June Show at the Southbury Public Library

Brian Blood, nationally recognized landscape painter, demonstrates step-by-step instructions for creating a California landscape in his video “Studio Painting Secrets” by Liliedahl Video Productions, from the Southbury Public Library collection.  Southbury resident and artist Ellie Boyd is painting along, to submit to the “Inspired Art” show in June.

"Inspired Art" -- A Different Kind of Show

In June 2018, the Southbury Public Library will host a different kind of art show.  Artists 18+ years old are invited to check out one or two art instructional DVD's from the collection of 150 videos, and either paint along with the instructor, or be inspired to apply new knowledge gleaned from one of the DVD's to create new art of their own.  Videos can be checked out for two weeks at a time.  The library has the show registration forms.

Take a look at the collection in the Southbury Public Library, and check out a video.  Here is a PDF with the titles/artists you will encounter.   http://bit.ly/ArtInstructionVideosUpdate

(Screenshots from the video used with express permission of Streamline Publishing.)

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July 9th at Great Hollow Preserve -- Chabrian and Martinez

Volunteer POP instructors Deborah Chabrian and Edward Martinez capture a scene “en plein air” in the hills of Connecticut.  Painters are invited to paint at Great Hollow Preserve in New Fairfield, CT on Saturday, July 9^th.

Chabrian-Martinez Plein Air Dynamic Duo to Teach July 9th

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) will host a free outdoor painting/sketching event in New Fairfield, CT at Great Hollow Preserve, 225 Route 37 on Saturday, July 9th, from  8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Join POP for prime painting locations in Western Connecticut in State parks, and on private lands.    This year, seasoned POP volunteer artists will work one-on-one with registered beginning artists at each event.  The featured artists at this event are Deborah Chabrian (watercolor) and Ed Martinez (oil) of Kent, CT.  Anyone interested in trying “plein air” painting in watercolor or oil, at no charge, will need to sign up in advance by phone (203) 429-4356 or email, pomperaugoutdoorpainters@gmail.com.  The event is open also to experienced painters who just want to spend the day sketching and painting.  

Martinez and Chabrian met in the Parsons School of Design in New York. The couple shares a love of art where life and work are intertwined.  Mutual love and support have taken the artists down many paths -- one of them in plein air painting.   In this session in New Fairfield, they are going to share their passion for going out into nature and painting together.

Both painters are representational artists from Kent, CT.  While Deborah works in watercolor Ed prefers oils.  The artists migrated from commercial art mid-career to fine art, to adapt to changes brought about by a now computer-dominated world.  Their challenge is continuous improvement every day of painting.  It is a constant battle, strengthening the work in the long run.  They don't create their art in a vacuum, but live in the same house, work in adjacent spaces, and rely heavily on each other's critical eye and opinion.  An unusual arrangement between husband and wife.  But it works.  Their paintings defy the ordinary, and bring the viewers into a scene immediately. http://www.edmartinezart.com/

The Great Hollow Preserve, http://greathollowct.org/ is a new private preserve, a few miles North of New Fairfield, CT, featuring many views and painting opportunities for artists like open fields, mature floodplain forest, a beaver pond, in a natural state.  Hiking and picnicking is allowed in the park.  Visitors are also welcome to view artwork in progress.  Heavy rain cancels.  Directions from New Fairfield:  I-84 to Danbury CT, Exit 5, 9.8 miles.  The entrance to Great Hollow Preserve will be to the left.

For more information on the group or to register to paint with the featured artists, please call or email:  Ellie Boyd, 203-429-4356, pomperaugoutdoorpainters@gmail.com

Deborah Chabrian's and Ed Martinez' Bios:

POP 2016 Schedule of Paintouts

Please take out your calendar and make plans to paint, make new friends, have fun at POP's schedule of paintouts for the season from May to October.  Be sure to check Google Calendar before you head out, for the latest details. (See Calendar Tab.)  Eblasts and updates will also be posted on Facebook and here as well.
NEW:  sign up to be a featured volunteer teacher/painter, to share your talent and experience with a beginner one-on-one for the morning or afternoon (you supply easel and materials).  Your name will be featured in pre-publicity.  Newbie painters will need to preregister for the session.  Zufar Bikbov is our first volunteer teacher!

