The 12th annual En Plein Air Paint-Off will be held on Friday & Saturday, May 5th-6th.Artists from across the region will share their talents and capture the beauty of Fuquay-Varina on canvas! Since 2012, Fuquay-Varina Downtown Association has been able to support local artists and provide public art with this event that quickly became a community favorite! Join us downtown to watch as the artist paint in “open air!”Â
The live auction of their art will be during the Dinner in Downtown on May 20th.The Artists are out painting and can be found at the following locations. (They may change their location at any time, we can not guarantee they will be there when you arrive)
Flora Pinkham – Caroll Howard Environmental Park – Sponsored By: Fuquay-Varina Garden Club
Galina Stockstill – 707 Holland Road – Sponsored By: Rachel & Fred Walters
Jasmine Hicks – Ben Wiley Apartments – Sponsored By: Fuquay-Varina Mineral Spring Inn
Jermaine Powell – Welcome Home Mural (Main Street & Vance) – Sponsored By: Green Home Solutions
Jim Babinchak – Mineral Springs Inn – Sponsored By: Orlean Newton
Joesph Lahita – Ballentine Farms – Sponsored By: Commissioner Marilyn Gardner
Lyudmilla Tomova – Near Abbey Road at train track – Sponsored By: Senter, Stephens, Johnson, PA
Maria LeFrancois – Train – Sponsored By: Sally & John Stewart
Min Zhong – Centennial Park – Sponsored By: Mollie Stephenson
Monica Jin – Downtown Varina (Broad & Ransdell) – Sponsored By: Nancy Barker Johns
Rocky Alexander – Garden Hut – Sponsored By: Stacey & Chris Simpson
Sam McLemore – KnB’s Marketplace – Sponsored By: The Teacherage
Shirley Hunsberger – Ballentine Farmhouse – Sponsored By: Rachel Cornett
Tonia Gebhart – Behind Bostic & Wilson Sponsored By: Fuquay-Varina Woman’s Club