Get Out And Paint Plein Air May 20th!

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Lots of Platt Farm visitors walk the trails everyday

along Flood Bridge Road.  Try painting it!

Pomperaug Outdoor Painters (POP) is still going strong, and our first paintout will be at Southbury Land Trust's Platt Farm located on Flood Bridge Road in Southbury on Sunday, May 20th, (rain cancels, no rain date) 8:30am – 1:00pm.  Any artist can come and sketch or paint for the day at no charge.  There is no instruction, and artists bring their own supplies.  This the first paintout of the season.  

Here is a one minute "driveby" video of what you will see along Flood Bridge Road:. https://youtu.be/z7X8f21ZrKA

POP is a “plein air” (outdoor) painting group that was formed to promote landscape painting in all media, camaraderie amongst local artists, and passive enjoyment of natural spaces in the Southbury, CT area. 

The SLT Platt Farm Preserve, 110 acres adjacent to Town parklands, was purchased from Willis and Lillian Platt who had farmed the land for more than 50 years.  The property features open hayfields, mature floodplain forest along the Pomperaug River, glacial boulders, a beautiful old adjacent farmhouse, and barns.   The property offers many views and painting opportunities for artists, as well as hiking companions.  Dogs must be on a leash on SLT land at all times.

Directions:  the preserve may be reached by taking Exit 15 off of I-84.  Drive North on Route 172  to the South Britain Library. Take a right off of Route 172 onto Library Road, continue up the hill, turn right on Flood Bridge Road. As you drive down Flood Bridge, you will see many areas to paint along a 1 1/2 mile stretch of pavement and dirt road--and a couple of places where you might park on the road.  If you continue on to the dirt portion of the road, just before you get to the far Eastern boundary of the preserve, you will see a grassy, fenced parking area on your left. No restroom facilities are available, but at Exit 14 there is a Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts.  

For more information on this event or future events, please call or email:

Ellie Boyd, 203-429-4356, pomperaugoutdoorpainters@gmail.com