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August 2025

Plein Air @ Altitude is a yearly event sponsored by Fraser Valley Arts (FVA).

FVA arranges special painting locations for the artists, or we can paint on own anywhere in Grand County.

At the end of the week, they host an auction and sale.

"Riverbend"

12x16

A beautiful private residence near Tabernash.

"Path to the Playground"

16x20

The view from my Snow Mountain Ranch campsite.  

"Winter Imagined"

16x20

This year we had the option to enter a studio painting.  It was a rainy day, so I painted this at my campsite, from my shade tent.

Not exactly what I saw, but what I thought the same scene would look like in the winter.

"Mt Baldy"

16x16

Shadow Mountain Lake, from a private residence's back yard.

Our hosts provided breakfast!

"Mt Baldy" won Honorable Mention!

"Holly paints like she owns a paint store!"

~ Judge Lorenzo Chavez