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THE PLEIN AIR CONNECTION NEWSLETTER JULY 19th to JULY 22nd

FOUR DAY PLEIN AIR PAINTING QUEST: KATAHDIN LAKE, BAXTER STATE PARK


"Katie Pulling Over The Covers, Katahdin Lake, Alpine Glow" a watercolor 20 x 26 inches by Michael E. Vermette

The next  four Plein Air Connection Paint-out days are actually our first Plein Air Painting Quest coming up for this July 19th-22nd at Katahdin Lake in Baxter State Park. Several of The Plein Air Connection Group members will be staying over night and spending up to four days at the Katahdin Lake Wilderness Camps. These four days we are calling a "plein air painting quest" because it is more than a single day paint-out. This quest will allow artists to experience for themselves the location, venture out on their own and paint without any preconceived agenda as with a workshop or retreat. There will be a group sharing and critique in the evening and all artists are welcome to come and join us each day or even make over night reservations at the Katahdin Lake Wilderness Camps for these days depending on cabin availability. We all will choose our own painting locations each day with excellent suggestions offered by our guide Holly Hamilton. If you would like to paint with us for the day it is free and you will need to bring your own art supplies, plenty of water and a lunch. We would love to have you join us. Thanks to the new trail developments by Baxter State Park, it is a very doable 3.5 mile day-hike to Katahdin Lake where you can experience the same views as painters like Frederick Church, Marsden Hartley and James Fitzgerald.

For more information, location pictures and directions to this fantastic place please click on or go to the www.katahdinlakewildernesscamps.com website.

We are really looking forward to this Quest and hope to see some of you there,

Michael E. Vermette
The Plein Air Connection Coordinator

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