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Art in the outdoors SoCal plein air painters to host Newport Beach show and sale in early June
Artist Diane Prendergast paints a landscape at the Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve in April. The Southern California Plein Air Painters Assn. will host a show at the Environmental Nature Center June 5 and 6.
(Courtesy of Diane Prendergast)
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After a year of hosting events and shows almost completely online, members of the Southern California Plein Air Painters Assn. a club for people who create art in nature have been itching to get back to the great outdoors.
For more than two decades, the organization has been a haven for artists who prefer painting
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