The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County and SLOPE (San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment) announce “Colors of Conservation”, an annual exhibit of original landscape paintings of our precious open spaces, historic ranch lands, waterways, and coastal areas.

The event is open to the public and will be held in the Milking Parlor at the iconic San Luis Obispo landmark, the OCTAGON BARN CENTER. Friday, August 9, 5:00pm - 8:00pm, and Saturday, August 10, 10:00am - 4:00pm.

Original paintings and prints will be available for sale. A portion of art sales will benefit The Land Conservancy. Live artist painting demonstrations on Saturday, August 10. Watercolor demonstration with Jan French at 10:30am (janfrench.com). Oil painting demonstration with Joe McFadden at 1:00pm (fromreallife.com).

The event is a unique opportunity to support local artists as well as local conservancy efforts to preserve our county open spaces. Participating SLOPE artists are Dennis Curry, Jan French, Hilda Freyre, Dotty Hawthorne, Sandi Heller, Daniel Jones, Joe McFadden, Laurel Sherrie, and Jim Tyler. Emeritus artists include Bruce Everett, Anne Laddon, Tracy Paz, Denise Schryver, Rozanne Seitz, and Karen Foster Wells.