Dawn Whitelaw, judge for Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air Competition, will lead a plein air painting demonstration near the Shadows in downtown New Iberia on Thursday, March 16. The demo is open to the public and free of charge. The exact location will be announced at a later date.

For questions, please contact the Shadows at (337) 369-6446 or Shadows@ShadowsOnTheTeche.org.

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.