericanWomen Artists; Southeastern Pas-tel Society President; andWomanPainters of the Southeast. r.
Kathie Odom, AIS, OPA, AWA,WPSE, A&CAGK, TPEast TennesseeKathieOdom.com/
In 2015 Kathie Odom participatedin Plein Air Easton -Life on the FarmAward; Cambridge Paint Out -Peo-ple’s Choice Runner-Up Award; 9thAnnual Plein Air Festival ofWayne,Pa.; Plein Air Magazine Award;Women Painters of the Southeast4th Annual Members Show; GlynnVisual Arts; Fine Arts & FlowersShowSt. Simon's Island, Ga.; andLagerquist Gallery a Solo Exhibit inAtlanta, Ga. In 2014Ms. Odomwas awarded the NOAPS 2014 FallInternational Exhibition -Award ofExcellence; Bath County Plein AirFestival -QuickDraw HonorableMention; Arts on the Green PleinAir Invitational -Honorable Men-tion; Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival-Second Place; 8th Annual PleinAir Festival-Artists’ Choice Awardand Plein Air Magazine Award; ArtGalleries & Artists of the South -Emerging Artist Award; KnoxvilleDogwood Arts Festival- Limited Edi-tion Artist Award. She is affiliatedwith American Impressionist Soci-ety; Oil Painters of America; Ameri-canWomen Artists; WomenPainters of the Southeast; Arts andCulture Alliance of GreaterKnoxville; Tuesday Painters- aweekly plein air gathering of EastTennessee Artists. Ms, Odom’sworkmay be seen in Plein Air Mag-azine Featured Artist;, CityviewMagazine Arts in the Back; and theKnoxvilleNewsSentinel, ArtistQ&A.
RichardOversmith,OPA, AIS, PAPSEWestern North Carolinarichardoversmith.com/
Returning to Olmsted Plein Air Invi-tional in 2016, Richard Oversmithwon the 2015 OlmstedMatisseAward of Excellence. He partici-pated in J.M. Stringer Gallery’sEarthly Delights in Vero Beach; andother awards include Carmel PleinAir Invitational- Honorable Men-tion; Cashiers Plein Air Competi-tion -Honorable Mention; Battle ofthe Brush Competition -First Place;Toe River Art Council -First Place An-nual Paint Out Competition; EastonPlein Air Invitational -BestMarinePainting; and Southern Light PleinAir - First Place Paint Out. Mr. Over-smith is affiliated with Oil Paintersof America; American Impression-ist Society; and Plein Air Painters ofthe Southeast. He appears in thefollowing publications: Plein AirMagazine; American Art CollectorMagazine; Carolina Home and Gar-denMagazine; Rapid River Maga-zine, Bold Life Magazine, andAmerican Art Collector Magazine.
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Colin Page,Camden,Mainecolinpagepaintings.com/
Recent awards earned by ColinPage include Laguna Plein Air Invi-tational -Artistic Palette Award,QuickDraw Award and Outdoor-Painter.com Award; Maynard DixonCampout -Artist’s Choice Award;Maui Plein Air Invitational -IrvineMuseum Award; Laguna Plein AirInvitational -QuickDraw Award;Maui Plein Air Invitational Artist’s -Choice Award and Honorable Men-tion. Mr. Page’s recent solo showswere held at Anglin Smith Fine ArtCharleston, SC in November 2015;Greenhut Gallery, Portland, MaineJune 2015; Debra Huse Gallery; andDowlingWalsh Gallery.
Jim RichardsTucker, Georgiajrichardsstudio.com/
Jim Richards was a 2015 OPAI Se-lection Juror and Invited Artist; hehas wonmultiple national awardsand is regarded as one of the toppainters and instructors in thecountry. He teaches workshopsaround the world and has amen-toring program in his Atlanta stu-dio. Mr. Richards has participatedin the Forgotten Coast en Plein Airfrom 2016 to 2009; and his recentawards include the American Im-pressionist Society Best in ShowAward 2015; and Plein Air SalonBest Painting of Buildings Award2015. Mr. Richards’ works are incollections of Disney, King andSpaulding, The Ritz Carlton, TheGeorgia State Capital, John Sher-holz, The Atlanta Braves, Prince ofDoha Qatar, The University of Geor-gia, Reynolds Plantation, Bud-weiser, and Lieberman’s. His worksappear in Plein Air Magazine andOutdoor Artist Magazine.
