Lakeshore Waterways Calendar
A very accomplished group of artists have created the Water’s
Edge Artists group and worked with the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership
(LNRP) to develop the annual Lakeshore Waterways Calendar.
This year, fourteen paintings were selected from a group of over 20 submissions of rivers, streams, wetlands, and lakes in the Lakeshore Basin. The project began in the autumn of 2006 when the LNRP met with a number of painters who share a method called plein air (literally, painting in the open air). Plein air painters paint from life using all of their senses to capture the light and colors particular to a place. From the first meeting, the Water’s Edge Artists developed a logo and their mission statement:
The Water’s Edge Artists is an alliance of plein air artists dedicated to the conservation and protection of water resources in the Lakeshore Basin of northeastern Wisconsin. Through collaboration with the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership, our efforts reflect the shared passion for preserving the local fragile environments of our watersheds.
The Water’s Edge Artists have chosen prominent and otherwise overlooked creeks, streams, lakes, rivers and wetlands to feature in their paintings. The calendar hopes to capture the essence of these important places through the painters’ direct contact with nature. This project will add to a series of efforts through our “We All Live on the Water” campaign designed to generate a stewardship ethic across the Lakeshore Basin. The group plans to continue to collaborate and is already planning next year’s calendar.