Enjoy the creative output of the 2020 Paint & Write the Town event.
Paint the Town 2025 Exhibition Video & Awards Presentation
This movie offers views of the art, the event judge, Nancy Eng, bestowing her award selections, and beautiful poetry recitations by the writers from 2025. Enjoy. You can see more about Nancy on her judges page – by clicking here. She did a thoughtful, eloquent and overall wonderful job. Thank you so much for your involvement Nancy! A special Thank You to Joel Zak for creating the video and to all of the poets who read their poetry for the video!
Paint & Write the Town 2025 Gallery of Art
Artists in Action’s Paint & Write the Town Exhibition of Art & Poems is on display during the month of October 2025 at the Elsinore Framing and Art Gallery. This diverse show was the culmination of a summertime of creating en plein air.
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Lorraine Dye – LEGACY VINEYARD
Carole Eustice – Into The Vines
Carole Eustice – Tea Travel
Carole Eustice – The Blue Chair
Allyson Flagg-Miller – Sheep In A Field Circa 1915 Willamette Valley Farmstead – Honorable Mention
Joan Hans-Stafford – Tribal Gathering
Dee Hendrix – Arrowhead Lavender Farm
Dee Hendrix – Eola Hills Vineyard – 3rd Place
Rosalie Huntley – Arrowhead Lavender Farms en plein air
Rosalie Huntley – Misner Century Farm
Rosalie Huntley – Sebright Gardens en Plein Air
Cathie Johnson – Edith. Gaiety Hollow House – Honorable Mention
Cathie Johnson – Fall is coming in at Chemekata Cellars
Cathie Johnson – Old Red Barn. Arrowhead Lavender Farm
Jean Lea – Gaiety Hollow Garden Path – Honorable Mention
Jean Lea – Gaiety Hollow Statue Garden
Jean Lea – Salem Backstreet View
John Mohney – Gaiety Hollow Flowers
John Mohney – Lavender Farm
John Mohney – Orchard House
Ann Moore – Ankeny, Early Summer
Ann Moore – Clarkia in Bloom
Ann Moore – Stepping Out
Michelle Myers – Eola Vineyard Pond – People’s Choice Award
Michelle Myers – Morning on the Farm
Michelle Myers – Out in the Lavender Fields
Debbie Robinson – Calla Lilies – 1st Place
Debbie Robinson – Country Calmness
Elaine Rumford – In Full Bloom
Elaine Rumford – Romancing the Alley
Elaine Rumford – Seeking Inspiration
KAREN Stangeby – Jack in the Pulpit at SEBRIGHT GARDEN
KAREN Stangeby – Let’s Pick Lavender at Arrowhead Farm – 2nd Place
T. Ruth Westfern – Behind the Tasting Room
T. Ruth Westfern – Lavender Shadows
T. Ruth Westfern – Legacy Vineyard View
CC Willow – Arrowhead Lavender Farm
CC Willow – Overlook at Ankeny Wildlife Refuge
Patricia Young – Step into the Garden
Patricia Young – Sun Bathed Vineyard – Honorable Mention
Patricia Young – Time to Wine Down
Paint & Write the Town 2024 Poetry
Ruth Cady Wiggin – by the wild blackberries
Ruth Cady Wiggin – If I prayed – People’s Choice Award
Marilyn Johnston – ALONG THE LAVENDER FIELDS
Marilyn Johnston – IN THE HERE AND THE NOW
Ada Molinoff – Home Garden
Michael Shuler – Jardin de la Familia
Michael Shuler – Loving Lavender
Michael Shuler – Still Life
Colette Tennant – Darkish Noo at Eola Hills Winery
Eleanor Berry – Interlude – Language & line
Paint & Write the Town 2024 Award Winners
Congratulations to the P&WTT award-winners!
Best Representation of Location: Elaine Rumford, “Romancing the Alley“ 1st Place: Debbie Robinson, “3rd place-Dee Hendrix, Eola Hills Vineyard“ 2nd Place: Karen Stangeby, “Let’s Pick Lavender at Arrowhead Farm“ 3rd Place: Dee Hendrix, “Eola Hills Vineyard“
Honorable Mentions: Cathie Johnson, “Edith Gaiety Hollow House“ Patricia Young, “Sun Bathed Vineyard“ Allyson Flagg Miller, “Sheep in a Field“
