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SouthWind Gallery, in collaboration with the KU Alumni Association, invited artists to participate in a mass “plein air” painting event that took place April 26, 2008, on the KU Campus in Lawrence, Kansas. On that day, 65 artists set up easels across Mt. Oread and, with paintbrush in hand, captured the renowned beauty of the KU campus. The result is an amazing body of work consisting of 100 paintings, rendered in a various styles and media, that will be exhibited in Lawrence and Topeka the fall of 2008.

The KU Campus plein air painting event was a juried competition that offered cash prizes totaling $2,250.00 to the top three winning entries. The event drew many professional artists as well as up-and-coming artists from a three-state area. Serving as juror for the competition was the distinguished Roger Shimomura, an internationally known artist and Distinguished Professor emeritus of the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts.

The three winning artists are: 1st Place – Barbara Waterman Peters (Topeka, KS); 2nd Place – Jim Clements (El Dorado, KS); and 3rd Place—Gary Ozias (Downs, KS).