The final day for the MAA Plein Air group was on September 12th at the Codes Mill in Stewart Park at Perth, ON. Ten artists arrived to enjoy the great weather and paint the lawns, magnificent willows and the winding paths by the meandering creek. Afterward we adjourned to Fiddleheads for lunch before heading home - finishing off a great day with new paintings. I look forward to seeing everyone next spring.
In the meantime, I wish you all good health and happy painting. 
Charlie

What a great day we had at Merrickville. A number of the artists had never been there before. They were  totally impressed by the beautiful lawns and gardens, locks and views of the river. After so much heat and humidity, a return to normal with sunny skies was welcome. The last trip for MAA Plein Air this summer will be Thursday, Sept. 12th. this week

​To see photographs of the group in action, taken by Paul Powers, go to http://www.facebook.com/ManotichArtAssociation/


The Manotick Art Association  Plein Air Painting program is now finished for the year.
Depending on the weather, up to 18 members showed up each Thursday at a preselected location starting at 9:30 am., and paint plein air until noon.  Before they left for the day, members of the group where invited to show their work's results for the day.
You must be a member of MAA to participate. Unfortunately, at the moment MAA is not accepting new member applications..
Each MAA artist that has signed up receives a weekly notice of the location of the next Thursday painting trip. There are no notices of cancellation due to weather forecasts etc. Everyone makes the decision to attend or not to attend based on their own judgement.
The weekly notice email contains directions to the site and other important information.
Any member wishing to sign up may simply email me with the request. Previous plein air painting experience is not required. You might like to mention your painting experience  so that I or someone else can give you a hand to get started, if you wish.
Enjoy the fall colours and painting opportunities. See you next year.
Charlie Spratt MAA PLP co-ordinator.
[email protected]
For more information, tips on what to bring on the painting trips see
https://www.manotickart.ca

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Comments. by members. . . ( Send me an email with your comments and I'll post them here.)
"The MAA Plein Air program has a lot to offer. With 17 trips, to different locations each week, there's plenty of subject matter: parks, city scapes, sailboats, horse paddocks, gardens, forests, rivers and more. Personally, I don't use photos for  my  landscape work. Instead, I use the impressions I feel from the world around me. I paint for the challenge." 
​Charlie Spratt

Photography by Paul Powers