Plein Air exhibit at library

The Palouse Plein Air exhibit will be in the foyer of the Colfax Library during March.

This exhibit features the award winning work of 10 of the artists who competed in the Palouse Plein Air competition in Moscow last fall.

Plein Air is French for “in the open air” and used to describe the act of painting outdoors.

For the local competition artists were required to paint outdoors using the medium of their choice.

Among the prize winners on display in Colfax are Andy Sewell’s first place entry, “Garden Studebaker” (pictured) and Martha McIver’s “September: Sunny, Cloudy, Windy,” the artists’ ch...