SAVE THE DATE...for the Evinston Paintout April 17-24, 2010!

Come and witness an exciting phenomenon known as Plein Air painting in Evinston, FL and surrounding areas (Cross Creek, Orange Lake) from April 17-24, 2010! Approximately 30 of the best national landscape painters will be painting in Evinston for an entire week! These artists paint outside “en plein air,” meaning “in the open air.” Most Plein Air painters are nature lovers, using the great outdoors as their primary studio, trying to capture our rapidly vanishing landscape to preserve it for future generations. They learn to adapt quickly to changes in light and weather, capturing shadows before the sun inevitably shifts, literally trying to harness the natural light and colors of a specific moment in nature, and transfer it directly onto the canvas. This style of painting allows the public to interact with the artists while they paint and offers a great opportunity to purchase an original work of art from a well known artist at a very reasonable price.

The artists will be painting daily, Saturday, April 17^th thru Saturday, April 24^th. Most will begin at first light and continue painting until sunset. The finished artwork will be available to view and purchase in the Wetroom/Art Gallery at the Wood & Swink Country Store & Post Office, open Saturday thru Thursday from 10:00-6:00 and 10:00-4:00 on Saturday, April 24th. Each year the artists produce around 300 paintings during the week, all of which are for sale as soon as they are hung. The Wood & Swink is located at18320 Southeast County Road 225, Evinston FL 32633.

The most exciting part of this event is that the a portion of the proceeds from art sales will be donated to the preservation and restoration of Florida’s oldest post office, the Wood & Swink Country Store & Post Office For more information about this organization and its’ supporters, please visit www.conserveflorida.org or To find out more about the artists schedule and view their work, visit www.evinstonpaintout.org Send an email to the Event Director thru the CONTACT link on the website if you need additional information.