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Beginning with 2009, the OPS outdoor painting event will be known as
Plein Air Southwest
 

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Member News:  The following are a few notices  from recent newletters that are sent to OPS members:

John Cook  will be featured in Southwest Art magazine in the July '08 issue.  He is having a one-man show at the Southwest Gallery in Dallas. The opening reception is Saturday, May 17, from 1-5 pm and the show hangs throughout the month of June.

Rusty Jones was featured in Southwest Art magazine in the  June, 2008 issue

Dina Gregory took Best of Show at the Waxahachie Plein Air Paint Out, a ten-day event with 39 artists participating. Dina was juried into the American Academy of Women Artists and had two pieces in Art Splash in Graham.

Barbara Jones was accepted into the Associated Creative Artists Member Juried Art Show and Bowl of Cherries received the Executive Board Award. One of her still life paintings was accepted into Art Splash on the Square National Juried Exhibition in Graham. Barbara also received a Merchants Award for her plein air painting, Curiosity at the Paint Historic Waxahachie Plein Air Event.

Ann Templeton has a new book, Color and Beyond, and new DVDs available. Check out the details on her website: www.anntempleton.com

Mary Anne Whittle is having a show of her work through June. It is in The Point Center for Arts & Education located on the campus of the Blanton Gardens/C.C.Young Retirement Center, located on W. Lawther at the Northwest Freeway in Dallas.

 

Ann Hardy was accepted into the Oil Painters of America National Exhibition in Missoula, Montana and asked to do a demonstration. She also has a one-person show at Old Post Office Museum in Graham, Texas and a gallery show at Whistle Pik Galleries in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Roy Murray won the Ethel T. Drought Memorial Award at the 78th Annual San Antonio Artists Exhibition at the San Antonio Art League and Museum in the beautiful King William area. The juror was Toby Kemps, Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston.

Ann Templeton was voted (by the artists) Master Landscape Artist by  Nomades del Arte.

Cecy Turner gave a watercolor demonstration at the Dallas Museum of Art on April 18, celebrating the opening of the Julian Onderdonk Bluebonnets and Beyond exhibition.

Jim VanKirk will have an exhibition of CA, NY and Texas paintings at the Frisco City Hall's Atrium Gallery in Frisco, TX, May 20-July 17. Opening reception will be Thursday, May 22 from 7-10 pm. 6101 Frisco Blvd, Frisco, TX,.

 

 

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