JasonSacran, PSAFort Smith, Arkansasjasonsacran.com/
Best in Show champion of the 2015Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, JasonSacran also earned these presti-gious awards in 2015: Plein Air Eas-ton Invitational -Grand PrizeWinner; Fort Smith Regional Art Mu-seum 67th Annual Art Competition -Best of Show; South Arkansas ArtsCenter Annual Exhibition -Best ofShow El Dorado, Ark.; Plein AirArtists of Colorado Annual Competi-tion -Honorable Mention; Easels InFrederick Invitational- Best of ShowAward and Artists’ Choice Award;Mountain Maryland Plein Air Invita-tional -Best Nocturne; Carmel PleinAir Invitational -Third Place Carmel;Plein Air Magazine Salon; Plein AirConvention -Third Place Overall;Plein Air Southwest Salon; OutdoorPainters Society; Southwest Gallery-Best of Show and Artists’ Choice;Lighthouse Plein Air Invitational -Grand PrizeWinner; FSAO Bold-Brush Online Competition -Finalist;Gateway to Sedona Online Compe-tition -Best of ShowWinner; andArt at the Center 2015 Juried Show -Best of ShowOverland Park,Kansas. Mr. Sacran is the PortraitSociety of America’s ArkansasStateAmbassador
Richard SnearyKansas City, Missouriricharsneary.fineartstudioonline.com/
Richard Sneary’s recognition in-cludes Plein Air Richmond -FirstPlace Award; Easels in FrederickQuick Paint -First Place; StemsPlein Air Paint -First and Third PlaceAwards inWatercolor; Wayne PleinAir -Honorable Mention, as well asMissouri Valley Impressionist Soci-ety Inaugural Juried Exhibition -Best of Show; Plein Air Vermont-Third Place Award; the Plein AirEaston -Best Architectural Award;and Stems Plein Air Paint -Best ofShow Award. Mr. Sneary is affili-ated with NationalWatercolor;AmericanWatercolor Society ; Mis-souri Watercolor Society; MissouriValley Impressionists Society; Out-door Painters Society; and Ameri-can Society of ArchitecturalIllustrators. He has been includedin publications including Plein AirMagazine; The Art of ArchitecturalIllustration 3, Rockport Publishers,1999; The Art of Architectural Draw-ing Imagination and Technique,ThomasWells Schaller, 1997; TheArt of Architectural Illustration, Re-sourceWorld Publications andRockport Publishers,1994; Drawingand Designing with Confidence; AStep-By-Step Guide, MikeW. LinASLA, 1993
Jill SteenhuisAix-en-Provence, Franceartinprovence.com/
Returning to the OPAI in 2016, thisAtlanta native impressionistpainter studied and lives in Aix-en-Provence, paints in the style ofCézanne, and is one of the fewartists in the world who has accessto the Chateau Noir, his abode. JillSteenhuis was the 2006 Cézannespecialist for the 100-year exhibi-tion at the Smithsonian Instituteand appeared on GoodMorningAmerica’s Provence feature. Shelectures, stages one-woman exhi-bitions across the U.S. as fundrais-ers for non-profit organizations,holds week-long workshops, and iswidely collected having soldmorethan 2,300 works. Publications in-cludeMs. Steenhuis’ book, Art,Soul and Destiny – An Artists Jour-ney America to Provence, pub-lished in 2012.
