The Hilliard Art Museum has partnered with Shadows Plein Air to host a plein air painting demonstration on the grounds of the museum on Tuesday, March 14 at 1:00 p.m. The demonstration will be led by Dawn Whitelaw, judge for this year’s Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air Competition. The demo is open to the public and free of charge.

For questions, please contact the Shadows at (337) 369-6446 or Shadows@ShadowsOnTheTeche.org or the Hilliard Art Museum at (337) 482-0811.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Dawn Whitelaw is one of the artists in On Track Studios in Franklin, Tennessee. Painting Plein Air with colleagues in Plein Air Painters of the Southeast and The Chestnut Group adds a richness and honesty to her studio work.

Whitelaw is currently on the the board of the Portrait Society of  America where she serves as vice-chair. She has also been featured as faculty for Plein Air South and the Plein Air Convention and Expo. In 2016, the American Impressionist Society elected her to Master status. Whitelaw was one of ten American women artists invited to exhibit in "Inspiring Figures" at the Butler Institute of American Art. She has a painting in the permanent collection of the Rahr-west Art Museum.