“LOCAL COLOR” 2008 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Opening Awards Ceremony & Reception 12:00 noon Friday, July 25th

“Local Color” Free and Open to the Public Demo Schedule as follows:

  • Friday, July 25, Lee Boynton Demo, from 1pm to 3pm, Tidewater Patio
  • Friday, July 25, Gavin Brooks Demo, from 7:30 to 9:30pm, Tidewater Patio
  • Saturday, July 26, Rob Barber Demo, from 4;00 to 6:00 pm, Tidewater Patio
  • Sunday, July 27, Fabiano Cafure Demo, from= 10:30 to 12:30, The Academy Art Museum
Lee Boynton

Lee Boynton: Founder and President of Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association. Boynton "paints nature's light" on the Chesapeake Bay and the coastline of Maine. He is a former student of master impressionist, Henry Hensche, at Cape Cod School of Art. Chronicler of the Chesapeake Bay Waterman and a commissioned muralist for the 300th anniversary of the City of Annapolis, Lee Boynton, is a lifelong educator and master of oil and watercolor.

Gavin Brooks

Gavin Brooks: grand prize winner of the 2005 Plein Air Easton, paints in the style of the Post impressionists. A childhood spent in the outdoors fueled the memory and imagination that have a great impact on her work today. Tonalist colors are a Gavin Brooks signature. She paints a great deal on Maryland's Eastern Shore and in the Western Maryland countryside. Gavin is listed in "Who's Who in America" and a member of the Plein Air Painters of the South East. Gavin shows in galleries nationally and is sought after as a workshop instructor.

Rob Barber

Rob Barber: Member of Plein Air Painters of America and Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters. Barber has won numerous awards for his paintings, including the "Grand Prize" Plein Air Easton in 2007. His work, during a career as an illustrator, can be seen in Natural History Museums. Rob Barber is fascinated with the appearance of things and the continuous state of change in the world. This movement and flow inspires all of his landscape and figurative painting.

Fabiano Cafure

Fabiano Cafure: is a young Brazilian artist/photographer. A student of Art, Psychology and Photography, he has married all 3 disciplines, as the foundation for his work. After college, Cafure continued to study art, through the Museum of Modern Art, in Rio de Janeiro. Fabiano had a GetulioVargas Memorial Exhibit, of his work, at the Rio Pan American Games. The search continues, for the abstract, the human body, and it's relation to today's world.