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William A. Suys Jr. OPAWisconsin’s Kettle Morraine areawilliamasuys.com/
Returning to the Olmsted Plein AirInvitational in 2016, Bill Suys is amaster painter whose work hangsin numerous national and interna-tional collections. Suys won “Bestin Show” at the Salon Internationalat the International Museum ofMasters of Contemporary Fine Artin 2013, has been a consistent fi-nalist in the Art Renewal Center’sARCSalon since 2012, and won the“Award of Excellence – BestWildlife” at the 2015 Oil Painters ofAmerica National Salon. Suys is aSignature Member of the OilPainters of America whose paint-ings have been chosen to hang in6 of the last 7 OPA National Exhibi-tions as well asmany other OPA ex-hibitions. Bill Suys is often to befound traveling America in searchof inspiring landscapes as well as‘people and other animals’ to fuelhis diverse repertoire
Nancy TankersleyRichmond, Virginianancytankersley.com/
Returning to OPAI in 2016, NancyTankersley’s recent awards includeAmerican Impressionist Society An-nual Juried Exhibit -HonorableMention; Easton Academy Art Mu-seumMembers Show -Best Land-scape; Door County Plein Air QuickDraw -first Award and Artists’Choice Award; Award winner in nu-merous plein air competitions in-cluding Plein AirRichmond-Gamblin Award; PleinAir Easton -Second Place 2013; andPlein Air Richmond -Third Place2013. Ms. Tankersley was invited toJudge the Plein Air Salon, Octo-ber/November 2013. Her affilia-tions include AmericanImpressionist Society andMid-At-lantic Plein Air Painters. Ms.Tankersley is one of the Foundersof Plein Air Easton and a primaryorganizer for its first three years;she is Advisor to many start-upplein air events including Plein AirRichmond, En Plein Air Texas,Mountain Maryland Plein Air, andEasels In Frederick; and she isFounder of Easton Studio a work-shops facility hosting nationallyknown painters
Stewart R.White, NWS, AISBaltimoreMarylandstewartwhitestudios.com/
StewartWhite exhibits his paint-ings in juried and gallery exhibi-tions on the East Coast and in PleinAir competitions. Awards includePlein Air Salon Best in Show;Wayne Plein Air Festival First PlaceWinner; Mountain Maryland PleinAir; and Easton Plein Air FestivalGrand PrizeWinner in 2009. Mr.White was a featured artist inMcBride Gallery’s June 2009 ex-hibit: “Rising Stars: 10 Artists toWatch.”
DawnWhitelaw,Franklin, Tennesseedawnwhitelaw.com/
TReturning to Olmsted Plein Air In-vitational in 2016; Ms.Whitelaw isPlein Air Richmond winner of twoawards in 2014; and Door CountyPlein Air Festival, Second Place,2014. In 2011, Ms.Whitelaw partici-pated in the “Backgrounds in theForefront“ exhibit at the GuenzelGallery; and her painting was ac-cepted into the permanent collec-tion of the Rahr-West Art Museum.She was one of ten Americanwomen artists invited to exhibit in2010 “Inspiring Figures” at the But-ler Institute of American Art.AffiliationsAmerican Impressionists Society;Portrait Society of America; Cum-berland Society of Painters, PleinAir Painters of the Southeast; andThe Chestnut Group. She is on thefaculty of the Portrait Society ofAmerica; the Peninsula School ofArt; and the Plein Air Conventionsin Nevada and California. Plein AirMagazine feature article in 2013
Yer Za Vue,Portland, Oregonyerzavue.com/
Ms. Vue returns to Olmsted PleinAir Invitational as the winner in2015 of Renoir Best Figure in theLandscape; her 2015 schedule in-cluded Lyrical Expressions, Art OnThe Boulevard, Vancouver, WA;16th Annual AIS National Juried Ex-hibition; Plein Air@WashingtonCounty Exhibition Judge; UmpquaPlein Air -Second Place; Paint thePeninsula -QuickDraw First Place;Oil Painters of AmericaWestern Ex-hibition; Art in the Heart AnnualOutdoor Art Show; Pacific North-west Plein Air, Columbia Center forthe Arts- Second Place; GiustinaGallery Every Day Taste of Plein Air;Portrait Society of America’sMem-bers Only Competition -Still LifeSecondMerit; Professional ArtistMagazine Inspiration fromOpenStudios; Pacific Northwest PleinAir, Columbia Center for the Arts,Hood River, OR QuickDraw FirstPlace; and 15th Annual AmericanImpressionist Society NationalJuried Exhibition. Her affiliationsinclude American ImpressionistSociety and Portland Art Museum.Publications include House toHomeMagazine; The Columbian;WillametteWeeklyPortland;OregonPublic Broadcasting (PBS); and TheOregonian; and she draws and di-rects numerous animated shortsfor Disney Feature Animation.
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Hosting world class plein air artists providesan opportunity to introduce and educate theAtlanta community to plein air painting. OurEducation Outreach Committee reaches outto public/private schools across the metro-Atlanta area to invite teachers and studentsto experience plein air painting up close.
The Olmsted Plein Air Invitational wishes to extend a sincere “ThankYou” to Committee Chair, Gloria Seymour and Vice Chair, Sue Heerinfor their time and diligence in guiding our schools outreach, dissemi-nating information about our scholarship program and for theircontinuing commitment in support of “the Olmsted”.
