Saturday, June 5, 2010

plein air in motion

Today a few artists climbed the peak of Loma Alta to paint and check out the new 680 trail being pushed through by the Marin Open Space and Steve Kinsey.
We came upon about 30 hikers on a tour of the proposed trail.
We made our opinions heard to the hikers that this was a sensitive and controversial trail.
Art can have an effect.
As artists we need to do what we can to bring attention to areas that we Cherish and use for our paintings, especially if they plan to turn it into a playground for mountain bikers.
Plein air painting does give us certain responsibilities to our subject.
I hope I am not alone in this thinking.

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