Private Estate, Roxbury CT (Pre-registration)

May 14, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, (Rain Date May 15th)

Topsmeade State Forest

Litchfield, CT

June 25, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Great Hollow Preserve

New Fairfield, CT

July 9, 2016 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Three Rivers Park

Woodbury, CT

scheduled for August 13, 2016 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Bent of the River Audubon Center

Southbury, CT

September 17, 2016 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Featured volunteer:  Zufar Bikbov

Middlebury Land Trust's Brookdale Farm Open Day and Fenn's Pond

Middlebury, CT

October 1, 2016 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

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Merry Month of May 2014 Events

POP 2014 Let's get HISTORICAL! 
This season Pomperaug Outdoor Painters will paint at locations with ties to history within the river watershed. Several unique spots are going to be open to POP. 





Here are our first two paintout days:
Friday, 5/2, 9-4,Pomperaug River, Pomperaug Avenue, Woodbury (Registration required) Scenes of the Pomperaug River, a dam area with a spillway and old mill, spectacular multi-colored rock wall with river running below, and a number of interesting historic buildings in the neighborhood. (Please send me an email to register for this location--ellie@ellieboydstudio.com.) Parking will be scarce--please plan to buddy up.

Saturday, 5/3, 9-4, Mill House Antiques,1068 Main St North, Woodbury, CT 06798. This again is a very old, very beautiful site of a former mill gracing the edge of the Pomperaug River. Our host, William Hildreth, invites you to paint the lovely old buildings, the formal gardens, or the peaceful river as it winds its way on to Woodbury. 3.2 miles North of Woodbury on Route 6. Please plan to drop your gear at the main entrance and then move your car to a lot across the street. Bathrooms on site. If you complete a study at either of these sites, you will be eligible to enter it in a juried benefit event sponsored by the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition to be held Saturday evening, 6/7. (See event info below.) Click for artist prospectus

POP and the Southbury Historical Society (SHS) will team up to offer painters additional painting spots as the season progresses.
Here's a sampler: South Britain (Old Town Hall, South Britain Country Store, UCC South Britain, Old LIbrary) Southford Falls Park O & G Quarry Mansion House Road Bullet Hill School A season schedule is being developed. A show has been proposed for Spring of 2015. Thanks to all who made 2013 a great season.  Here's to 2014 and sunshine! Please forward this to all your painting buddies.
Ellie Boyd 


Here's the PRWC Event info:

"SCENE by the river" Mill House Antiques & Gardens in Woodbury, Saturday June 7, 2014, 4:30 – 7:30 pm, Rain Date: June 8, 2014 Join invited artists Ellie, Zufar Bikbov, Robert Noreika, Diane Debreuil for a delightful evening of music, exquisite food, in a stellar setting by the Pomperaug River, to help the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition further its mission of environmental stewardship.  Faith Middleton, host and executive producer of the popular, long-running Faith Middleton Show on WNPR, is honorary co-chair for the event.   The event features live and silent auctions.   For more info or to purchase tickets ($75) click button.

Info/Purchase Tickets

POP Painters Support Safe Haven Show

POP painters Alain Picard and Karen Cashman will take part in the Safe Haven Gala and Art Show on Nov 10th 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm and Nov 11th 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. If you need further information, please contact Susan McNeil @ 203-217-5445.

Tina Wiese takes on the farm buildings. (Photo:  David Liang) 

Karen Cashman captures fog effects on Autumn leaves. (Photo:  David Liang)

Photographer David Liang of Oxford stopped to take pix of POP painters and friends in this beautiful location, Southbury Land Trust's Platt Farm on Flood Bridge Road in Southbury CT.  The fog rolled out, and we had a great time capturing the colors of Fall.

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters Event at Platt Farm October 20, 2012

Turn Right at South Britain Library off Route 172.

Sweeping View of Platt Farm on Flood Bridge Road

Please join the Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) at Southbury Land Trust's Platt Farm located on Flood Bridge Road in Southbury on Saturday, October 20th, with a rain date of Sunday, October 21^st from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  Artists of all skill levels are encouraged  to come and sketch or paint for the day at no charge.  This will be the final printout of the season.  

POP is a “plein air” (outdoor) painting group that has been formed to promote landscape painting in all media, camaraderie amongst local artists, and additionally to help in the preservation of natural spaces in the Southbury, CT area. 

The SLT Platt Farm Preserve, 110 acres, was purchased from Willis and Lillian Platt who had farmed the land for more than 50 years.  The property features, open hayfields, mature floodplain forest along the Pomperaug River, glacial boulders, a beautiful old adjacent farmhouse, and barns.   The property offers many views and painting opportunities for artists, as well as hiking companions. 