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The Olmsted Plein Invitational hasestablished a scholarship program toour Paint Quick competition (Sunday,May 1, 9:30 a.m.) We targeted students ingrades 9-12. The scholarship offers eachstudent the opportunity to paint next tomaster plein air painters and includesmaterials needed to complete their PaintQuick masterpiece.
Scholarship recipients receive a package containing paints, brushes,art boards, cleaning supplies and other goodies – a package valuedat $200+ per scholarship. A huge “Thank You” to Binders Art Supplyfor their sponsorship of the 2016 scholarship program?
Students must complete and submit an application, gain writtensupport from a teacher or school administrator and demonstratesome basic knowledge of plein air painting and the event’s name-sake, Frederick Law Olmsted.
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The Olmsted Plein Air Invitational has applied forit’s non-profit status and has now become it's own entity.We wish to thank the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance forbeingtheincubatorofthe OlmstedPleinAir Invitational andremaining our headquarters throughout the event.
We especially want to thank President Julie Ralston, Director Sandy Kruger and the Board of Directors for nur-turing and encouraging the Olmsted Plein Air Invitationalthrough it's first year and being our champions throughout.The Olmsted would not have been possible without theirhelp and creativity. We thank Olmsted Linear Park AllianceforbirthingoneofAmerica'sgreatpleinairevents.
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April 30-May 1 - Events at Olmsted Linear Park
Map LegendAtlanta History Center
The Shops Buckhead Atlanta
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3035 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 939-9290
345 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 876-5859
1778 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta, GA 30307 (770) 843-2507
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Olmsted Plein Air Invitational HQ1788 Ponce de Leon Ave.(770) 843-2507
Druid Hills Club
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Join us for the first Olmsted Plein Air
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Sunday, May 1 1:00 pm under the
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The Paint Quick Competition is a plein air painting competition
open to both invited artists and to the public.
Anyone who has their own supplies and easel maypaint alongside The Olmsted Invited Artists. Whenthe horn sounds for completion at 11:30 thosecompeting will be judged by our preeminent juryand cash prizes given to each of the top three win-ners. Immediately following the judging those par-ticipating are free to sell their pieces. The OlmstedPlein Air Invitational will process all purchases.
Painting Enthusiasts and Youth Artists must regis-ter for the Sunday Paint Quick.
Registration fee is $25 online, and the deadline is4 p.m. on Saturday, April 30–both online and inthe Park. A registration table for pre-registrationswill be available in the Artist Village during the dayon April 30th.
During Registration, choose either the Painting En-thusiast or Youth Category for the competition. Allartists may use any medium, but must paint in theplein air tradition during the time allotted.
Walk-up, Day-of Registration fee is $50. Sign up early on-line because space in the Paint Quick is limited.
“The beauty of the park...should be the beauty of the fields, the meadow, the praire, the green pastures, and the still waters.
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Dee Beard Dean,is a nationally-recognizedartist and the founder ofPlein Air Painters of theSoutheast (PAP-SE). She is aSignature Member of theAmerican Impressionist So-ciety, an Honorary SignatureMember of InternationalPlein Air Painters (IPAP), amember of Oil Painters ofAmerica and AmericanWomen Artists. Dee and herhusband Nicolai, host an-nual International Art Trips,recently to Portugal andProvence. Beard Dean hasreceived awards at many ju-ried art competitions includ-ing the Easton and CarmelPlein Air Invitationals, and inmany regional and nationaljournals. She resides inCharleston, South Carolinawith her husband, Dr. Nico-lai Chalfa. Her life and herwork are recorded in PainterBy Providence written byMichelle Morton. She at-tended Kendall College ofArt and Design and the NewYork Academy of Art, and inher early years Dee was awell-known fashion designermanufacturing her ownclothing line that sold inmore than 450 U.S. stores.
William ‘Bill’ Underwood Eiland iis the Director of theGeorgia Museum of Art atthe University of Georgia. Ei-land has been the recipientof a Woodrow Wilson Na-tional Fellowship, a DanforthTeaching Fellowship at theUniversity of Virginia, a re-search fellowship from theUniversity of Georgia’s Will-son Center for The Humani-ties and Arts, and a MuseumProfessionals Grant from theNational Endowment for theArts. He has edited and con-tributed to more than 60publications; served on theboards of the American As-sociation of Museums, theSoutheastern MuseumsConference and the GeorgiaAssociation of Museumsand Galleries; and was atrustee of the Association ofArt Museum Directors. Since2013, he has been a trusteeof the International Councilof Museums. Eiland most re-cently received the AmericanAlliance of Museums Distin-guished Service Award, inrecognition of his contribu-tions to the field on a na-tional level. He earned hisB.A. degree summa cumlaude from Birmingham-Southern College and M.A.and Ph.D. degrees from theUniversity of Virginia.
