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Paint for Preservation Wet Paint Auction is
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Spurwink River by Cooper Dragonette, Paint for Preservation 2021

Tickets to the auction are already sold out, but you can still tour the artists painting all weekend. See the locations here.

CELT’s 15th Annual Paint for Preservation Wet Paint Auction live again on Sunday July, 17 from 4:00-7:30 p.m.

The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is pleased to continue its tradition of bringing award-winning plein air artists to Cape Elizabeth for a weekend of painting its iconic land- and seascapes July 15-17, 2022. The weekend culminates on Sunday, July 17 with a benefit auction, which will again be held at a live tented reception at a seaside location in town following two years of being held online. This is the land trust’s only fundraiser each year, and it is well known as one of the premier art sales in Maine.

Thanks to Steve Underwood for this cool video!

Congratulations to the 31 artists selected to participate!

This year’s group of both familiar and new faces will be bringing their award-winning talents to Cape Elizabeth over the weekend of July 15-17. Their work was juried by Kelley Lehr and John Danos, owners of Greenhut Galleries and Cove Street Arts in Portland. See the roster and samples of their work below.

Joshua Adam
Lyn Asselta
Todd Bezold
Ken DeWaard
Cooper Dragonette
Erin McGee Ferrell
Margaret Gerding
Frank Gregory
Lindsay Hancock
Alison Hill
Jill Hoy
Tina Ingraham
Anne Ireland
Dustan Knight
Marguerite Lawler
Leo Mancini-Hresko

Sharon McGauley
Nathaniel Meyer
Matthew Meyer
John David O’Shaughnessy
Colin Page
Holly Ready
Pamela Lang Redick
Kathleen Robbins
Bjorn Runquist
Matthew Russ
John Santoro
Janet Sutherland
Emily Leonard Trenholm
Michael Walek
Russel Whitten
Graham Wood

All paintings must be made entirely outdoors, with no studio work allowed. All artists donate a portion of their art sales to benefit CELT’s land conservation, trail and habitat stewardship, and community education programs.

Tour their painting locations, meet the artists and watch them work! Here is a list of the public locations and here is a map.

Join us for the Auction and Reception

This year’s reception and auction will be held at a seaside location near the center of Cape Elizabeth. In addition to the live wet paint auction, guests will be able to purchase smaller works by the selected artists as Mystery Boxes — black boxes wrapped in a ribbon with no identification of the artist! It’s a great surprise when you bring it home that night.

The reception will feature jazz music by Cul de Sax (sponsored by Tammaro Landscaping), light hors d’oeuvres served by Bread & Butter Catering Co., and the ever-entertaining Auctioneer Kaja Veilleux of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (read about Kaja), who will kick-off the bidding at 5:45 pm.

Says CELT Board member Bill Luneburg, “We hope everyone comes out to see these incredible artists at work and participates in the auction on July 17 to show support for protecting the incredible natural areas around us.”