Camatta, Black Mountain oil painting by Laurel Sherrie.

Annual exhibit is open to the public August 9-10

—The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County and SLOPE (San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment) announce “Colors of Conservation”, an annual exhibit of original landscape paintings of open spaces, historic ranch lands, waterways, and coastal areas. SLOPE artists create paintings by visiting and working at these treasured sites to capture the beauty and uniqueness of the Central Coast.  Members support the Land Conservancy by contributing a portion of art sales to the conservancy.

The event is open to the public and will be held in the Milking Parlor at the iconic San Luis Obispo landmark, the Octagon Barn Center on Friday, August 9, 5:00-8:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 10, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The artists reception is on Friday.

The event is a unique opportunity to support local artists as well as local conservancy efforts to preserve San Luis Obispo County’s open spaces. Original artwork will be available for sale and Saturday’s program includes live painting demonstrations:

• Watercolor painting demonstration by Jan French at 10:30 a.m.
• Oil painting demonstration by Joe McFadden at 1 p.m.

Original paintings and prints will be available for sale. The event is a unique opportunity to support local artists as well as local conservancy efforts to preserve our county open spaces. Participating SLOPE artists are Dennis Curry, Jan French, Hilda Freyre, Dotty Hawthorne, Sandi Heller, Daniel Jones, Joe McFadden, Laurel Sherrie, and Jim Tyler. Emeritus artists include Bruce Everett, Anne Laddon, Tracy Paz, Denise Schryver, Rozanne Seitz, and Karen Foster Wells.

The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County is a community-supported local nonprofit land trust working to protect and restore local landscapes for the benefit of people and wildlife. The land trust helps to protect drinking water sources, prevent poorly planned development, restore wildlife habitat and promote family farmlands and ranches in our region. The Land Conservancy leads collaborative efforts which have resulted in the permanent protection over 67,000 acres of land in San Luis Obispo County.

The Colors of Conservation exhibit is at the Octagon Barn Center, 4400 Octagon Way, San Luis Obispo. For details visit the SLOPE website, or call (805) 544-9096.