The Forgotten Coast Plein Air Event 10th Anniversary 2015

This year's Forgotten Coast Plein Air Event was over the top.  Just when I think it can't get any better, the organizers, Joe Taylor and Staff, pull the celebratory 10th anniversary event over the top.  Here's a little study that reminds me of one of my favorite spots to paint in Apalachicola, Florida, during the Forgotten Coast Plein Air Event.

Water St. Apalach

12 x 12 oil on linen panel
by Judy Joy Nocifora

Some Kind of Store!

Some Kind of Store!

8 x 10" oil on linen

©Judy Joy Nocifora

On a bright sunny day, I found this vibrantly colored store while attending the Forgotten Coast 2014 Plein Air Event.    It was the perfect scenario for painting… good light and shadow for the subject and a shade tree directly across the street.  So my friend, Linda Pelts and I set up out easels and enjoyed painting in one of my favorite places to visit and paint, Apalachicola, Florida.

The Forgotten Coast Plein Air Event 2014

Unforgettable Plein Air Event!

Five artists friends with a passion for painting, a lovely house on St. George Island, FL, great seafood, lots of great painters to observe and perfect weather were just the right ingredients for an unforgettable week at the Forgotten Coast Plein Air Event, 2014.  The area is eye candy for the painter.  You can't believe how many intriguing and varied sites there are here to capture on canvas.  Behind the scenes of this well designed event, is master organizer, Joe Taylor and his staff.  They work extremely hard  every year to make this one of the country's most outstanding plein air events.  Joe and his troop of volunteers are already at work planning for 2015.  Come join us!  You will love it!

 Artists friends lunching in Apalachicola at the Riverwalk Cafe

May 2014

 Watching one of our favorite artist, Morgan Samuel Price on the riverfront in Apalach.

May 2014

 Congratulations to my friend and mentor, James Richards for receiving Artist Choice Award!

May 2014

 Artist, Linda Pelts, being observed by a passerby in Apalach.

May 2014

 Artist, Jane Burrus, painting a sailboat in Apalach.

May 2014

Artist friends observing Charles Dickinson paint a sailboat.

May 2014

 Charles Dickinson, painting a sailboat on the riverfront in Apalach.

May 2014

 Lunch at the Blue Parrot on St. George Island, FL

May 2014

 A beautiful day with an ocean view was a perfect spot for lunch on St. George Island, FL

 Judy Nocifora and Linda Pelts enjoying an outdoor cafe on St. George Island, FL.

May 2014

Artists, Ginnie Higginbotham, enjoying her view in Mexico Beach, FL.

May 2014

Miss Elaine

So happy to finally get this old gal painted. Miss Elaine rested in a dry dock area in Carrabelle, FL. She was demolished this year, May 2014, but she lives on the canvases of many who have painted he

Miss Elaine

18 x 18 oil on linen

© Judy Joy Nocifora

Just Beachy - SOLD

Just Beachy is one of the paintings completed "plein air" during and annual, spring painting trip to Apalachicola, Florida.  It is a great ten days painting with friends and hosted by my friend and neighbor, Denise Rose  during Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein Air Event in May.  The whole area along this part of Florida is "eye candy" for an artist.  Some of America's best plein air artist are invited to participate in the event and our group and others who come to paint on The Forgotten Coast,  enjoy being able to watch these artists create their incredible, masterful works!

Mark your calendars and come on down to The Forgotten Coast of Florida in May 2014.  You will love it!  :)

Just Beachy - 9 x 12" - Oil on linen

©Judy Joy Nocifora