Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Pat McManus: Featured Artist Paint the Parks100

$10,000 GRAND PRIZE
PURCHASE AWARD WINNER

"Trail Watchers"
Glacier National Park
Patrick McManus
Oil, 20" x 30"

Pat McManus is a wildlife and landscape artist who resides with his family in southeast Michigan. He has been painting since the 1980's and his work has found it's way into many private collections as well as on the cover of magazines and in calendars. Pat's most recent awards include the Grand Prize in the 2009 Paint the Parks Competition hosted by Paint America, and being selected as one of the "Mini 50" winners in this year's Paint America competition also hosted by Paint America.



Paint the Parks100 national touring exhibit is at SouthWind Gallery until July 15, 2010.
Paint the Parks is a national touring exhibition of contemporary representative paintings depicting America’s National Parks. The exhibit is organized by PaintAmerica, a Topeka-based, national non-profit organization, created  to support and promote the visual arts. As one of the leading traveling art exhibitions in America, it features the works of many of the country’s most recognized contemporary artists, as well as several talented emerging artists. The exhibit is created annually from an international juried artists’ competition, and includes the highest juror-scored pieces from nearly a thousand total submissions. The show can also be viewed online at www.paintamerica.org


Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SouthWindArtGallery.com

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