During 2021 the White Bear Center for the Arts (White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA) decided for the second year to hold an online Plein Air Competition, “Into Nature”, with the intent of supporting and connecting artists during the Covid-19 pandemic. The competition was open to international artists. I was delighted to have my painting Trees Under Threat #2 selected as one of the finalist entries, from among 217 works submitted by 98 artists from around the world. The online opening on 12 August 2021, with commentary from the three distinguished judges Andy Evansen, Marc Hanson, and Judy Palermo, and views of all the finalist works, was streamed on YouTube here and the full illustrated catalogue made available for download here.
Trees Under Threat 2 , 2021,
acrylic on card.
20.5cm(H) x 51cm(W)