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The Gorge Plein Air Painters - Friends With Easels, 2016 Schedule!

By popular demand, we will be painting on Wednesdays this year to help get us over the hump! Start time will be at 8:30 this year, to take advantage of earlier light, but as always, just show up when you are able. However, because the Gorge is fickle about wind, we will post on Facebook IF we will be moving to another location, so if you arrive at the designated location and you don’t see anyone around and you haven’t checked Facebook, you need to check it for the new location! The best thing is to check your notifications prior to arriving to see if there is a post about moving. If there is no post, the location hasn’t changed. We won’t move very far unless it is posted days in advance.

We will be using our Facebook site exclusively to post the schedule and photos, etc. Anyone in the group can post so don’t be bashful! You can always post that you plan to paint with the group and ask who will be there, if you want to be sure your favorite artist friends will be there :->! We won’t be posting the schedule or any changes on the Blog, except for the very first post of the schedule, so if you haven’t joined the Facebook group, please do so!

Here you will see the entire schedule for the summer and fall, but I will also be posting each month to remind everyone what is coming up. I will post directions to locations on the monthly post. Thanks to Jan Muir and Sally Reichmuth for their help in selecting some really great locations to paint this year! Some are new and some are well loved. We did our best to balance east/west, Oregon/Washington sites, so it looks like this is going to be a great year!

MORE BIG NEWS! Our group has been invited by Clint and Megan, who own Pine Street Bakery in Hood River, to show and sell our work in the bakery during the month of September! Artists get 100% of the sales price! More details later but keep this in mind as you are painting your masterpieces!

Here we go! (Site directions will be posted with the individual month post)

June:
1 The Griffin House, Hood River OR
8 Chamberlain Lake Rest Stop, Lyle WA
15 Blackberry Beach, Cascade Locks OR
22 Klickitat River, Fisher Bridge, WA
29 White Salmon Park, White Salmon WA


July:
6 Hood River Marina, OR
13 Horsethief Lake State Park, WA
20 The Gorge White House, Hood River OR
27 Pebble Beach, Stevenson WA


August:
3 Rock Creek Park, Mosier OR
10 Stevenson Marina, Stevenson WA
17 Starvation Creek State Park, Cascade Locks OR
24 Oak Grove Park, Hood River/Oak Grove OR
31 Deschutes River Park, Celilo OR


September:
7 Downtown Husum, WA
14 Powerdale Dam, Hood River OR
21 Klickitat River, Balfour Park, WA
28 Trout Lake Farm, Trout Lake WA


October:
5 Government Cove Rock Quarry, Cascade Locks OR
12 Klicktat River Campground, WA


Hope to see you at our first paint-out of the year on June 1st at The Griffin House!