Lynn won the top awards in the 2016 BSSS
plein air festival with her expressive, gestured oil paintings that were singled out by judge Nan Covert for their exceptional qualities.
Today,
plein air festivals are a way to showcase a unique landscape or region to professional plein air painters and supports these artists by providing an art market for their finished work.
Not exact matches
The season comes alive this harvest with a variety of must - see events including Temecula Valley Wine Month this September, as well as three entertaining
festivals (Big Horse Harvest Festival, Ralph Love
Plein Air Festival, and Temecula Greek Festival) that round out the unique opportunities.
Art
festivals include Spring Unveiling, June's
Plein Air & More and November's Stormy Weather Arts Festival.
This
festival is unlike any other in the country, in that it goes beyond the typical «
Plein Air» event, by including not only those working in oil, pastels, and watercolor.
Rounding out the Gallery's presentation will be paintings by Peter Campbell of Durango, CO, who won «Best in Show» in the 2015 Aspen
Plein Air Festival, and was featured in the
festival again in 2016.