Plein Air & Alla Prima Exhibition 2025
On view Online October 3 - November 6, 2025
On view in the OSA Gallery
October 2 - October 30, 2025​
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2185 SW Park Place, Portland, OR 97205
Monday – Friday 10 AM – 4 PM and Saturday 1 – 4 PM
Plein Air painting and Alla Prima painting capture the essence of a scene, the attitude of a landscape, or the character of a moment. Most often completed in a single sitting, these works feature lively and impressionistic views, bold gestures, and impromptu mark-making. For the Plein Air and Alla Prima Exhibition, we’re looking for works that characterize these techniques and capture the fleeting moment. Whether painting in plein air or alla prima, we want to see work that expresses the spontaneity and immediacy of documenting the ever-changing world.
The juror for this show is Kathryn Stats.
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Artwork in the show is available for purchase through this website or the Gallery unless marked "not for sale" or "out of stock".
If you are out of town and need your purchased artwork shipped, prices do not include shipping or handling.
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Questions? Email info@ostartists.org or call 503-228-0706. See current Calls to Artists from OSA​.
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Award Winners
Acrylic
Oil
Kathryn
Stats
About Kathryn
Kathryn developed a deep appreciation for landscape and nature while exploring the Utah countryside on horseback in her youth. She studied with artists in Salt Lake City for over 20 years and continues to draw inspiration from books and masters such as Vasily Polenov, Edgar Payne, and Clyde Aspevig.
Early in her career, she painted the rural landscapes of her childhood before turning her attention to the striking red rock formations of Southern Utah, which remain some of her most collected works. While influenced by many artists, her style is distinctly her own, resonating with collectors across a range of subjects. Her painting journeys have taken her far beyond Utah, to the coasts of California and Oregon and abroad to Alaska, Russia, Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal.