Artists from the New Jersey Plein-Air Society and The Center for Contemporary Art put paint to canvas in Willowwood Arboretum and Park.
FAR HILLS -- With brushes, paint, pastels and bug spray in hand artists from The New Jersey Plein-Air Society and The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster, took advantage of the nice weather Wednesday and converged at the Willowwood Arboretum to capture beauty of the park on canvas.
After finding the perfect spot in the Chester park, the artists begin their work, which sometimes lasts a few hours or until the heat of the day gets to be too much.
"Painting outside is energizing," says Catherine Whithead, a Plein-Air painter from Glen Gardner, "It connects you what you are trying to capture, with what you feel."
The arboretum is part of the Morris County Park System, and with its rolling hills, flowering plants and trees the park attacks many visitors. The site dates back to 1908 when the land was purchased by two brothers from New Your City, Robert and Henry Tubbs.
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