Plein Air with Tasia and Kennis

Each year Zion Park has a Plein Air Art Invitational.  Paul went up to several of the demos during the week.  Saturday we took Tasia and Kennis up with us. It was a beautiful fall day and it was fun to see so many beautiful paintings coming to life as the artists painted out on the lawn in front of the lodge.  

We started out at the Nature Center which had been transformed into an art gallery for the day with paintings by the participating artists on display.  We met Roland Lee on the way in and then got to watch him and lots of other artists painting up at the lodge later in the day.  The girls also tried their hand at painting.  It's harder than it looks!

One artist we were watching told the girls that he needed a little break and put them to work putting in some green some in some green near the bottom of his painting.  Later on we went back to view the finished product which was very beautiful.  

Riding the shuttle and walking the trail from the lodge to the Grotto were both fun activities.

After we were finished watching the painting we rode up to the Temple of Sinawava and then walked the trail up to the start of the Narrows.  The girls braved the very cold water...for a little while!

Then we got the car and drove through the tunnel and did a little hike on the east side of the park.  The water was a bit warmer there.  

We saw some wildlife during the day including white tailed deer (no pics), a flock of turkeys on the Grotto trail, a Great Blue Heron in the Narrows and a couple of Rocky Mountain Sheep on the east side.