Peter Trippi is editor-in-chiefof Fine Art Connoisseur, andpresident of Projects in 19th-Century Art, Inc., the firm heestablished to pursue arange of research, writing,and curating opportunities.As director of New York’s Da-hesh Museum of Art, Trippiguided its renovation of theformer IBM Gallery and pres-entation of nine exhibitionsof 19th-century Europeanart. Phaidon Press pub-lished Trippi’s 250-pagemonograph J W Waterhouse,and went on to guest-curatethe Waterhouse retrospec-tive that appeared at theGroninger Museum in theNetherlands, London’s RoyalAcademy of Arts, and theMontreal Museum of FineArts. In 2016 he co-curated atouring exhibition about theVictorian painter LawrenceAlma-Tadema, at the FriesMuseum, in the Dutchartist’s native city, Leeuwar-den. Trippi was president ofthe nonprofit organizationHistorians of British Art, andthen became president ofthe Association of Historiansof Nineteenth-Century Art.Trippi holds a MA from NewYork University in Visual ArtsAdministration, as well as aMA in Art History from theCourtauld Institute of Art,London.
Awards Judges
Roger Dale Brown, OPA isfrom Nashville, but nowlivesl in Franklin Tennessee.He loves traveling and iscompelled to explore regionsand subjects that capturehis interest. Roger has madeit his life’s study to gatherand understand informationfrom these special places.This expands his knowledgeofnature,history,architectureand culture which inspireshim to create his poignantoil paintings. Crediting his-torical artists, such as JohnCarlson, Arthur Streeton,Isaac Levitan and John SingerSargent for their example.Roger has developed hisown unique voice in his artand believes that paintingon location, or from life, isan essential element tobeing an artist. He spendscountless hours studying onlocation learning to see im-portant nuances of a scene,day, or an object. Roger's oilpaintings have been dis-played in galleries and mu-seums throughout the USand have won many awardswhich include: First Place inthe Barnes and Farms Na-tional Juried Art Show, Mu-seum Purchase Award andthird place at the EastonPlein Air Competition as wellas the Gold Medal Awardfrom the Hudson Valley ArtAssociation. His work hasalso been accepted in OilPainters of America NationalJuried Exhibitions, and hewas accepted into the ArtRenewal Center as a LivingMaster. He was also a final-ist In the ARC Salon and wonArtist choice award at the2013 American Impression-ist Society National Show.
Roger has been publishedby: International Artist Mag-azine, American Artist Maga-zine, American Art CollectorMagazine, Plein-Air Maga-zine and the Artist Maga-zine. His works are ownedby private collectors acrossthe country and includemany well-known celebritiesand major corporations.
Del Martin is a FoundingPartner of Alexander HaasMartin & Partners.She helped build the firm tobe recognized as the leadingregional fund-raising con-sulting firm in the Southeastbefore retiring in late 2008.She is a member of theLeadership Atlanta Class of2004, and in 2012 she washonored with the inauguralWomenetics Lifetime ImpactAward. A native Georgian,Del is a graduate of the Uni-versity of Georgia, with aBachelor of Fine Art. As anundergraduate, Del spent aglorious summer in Cortona,Italy, studying art with theUniversity of Georgia StudiesAbroad program in 1976. Asa professional artist herwork is in many private col-lections, as well as havingbeen shown at the ChastainArt Center Gallery, the Cre-ative Arts Guild in Dalton,WildAcres Annual Exhibit inNC, the UGA Atlanta AlumniCenter, Dodd School Gal-leries, One Live Oak Centerin Atlanta, Michael’s Fine Artin north Georgia, the AtlantaGirls School, The NookGallery in Norcross, GA, ArtStation of Stone Mountainand the Windsor Gallery inMcDonough. She hastaught painting & travel jour-naling in Cortona, Italy
through the University ofGeorgia.Del currently serveson the Advisory Board of theLamar Dodd School of Artand the Board of Directors ofCivil Lawyers Against WorldSex-Slavery (CLAWS). Sheserves as a Facilitator forLeadership Atlanta’s ProjectTeams
Gene Wright is in his 24thyear as Professor of Art atthe University of GeorgiaLamar Dodd School of Artwhere he serves as AreaChair of the BFA degree pro-gram in Scientific Illustra-tion. Gene earned his BFA inScientific Illustration fromthe University of Georgia in1986, and his Master's De-gree in Medical Illustrationfrom the Medical College ofGeorgia in 1990. Outside ofteaching, he works as a free-lance medical and science il-lustrator creating a widerange of illustrations for jour-nal, textbook, advertisingand multi media web basedapplications. Gene has re-ceived Awards of Excellencein Advertising, marketingand Illustrated Medical Text-book Awards. Ranking travelhigh on his list of accom-plishments, he has enjoyedteaching in Italy, Costa Ricaand India. He also enjoyspainting in watercolor, carv-ing in wood and stone, andspending time with his wifeAllison and their twin sons,Lucas and Scholl.
