"Date Night" Wins First Place in Falls Church "Scenes in the City" Plein Air
Date Night, Little City, oil on linen-lined panel, 20"h x 16"w, ©2019 Jill Banks - awarded First Place
And the winner is... Date Night, Little City ... my plein air painting of the Dogwood Tavern ... taking First Place. A big thank you to judge, Glen Kessler, the Founder and Director of the Compass Atelier, award sponsor Don Beyer Volvo-Kia of Falls Church and the Falls Church Arts folks including its intrepid President, Barb Cram. What a great event!
On Saturday, June 15, the artwork created over the past weeks or months for the Falls Church "Scenes in the City" Plein Air was on view (and for sale) at the Farmer's Market at City Hall, 300 Park Ave in Falls Church VA from 9am to 2pm. There was a quick draw from 8am to 11pm with those paintings immediately displayed and judged with awards for both competitions announced at noon. Lots of great work and congrats to all the winners!
Saturday, June 15
"Scenes in the City" Plein Air Schedule
City Hall/Farmer's Market
300 Park Ave, Falls Church VA
9am to 2pm - Competition Paintings on Display/For Sale
8am to 11am - Quick Draw/Registration at 8am
Noon - Awards Announcements
People's Choice voting in the morning for the competition paintings - pick your favorites.
Join me on Saturday, June 15 as the artwork created over the past weeks or months for the Falls Church "Scenes in the City" Plein Air will be on view (and for sale) at the Farmer's Market at City Hall, 300 Park Ave in Falls Church VA from 9am to 2pm. There's a quick draw from 8am to 11pm and those paintings will be immediately displayed and judged with awards for both competitions announced at noon.
This is the second time I've entered this event ... and maybe the best since the area becomes a little more familiar and I tend to dig deeper.
Three paintings were handed in to be displayed while I sought out my quick draw spot in the morning. Spring in Pinks and Greens (shown right, oil, 24"h x 12"w, ©2019 Jill Banks) was the first created this year -- painted over two afternoons as spring was peaking and moving beyond.
Coming up next was Date Night, Little City - painted in the parking lot behind the Dogwood Tavern another set of afternoons/early evenings.
In each of the three "scenes" chosen, people were gathering. "Spring in Pinks and Greens" is at the Cherry Hill Historic Farmhouse with Girl Scout Troops playing in the yard. "Date Night, Little City" was a mixture of dates and get-togethers during the beginning of warm and comfortable days.
My last of the three was a joy. On the way to Falls Church Arts via a different route, I passed Lincoln Park, a neighborhood playground and green space filled with toddlers and kids with a bevy of vehicles called constantly into action. It was pretty funny as a plein air painting location since there was some sort of unwritten rule that if I started to paint any of the unoccupied vehicles ... uh, they immediately became the car of choice. Okay, I've been through this so many times before. Patience. I'd get another view of it similar enough if enough time passed.
Creating Making Memories of Lincoln Park became more than recording objects. This place, according to what I witnessed that day and what others told me ... is really magical. Full of friendships, family time, joy.
These three paintings are on view at the Falls Church Arts Gallery
700-B W Broad Street (Route 7)
Falls Church, VA
Hours: 11-6 Tuesday-Saturday and 11-4 Sunday.
Ask for the work from "Scenes in the City"
Not sure how long they will be there.
Making Memories, oil on linen-lined panel, 12"h x 12"w, ©2019 Jill Banks
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