IN PHOTOS: Nothing plain about the artists' work at this year's Plein Air in Augusta
Dozens of artists have descended on Augusta as part of this year's Plein Air festival, which continues through April 30. The festival includes daily "paintouts" at different locations. Painters on Saturday, April 23, spent part of their day in downtown Augusta on Walnut Street and at Nobelis Winery.Â
Tim Davison, of Eureka, adds the finishing touches to his painting in the Augusta Town Park on April 23. Davison, who is making his Augusta Plein Air debut this year, took a photo of a child and french bulldog atop of the park's merry-go-round on his phone and used the image as a reference point to complete the artwork.Â
Teddy Jackson, of Blue Springs, works on the final details of her painting that depicts the twists and turns of the grape vines at Noboleis Winery on April 23. Jackson has been participating in the Augusta Plein Air festival for the past 18 years.Â
Ping Yan, of St. Louis, works on her painting at Noboleis Winery on April 23. Yan, who specializes in painting landscapes, especially flowers, was one of several artists to come to Noboleis as part of this year's Augusta Plein Air festival.Â
Derek Gollaher, of Farmington, puts the finishing touches on his painting in downtown Augusta on April 23. Gollaher, who is a two-time participant in the Plein Air festival, painted the buildings at the intersection of Walnut and Jackson streets in Augusta.Â
Craig Thomas, of Cape Girardeau, paints in downtown Augusta on April 23 as part of the annual Plein Air festival. Thomas, who has been participating in the event for 10 years, was painting two buildings on the south side of Jackson Street.Â
Thomas Buchs, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, carefully adds the final details on his painting of a streetscape in downtown Augusta. Buchs has been coming to the rural community as a participant in the Plein Air festival for the past seven years.Â
Antionette Elgin, of Defiance, eyes her work while sitting atop a stone wall in downtown Augusta on April 23. Elgin is one of several dozen artists to be participating in this year's Plein Air festival. On her canvas, Elgin captured the vintage gasoline pump at the gas station across the street.Â
Mary Beth Drabiszczak, an art history graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is making her Augusta Plein Air debut this year. She is one of several first-time participants at this year's festival. On Saturday, April 23, Drabiszczak competes her pastel artwork, which depicts the Augusta Clothing Company and a statue installed by the Hoffmann Family of Companies.Â
Perched atop a hill at Noboleis Winery, Plein Air artist D'Ann Smith, of Kansas City, finishes her watercolor of the valleys surrounding the winery on April 23. She has been coming to the festival for the past 12 years and said it is the region's natural beauty that keeps her coming back year after year. Â
Amy Jamison, of Warrenton, works on her Alla Prima painting, or wet-on-wet oil painting, at Noboleis Winery on April 23. Jamison said this was her first time participating in the festival for several years.Â
