2011 Exhibitions:

Cape Cod Plein Air Painters

Cape Cod Museum of Art
60 Hope Lane, off Route 6A, Dennis, MA 02638

July 9th, 2011 through September 18th, 2011

Event Web Page

Art of Golf Tournament

The Art of Golf Tournament and Art Festival

July 15, 2011
The Golf Club at Yarmouthport
The Third Annual Friends of Cape Cod Museum of Art Benefit Event
Featuring the Plein Air Painters of Cape Cod

Golfers will tee off at 1pm, and members of the Plein Air Painters of Cape Cod will celebrate this sold-out event with on-site paintings of the Golf Club at Yarmouthport surroundings starting at 2 pm. The wet paintings will be available for purchase at 5:00 pm at the clubhouse. This is an opportunity for people to help sustain and celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Cape Cod Museum of Art.

21 group shot

See Cape Cod Plein Air Painters Paint

in the Park at Packet Landing,
Thursdays during July and August,
from 10am-1pm to coincide with the Farmer's Market,
which runs from 8 am -1 pm. July 7, 14, 21, 28 & August 4, 11, 18, 25

Cultural Center Web Page

Art of Golf Tournament


          EXHIBITION HISTORY
Cultural Center of Cape Cod   South Yarmouth, MA   November 2010
Cape Cod Conservatory of Music & Art   West Barnstable, MA   July - August 2010
Cultural Center of Cape Cod   South Yarmouth, MA   May 2009
Marion Craine Gallery   Orleans, MA   August 2009
Cape Museum of Fine Arts   Dennis, MA   June – July 2008
Small Works Show, Gallery 31   Orleans, MA   August 2006
Small Works Show, Gallery 31   Orleans, MA   August 2007
Founders’ Show, Creative Arts Center   Chatham, MA   May 2006
Member Show, Old Selectman’s Building  Barnstable, MA  October 2005

About Cape Cod Plein Air Painters...
The term "plein air" emerged with the Impressionists during the 19th century. Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, a painter and academic, wrote an influential paper in 1800 in which he stressed the importance of completing outdoor studies quickly and directly, without developing the detail of an exhibition painting.
Speed was essential to capturing a convincing effect, so de Valenciennes insisted that his students complete all studies from nature within two hours. If the effict was to be a sunrise or a sunset, the study was to be completed within 30 minutes! This still holds true for contemporary impressionists.
Cape Cod Plein Air Painters evolved in 2004 when several local professional artists decided to paint together on a weekly basis, to observe directly from nature, and to share ideas and expertise. The group travels to a different site each week, in all four seasons, to document a moment in time.