Jim Carson, Saluda artist, has been juried in the first annual Plein Air Richmond, in Richmond, Va., which will be held on Sunday, June 17 – Saturday, June 23.
The 50 accepted artists will paint vistas all around the beautiful historic sites, including the James River.
This year’s submissions judge was M. Stephen Doherty, editor-in-chief of Plein Air Magazine, and the awards judge will be the preeminent American portrait artist and painter Everett Raymond Kinstler. There will be more than $10,000 in prizes.
Carson was also juried in the fourth annual St. Simons Plein Air Affair Festival in St. Simons Island, Ga., April 17-22, and was invited back to the Cashiers Plein Air Festival, held every other year, in Cashiers, N.C., and this year on July 15-21.
Carson’s work can be found locally at Skyuka Gallery in Tryon, Heartwood Gallery in Saluda and Wickwire Gallery in Hendersonville, N.C.
Carson’s next Saluda plein air workshop will be on June 7-9.
– article submitted by Jim Carson