Directions:  the preserve may be reached by taking Exit 15 off of I-84.  Drive North on Route 172  to the South Britain Library. Take a right off of Route 172 onto Library Road, continue up the hill, turn right on Flood Bridge Road. As you drive down Flood Bridge, you will see many areas to paint--and a couple of places where you might park on the road.  If you continue on to the dirt portion of the road, just before you get to the far Eastern boundary of the preserve, you will see a grassy, fenced parking area on your left. Bring your own easel and art supplies, a lunch/snack and water.  No restroom facilities available.  Artists will gather at 12 for a lunch break.

For more information on this event or future events, please call or email:

Ellie Boyd, 203-264-2313, ellie@ellieboydstudio.com

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters to Host Plein Air Event September 16th—Audubon Bent of the River Center

The Welcome kiosk near the parking area at the Bent of the River  entrance.

The barn education center.
Visitors are asked to walk up or get permission to carpool up to the barn,  
about a fourth of a mile up the hill from the entrance.

Please join the Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) at the Audubon Bent of the River Center located at 185 East Flat Hill Road in Southbury on Sunday, September 16th, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. followed by a potluck.  Artists of all skill levels are welcome to come and sketch or paint for the day, and bring a dish to share.

POP is a “plein air” (outdoor) painting group that has been formed to promote landscape painting in all media, camaraderie amongst local artists, and additionally to help in the preservation of natural spaces in the Southbury, CT area.  

The Bent of the River Center, owned and operated by the National Audubon Society, lies on 660 acres in Southbury, CT, near the historic village of South Britain.  The center is an outdoor sanctuary where artists can connect with nature on 15 miles of walking trails through a wide diversity of habitats.   The property offers many views for sketching and painting.  Parking is on the grassy area, to the right of the entrance.  Be sure to bring your own easel and art supplies.  No pets allowed.

For more information on this event or future events, please call or email:

Ellie Boyd, 203-264-2313, ellie@ellieboydstudio.com

New Outdoor Painting Group Southbury CT

POP first paint out to be held at Southbury Land Trust's Phillips Farm (see below for map and directions.)

Please join Pomperaug Outdoor Painters(POP), a new informal plein air group for Western CT painters and neighbors for its first paintout at the Southbury Land Trust's Phillips Farm, August 25th from 9:00-4:00 (rain date 8/26.) (See below.) We are planning to host one or more events per month, and welcome participation of artists of all levels.  A listserve is being set up to facilitate getting the word out to painters about scheduled events and impromptu painting outings.  Additionally, there is a show being planned for September 2013, and the possibility of a workshop with a nationally known instructor.  For further information call:  

Ellie Boyd, 203-264-2313

Event information:

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters to Host Plein Air Event August 25^th

Southbury, Connecticut, August 8, 2012; Please join the inaugural painting event of Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) at Southbury Land Trust's Phillips Farm located on Sanford Road in Southbury on Saturday, August 25^th, (rain date,Sunday, August 26th) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Artists of all skill levels are welcome to come and sketch or paint for the day at no charge. 

POP is a “plein air” (outdoor) painting group that has been formed to promote landscape painting in all media, camaraderie amongst local artists, and additionally to help in the preservation of natural spaces in the Southbury, CT area.  

The SLT Phillips Farm offers 105 acres of panoramic ridgeline views, pastoral meadows, uncommon old growth forest, and delicate marsh and wetland areas. Located on unpaved Sanford Road, where the popular author Gladys Taber lived and wrote about the pleasures of country living, Phillips Farm is a scenic emblem of Southbury's rural past. Connected to Phillips by hiking trails, Lovdal Farm next door also hosts a variety of wildlife, birds, agricultural fields, plants and trees – even an old apple orchard - on the 50-acre property.  Together, the properties offer many views and painting opportunities for artists. Parking is on the grassy area, to the right of the entrance.  Be sure to bring your own easel and art supplies.  No restroom facilities available.

Bring a friend and join us for the day.  There is plenty of hiking for non-artists.  

Come and enjoy one of Southbury Land Trust's fine preserves.

Directions to Southbury Land Trust Phillips Farm:

About 5 minutes from Exit 15.

From Exit 15, head South on Route 67.

About .4 mile, take Right on Jeremy Swamp Road.

Travel 1.8 miles then take Right on Sanford Road

In .2 miles on Left, turn into entrance to Phillips Farm and park on right in grassy area.

Map:

New to oil painting, Keely Riel trys out plein air painting at Phillips Farm.