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2025 Morgan Hill Plein Air Exhibition
May 4th - 31st, 2025
Join us for our 4th annual painting event in beautiful Morgan Hill. Watch as 15 award-winning artists paint the surrounding landscape. Paintings will be created over the course of three days to be exhibited and judged on SUNDAY MAY 4TH 3-6PM.
Events are free and open to the public.
SUNDAY MAY 4TH 3PM-6PM RECEPTION, Colibri Gallery 17505 Monterey Rd. Morgan Hill, CA “Wet paint sale”, awards ceremony, live music, and refreshments.
SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, 2PM-5PM Watch the artists paint live at Kirigin Cellars, Gilroy. (kids and pets welcome)
Participating Artists are: Uma Kelkar, Samantha Buller, Clark Mitchell, Nancy Takaichi, Terri Ford, Joseph Altwer, Aina Clotas, Kristian Matthews, Randall Stauss , Barbara Tapp, Cleo Vilette , Sergio Lopez, Heather Ihn Martin, Jamie Morgan , Marie Massey.
We are thrilled to have Bill Cone as our judge for this year's event!
Bill Cone has been painting outdoors for 27 years, and has exhibited his work in group and one man shows throughout California. He worked as a production designer for Pixar Animation Studios for many years, and he has done hundreds of pastel, lighting and color studies for films. He has also taught classes on lighting and color at Pixar for over 20 years, and has given lectures on design for film at museums and universities around the world. You can see more of Bill’s work on Instagram