Artists compete with paint in the great outdoors

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 27, 2012

~~<p>THE afternoon before the Quick Draw, the final event of last year's inaugural Kauai Plein Air Invitational, Oahu artist Susie Anderson and her husband drove to the Kalalau Lookout, a scenic spot they hadn't visited in 30 years. As they enjoyed a spectacular sunset, they started chatting with a Hollywood videographer, Wayne Williams, who was shooting footage there. Discovering they had a lot in common, the three talked until the sun disappeared.</p>
<p>In the morning, Anderson arrived at Kalapaki Beach for the Quick Draw, chagrined to find it was gray and rainy — the worst possible conditions for painting "en plein air" (French for "in the open air"). Still, she and the 12 other artists participating in the invitational had to create a painting there, before an audience, in just two hours.</p>
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<strong>» Place:</strong> Various locations around Kauai
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THE afternoon before the Quick Draw, the final event of last year's inaugural Kauai Plein Air Invitational, Oahu artist Susie Anderson and her husband drove to the Kalalau Lookout, a scenic spot they hadn't visited in 30 years. As they enjoyed a spectacular sunset, they started chatting with a Hollywood videographer, Wayne Williams, who was shooting footage there. Discovering they had a lot in common, the three talked until the sun disappeared.

In the morning, Anderson arrived at Kalapaki Beach for the Quick Draw, chagrined to find it was gray and rainy — the worst possible conditions for painting "en plein air" (French for "in the open air"). Still, she and the 12 other artists participating in the invitational had to create a painting there, before an audience, in just two hours. KAUAI PLEIN AIR INVITATIONAL » Place: Various locations around Kauai Login for more...