Andy Evansen returns for a second year as a featured artist for “Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale,” scheduled for June 21-22, at the Catalina Island Country Club. Evansen began painting watercolors in the mid-1990s, is largely self-taught, and has studied with such well-known watercolorists as Skip Lawrence, Eric Weigardt and Alvaro Castagnet.
He served as president of the Minnesota Watercolor Society from 2004 to 2006 and teaches workshops around the United States.
Andy Evansen returns for a second year as a featured artist for “Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale,” scheduled for June 21-22, at the Catalina Island Country Club. Evansen began painting watercolors in the mid-1990s, is largely self-taught, and has studied with such well-known watercolorists as Skip Lawrence, Eric Weigardt and Alvaro Castagnet.
He served as president of the Minnesota Watercolor Society from 2004 to 2006 and teaches workshops around the United States.
Evansen’s paintings have appeared on the cover of American Artist’s Watercolor, International Artist and American Art Collector. He wrote an article about a trip to China that was published in American Artist called “Plein Air Painting in the Far East.”
Eleven nationally acclaimed plein air artists will display their interpretations of Catalina’s rugged wildlands as well as Avalon and Two Harbors at the “Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale” on June 21-22.
The art-filled weekend will begin with a special Artists Preview Dinner on June 21, the Friday evening before the show, at a private residence in Avalon, Catalina Island.
The afternoon of Saturday, June 22, the show—featuring more than 100 plein air paintings—will take place at the Catalina Island Country Club, followed by an optional prix fixe dinner. Tickets for the show and the dinners are available online at catalinaconservancy.org.
The Catalina Island Conservancy was formed in 1972 and is one of California’s oldest land trusts. Its mission is to be a responsible steward of its lands through a balance of conservation, education and recreation.
Through its ongoing efforts, the Conservancy protects the magnificent natural and cultural heritage of Santa Catalina Island, stewarding approximately 42,000 acres of land, 50 miles of rugged shoreline, an airport, more than 80 miles of trails, and more than 200 miles of roads.
Sixty endemic species—and counting—reside on the Island including plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. For more information, visit www.catalinaconservancy.org
