Member Gallery

2009 April in Athens
Thanks to OPAS President, Jeff Risner for planning this paintout.

Jeff is also the Chair of the September 2011-2012
OPAS Annual Plein Air Competitions.

Sherpa Martin Dawson in front of the bloomin' cherry trees
that line the Hocking River in Athens.

9:00 AM COFFEE AND ORIENTATION
Jeff worked with the Athens Tourist Board, who did an advance advertising campaign and provided maps and packets of information for the artists. A local Watershed Conservation Office brought large maps of the area and were helpful in passing on info on some interesting sites for painting. Thanks to the Dairy Barn for opening their doors and providing coffee, donuts, and a space to gather in the AM and for the PM critique. Thanks to Brian for opening up his farm as a painting site.

Members Judy McKee (l) and
Martha Carmody (r) & her Sherpa, David.

Pam Turnbow, member from Ft. Wayne, IN
and OPAS Trustee Edie Dean.

Those pesky Sherpas show up everywhere
and read maps too!

A large group of painters gathers for coffee, donuts and to get acclaimated to the area.

Member Claude Deegan (r) brought several guest painters from the Marietta area. Member Kit Dailey from Jackson on the right.

Brian (l) a conservationist discusses possible painting sites with member Jim Polewchec.

Sherpa Kent Turnbow and
Trustee Ray Hassard.

Director of the Dairy Barn
welcomes painters with morning coffee.

Claude Deegan (l), Lee Fritch,
and OPAS President, Jeff Risner.

Children from local schools have decorated the ceiling of the local Watershed Conservation Office
with paintings of fish that live in Ohio waters.

It was a great day, sunny, but the wind made it very cool and tough to use an umbrella.
Thanks to Jeff Risner's advance preparation, and advertising,
this paintout brought out many new members and some old ones that we'd not seen in a while.
There was also some nice coverage from the press for this paintout.

Trustee Edie Dean using her chair as an easel.

One painting in progress!

After a windy morning of painting, Risner enjoys a lunch of fried chicken and potato salad at a local spot.



Oil by Pam Turnbow
Oil by Chuck Harris		Watercolor by Fran Mangino

Judy McKee Pastel

Jeff Risner's Oil

Crystal's Pastel