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Olmsted AwardsThe Olmsted Best in Show
Matisse – Award of Excellence
Cezanne – Best Landscape Award
Renoir – Best Figure in the Landscape
Founders Award – Best Nocturne
Gamblin Art Colors – Merchandise Award – Best Sense of the City
Gamblin Art Colors – Merchandise Award – Best Sense of Place
Druid Hills Civic Association – Best Use of Light Award
Plein Air Magazine Best Use of Light Award
Plein Air Magazine Best Sense of Mystery Award
Judges Awards ofMeritJudges Award of Merit, Judge William Eiland
Judges Award of Merit, Judge Peter Trippi
Judges Award of Merit, Judge Dee Beard Dean
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Friends of the OlmstedFounderTom Paul
RenaissanceCarolyn and Billy HallAverill and Mark JonesRob and Stephanie Stuckey Benfield
Gene and Lillian AnsleyJulie and Tim Ralston
Impressionist LevelMartha and Toby BrooksPam and Jim HughesKevin Stewart and Philip Thompson
Robin and Justin CritzMary C. FergusonGloria and James BoonSally DornCarolyn Morris
Plein Air ProdigyThe Brushworks SocietyHeather Fenton and Richard Ossoff
Beth GrashofEllen Nash and Jonathan Jay
Joanna and Roger QuillenSusan and David Peterson
Fentress and Jim WaitsNatalie BernsteinGale Walldorff and Andy Hall
Andrew Harris_____________________Volunteers
Our volunteers, with theirinvolvement are the gluethat binds The Olmsted. We treasure each and everyone and if you see them,thank them. They make thisevent what it has becomeand it couldn’t happen without them.
Christy AldredgeTeanna AlexisDebbie AndersonMary BaileyMary BeardEdward BozeKaren BradshawJenny BrahmRic BrewerToby Brooks
Ria BrunsDarsey ButlerCatherine CampbellRossana CarrilloJoyce CatrettBegona ClaveriaKim ComstockMeredith CopeCarol.CottenBeth DaniellAmy ErwinTheresa FormanCarol FrederickJane FreedmanBrenda FulpPatsy GarrettDeborah GebhardtCarrie GibsonKelly-Ann GreenCarol GriffinMary Pat HaffeySusie HaugenHayley HertelChip IvieDeanna JaugstetterSusan KennySusan KonkelKimberly KrautterRobin KromisNancy LovingoodJulie MannBonnie MartinJoy MartinLila McAlpinCeleste McColloughLinda McDougalAnne McInnisDana McPhersonTonette MelvinVictoria MillerTony MoyersButchie NeelyRashid NellonsDenise JenningsKim O'BrienSusan O'NeillJanice PageSerina PatrickLuigi PerezKate PowersTom QuinnMali ReganTerry RichSylvia RomeijnAshley RowlandRaquel SabogalDonna SarrettDebbie SchuchmannElizabeth ShepherdLaura ShoreAlea Smith
Sallie SmithDan SobbottLeslie SpencerTim SullivanRoma VivasGale WalldorffBetsy WalshKathie WeissJanice WhitenerBaynard WhitingKristen WiekierakDianne WilliamsFelicia WintersIrma WintersKathy Wochele_____________________
Housing Hosts
Our artist’s Housing Hostsfor the Plein Air Invitational are exceptionaland gracious to open theirhomes for the week to thediverse artist from aroundthe world. They truly are outfirst and lasting impressionwith their very specialsouthern and Druid Hillshospitality.
