Paint the Sunset or Paint the Farm

Paint the sunset this Friday 4-8.

Friday, September 13th -- Woodbury, CT

POP Friday, September 13th 2019 Paintout (DATE CHANGED!) Paint the sunset 4-8pm, have a hotdog, bring a side dish or dessert to share.  

Woodbury artist, Linda Leidel, is offering up her Westward-facing hilltop view for a paintout/cookout this Friday night.  POP will supply the hotdogs/buns/condiments, painters are asked to bring a dish to share and a drink.  RSVP, if you are interested, to Ellie Boyd, so we can figure out # of hotdogs and papergoods.  203-429-4356 (Messages)

Limited parking in the gravel driveway. 

Directions:    

Address: 45 Terrell Road, Woodbury, CT 06798.  

From Woodbury take Route 64 towards Middlebury.  At top of hill where Woodbury Knoll Apartments are take a left on to Tuttle Road. About 1/2 mile in take your first right on to Terrell Road.  #45 is the second driveway on the right.  It’s a 3/10 mile long driveway. A painted sign with 45 and an orange Swedish horse is on the plaque.  There will be a balloon on the Terrell road sign and at the driveway.  

The event is free and open to artists of all skill levels to come and sketch or paint —no instruction will be provided. Artists should bring an easel and art supplies.   Bathroom available.  No rain date. 

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

Ellie Boyd, 203-429-4356 LEAVE MESSAGE (you will get a return call.)

Final Paintout for Season

Saturday, October 19th-- Weston CT

Grab your easel, paints, and friends and head to Lachat Town Farm on Saturday, October 19th.  John Forgione has made arrangements for POP painters and friends to spend the day painting at the farm, with a display and sale of the day’s work in the barn. This event is free and open to all artists, to gather and paint outside, in a beautiful farm setting with 18th c (1770) pre-Revolutionary home and farm buildings and vistas.  Lachat is offering this great location and friendly atmosphere, and is requesting a 30% donation from the artists if any sales result from hanging in the barn.  [See video link below.]  At sunset, wine, cheese and a bon fire may be on offer for artists who exhibit starting at 5:00 p.m. 

https://Lachattownfarm.org/gallery-farm.html

No instruction. Bring your own supplies, snacks, lunch, folding chair.  Parking is in the designated parking area in adjacent field. Portapotties and water on site.  No smoking. 

Location:

106 Godfrey Road West, Weston, CT 06883

Additional Info:  John Forgione, (203) 257-8120

Video of property on YouTube:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQMz__bJ51o

June 22--First Paintout--Monique Shay Antiques WoodburyCT

Please click this link to get info:  https://ellieboyd.blogspot.com/2019/06/pop-june-22-rain-date-623-9-2-monique.html

Lachat Town Farm Saturday 10/6

Looks like beautiful weather for the weekend. 

Grab your easel, paints, and friends and head to Lachat Town Farm on Saturday, October 6th (rain date, October 7th.)  John Forgione has made arrangements for POP painters and friends to spend the day painting there, with the possibility of a follow on display of work in the barn, and sales of artwork created there that day.  Lachat is offering this great location and friendly atmosphere, and is requesting a 30% donation from the artists if any sales result from hanging in the barn.  [See video link below.]  At sunset, wine, cheese and a bon fire may be on offer for artists who exhibit starting at 5:00 p.m. 

https://Lachattownfarm.org/gallery-farm.html

This event is free and open to all artists, to gather and paint outside, in a beautiful farm setting with 18th c (1770) pre-Revolutionary home and farm buildings and vistas.  Devil's Den nature preserve is right next door, if you bring a friend who hikes.  (There is no instruction. Bring your own supplies, snacks, lunch, folding chair.)

Parking is in the designated parking area in adjacent fields. There are portapotties and water on site.  No smoking. 

Location:

106 Godfrey Road West, Weston, CT 06883

Video of property on YouTube:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQMz__bJ51o

Twofer: 9/15 and 10/6 End of Season

Hello Painters and Friends,

Two final locations are on tap for September and October to round out the season.  Here they are:

September 15th, Saturday, Southford Falls State Park 

8:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. (If you want to stay the rest of the day on your own, you may.)

Free and Open to all artists, to gather and paint outside, at a beautiful small lake, waterfall, and covered bridge in the Fall color season. At the turn of the century, this was the site of the Diamond Match Company. Scenic waterfalls are at the southeast end of the Park on the Eight Mile River. Southford Falls was established as a state park in 1932 and has 169 acres. 

www.ct.gov/deep/southfordfalls

(No instruction; bring your own supplies, snacks, lunch, folding chair.)

Parking in lot.  Bathroom available.

Leave pets at home.

