Members of San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment (SLOPE) were invited to exhibit original paintings and fine art prints during the Celebration at the Goodwin Education Center at Carrizo Plain National Monument, celebrating nature’s abundant wildflower display.
From the organizers:
This year’s wonderful bloom was an early treat. It doesn’t occur every year, and when it does, SLOPE artists get invigorated to go there and capture it on canvas and paper to preserve those special moments and color for posterity.
SLOPE features some of the region’s top landscape artists, who use their art to raise awareness, funding, and education for the Central Coast’s treasured open space, ranches, farmland, and wildlife. A portion of the proceeds from sales at this event will benefit Friends of the Carrizo Plain. They will be showing and selling Carrizo Plain artworks.
Participating Artists: Jan French, Dotty Hawthorne, Sandi Heller, Joe McFadden, Laurel Sherrie, and Gisele Thompson.
Event Details:
April 10, 2026
Carrizo Plain National Monument
Goodwin Education Center
More information: www.facebook.com/blmcalifornia
Carrizo Plain Conservancy: carrizoplainconservancy.org
Connect with partners, explore interactive exhibits, and take part in virtual and in-person tours of Painted Rock. From Soda Lake to sweeping grasslands, Carrizo Plain offers a stunning landscape that continues to draw visitors from across California and beyond.
Carrizo Plain National Monument is one of the best kept secrets in California. Only 1-2 hours from San Luis Obispo, the Carrizo Plain offers visitors a rare chance to be alone with nature. Some visitors say you can “hear the silence.” The plain is home to diverse communities of wildlife and plant species including several listed as threatened or endangered and is an area culturally important to Native Americans.
Learn more about the San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment at SLOPE-Painters.com.
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Blog post prepared for the web by Cherie Dawn Haas, Editor of Plein Air Today