Mary C. and Jim SutherlandSusan and Steve ForteLinda and Neal MannersLinda and Richard HubertMary Emma and Dan McConaughey
Martha and Toby BrooksAnn CritzCindy Messina and Jeff Gold
Stuart & Alida SivermanAdair EstateStacy and Bill GryboskiMary and David HicksGloria and Jim BooneGale Walldorff and Andy Hall
Judy and Tony RagunasRobin Chalmers and Michael PurserKasey and Tom GyrboskiLinda McDougalEmily Bianchi and Jonathan Markham
Deneta and Bryan Sells Pam and Jim HughesAmy Durrell andRussell Currey
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and Bert BrasGloria SeymourNancy and Jim FlemingMuffie Michaelson
and Rob DretlerLillian and Gene AnsleyMeridith and Meredith Cope
Catherine Powell and John Huss
Butchie and Alan NeelyNancy and Boyce NorrisCathy and Bucky AskewAllison and Joel GilmoreMuffie Michaelsonand Rob DretlerCathy and Bucky Askew_____________________
Supporters
There are many people whocome together to make theOPAI happen each year. Wemay not have included allthose involved due to spacelimitations but we appreci-ate you all. The Olmsted ex-tends a huge "thank you" toeveryone.
Atlanta Artist CenterAtlanta Art SolutionsBrushworks SocietyDiscover DeKalbDruid Hills Golf ClubThe Millennium GateMuseum
The Dewberry FoundationThe Druid Hill Civic Association
The High Museum of ArtOakhurst MarketThe Olmsted Linear Park Alliance
Le BilboquetKrystal AllenGene AnsleyErin BaileyDonna BiggeeSue Bredekamp Tony BrewerRia BrunsGordon BurketteRobin ChalmersRodney Mims Cook
Ann CritzJustin CritzJonathan Crooks Bill DavidsonCaroline EnloeMary FergusonShirley SeguinDavid FlintTheresa FormanCarol Frederick CommissionerKathyGannonPatsy GarrettAmanda GordonMillie GoschBeth GrashofTao HeChris HellerVirginia HepnerDavid and Mary HicksChristine HunsakerSue HeerinGeorge IckesDeanna Jaugstetter Annie JeffersonPeter JessenMark and Averill JonesNina JudsonKrystal Jillson Vickie Kirbo Howard KrinskyWalter KrugerSandy KrugerGloria LaneGeri LauferJulie MannNick MarkelJonathan MarkhamDel MartinGeorge Morton Jonathan Jay and Ellen NashMaggie Mayer Tom PaulCatherine Pica Tom QuinnJulie and Tim RalstonCommissioner Jeff RaderTony and Judy RagunasJim RichardsJennie RichardsonAnneliese ReidThe Rosin SistersSally SearsBill SelmanJan SelmanGloria SeymourGordon ShriverAlexandra Skliris Mark SmithJim StoryFred StevensCandace Sturgis
Tally SweatNancy TankersleyMyrtha Vega Gale WalldorffMichelle Walldorff Greyson WalldorffTom and Betsy WalshMary Kathryn WellsPhillip B. Williams_______________________
Steering Committees
Executive CommitteeLillian Ansley-Co-ChairAndy Hall-Co-ChairPhil Cuthbertson-LogisticsSteve Saenz-Volunteers
Artist RelationsAndy HallAverill JonesKim O'Brien
Education OutreachGloria SeymourSue HeerinPhil Cuthbertson
Friends of Olmsted Plein AirCommitteeLillian AnsleyAndy Hall
Volunteer CommitteeSteve SaenzRyan ForbesPatsy Garrett
Events CommitteeCarol Cottrell Patsy GarrettKimberly Krautter
Housing Committee David HicksMary HicksJonathanMarkham
Painting HandlersMary Ferguson
Marketing CommitteeLillian AnsleyJennifer CuthbertsonGeri LauferBill Selman
Acknowledgments:
Join us again next year in April 2017 – Atlantafor the Olmsted Plein Air Invitational.
Again experience the magic and wonder as our Artists paint their masterpieces
right before your eyes.
Visit olmstedpleinair.com for further information
“A�ernoon Sip” 16x20 available for purchase through OPAI, www.olmstedpleinair.com
A Big “Thank-You” to the wonderful Organizers, Volunteers, Hosts and Collectors of The Olmsted Plein Air Invita)onal!It’s great to be back in beau)ful Atlanta!
Jill [email protected]
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