Directions:

I-84, Exit 15, travel South on Route 6.

Turn right on 188, park will be on your left.

No rain date.  

More info:  Ellie Boyd, 203-429-4356, leave message.

Lachat Farm Paintout, Weston, CT Saturday, October 6th

8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. with popup show and reception

Grab your easel, paints, and friends and head to Lachat Town Farm on Saturday, October 6th (rain date, October 7th.)  John Forgione has made arrangements for POP painters and friends to spend the day painting there, with the possibility of a follow on display of work in the barn, and sales of artwork created there that day.  Lachat is offering this great location and friendly atmosphere, and is requesting a 30% donation from the artists if any sales result from hanging in the barn.  [See video link below.]  At sunset, wine, cheese and a bon fire may be on offer for artists who exhibit starting at 5:00 p.m. 

https://Lachattownfarm.org/gallery-farm.html

This event is free and open to all artists, to gather and paint outside, in a beautiful farm setting with 18th c (1770) pre-Revolutionary home and farm buildings and vistas.  Devil's Den nature preserve is right next door, if you bring a friend who hikes.  (There is no instruction. Bring your own supplies, snacks, lunch, folding chair.)

Parking is in the designated parking area in adjacent fields. There are portapotties and water on site.  No smoking. 

Location:

106 Godfrey Road West, Weston, CT 06883

Video of property on YouTube:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQMz__bJ51o

Labels:  #‎pleinair, #pleinairpainting #art #artists #pomperaugoutdoorpainters, #Lachatfarm, 

Kayak, Swim, Paintout, Cookout Monday, July 16th

Swimming beach/picnic area at Lake Waramaug State Park, New Preston, CT

Grab your paint, significant other, side dish to share, and a swimsuit/towel/beach chair/drink for a convivial afternoon at the State Park Beach at Lake Waramaug, Monday, July 16th.

Where:       State Park Beach Swimming Area at Lake Waramaug, New Preston CT

When:       Monday, July 16th from 2 pm to Dusk

Bring:        Side Dish to Share, (Hot Dogs provided), Folding chair,

                  bathing suit/towel (there are changing rooms there), drinks

Park:         On hill above swimming area

The picnic table/grill is next to the swimming area.  

RSVP TO RESERVE YOUR HOTDOG!!! (call or email, pomperaugoutdoorpainters@gmail.com before Sunday, 7/15)

Questions:  Ellie Boyd, 203-233-0038   (Not sure if there is coverage up there, so call before 7/16.

See you there!

May 20th Paintout, Platt Farm, Southbury CT

Lots of Platt Farm visitors walk the trails everyday
along Flood Bridge Road.  One of them left a little love
and whimsy.

Please join the Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) at Southbury Land Trust's Platt Farm located on Flood Bridge Road in Southbury on Sunday, May 20th, (rain cancels, no rain date) 8:30am – 1:00pm.  Artists of all skill levels are encouraged  to come and sketch or paint for the day at no charge.  No instruction, artists bring their own supplies.  This the first paintout of the season.  

Here is a one minute video of what you will see. https://youtu.be/z7X8f21ZrKA

POP is a “plein air” (outdoor) painting group that has been formed to promote landscape painting in all media, camaraderie amongst local artists, and passive enjoyment 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 along a 1 1/2 mile stretch of pavement and dirt road--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. No restroom facilities available, but at Exit 14 there is a Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts.  

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

Ellie Boyd, 203-429-4356, pomperaugoutdoorpainters@gmail.com

2018 Painting Schedule

Ellie Boyd paints at Platt Farm, along Flood Bridge Road in Southbury, CT.

The POP paintout schedule has been set up, for paintouts beginning in May, ending in October.  (No paintout in August.)  YES, it WILL be nice enough to go out and paint soon.  Here is a link to the Google Calendar with all the details:  Calendar Link

Many thanks to Diane Dubreuil, John Forgione, and Geri Dunne for their enthusiasm for the sport of plein air, and their great location suggestions.

Please check it and join us!  Our first location is a repeat from 2012 -- Southbury Land Trust's Platt Farm Preserve on Flood Bridge Road, Sunday, May 20th, from 8:30 to 1:00.  Second location:  New Milford.  Link to Event PDF

Free and Open to All Artists, to gather and paint outside, in a beautiful farm setting with Victorian home, 19th c. farm buildings, and riparian vistas.  

(No instruction; bring your own supplies, snacks, lunch, folding chair.)

Parking along Flood Bridge Road, or in two designated parking areas.

No smoking.  Leave pets at home.

Directions:

I-84, Exit 14, travel North on Route 172.

Turn right on Library Road, then right on Flood Bridge Road.

No rain date