After months in the making, Plein Wild is nearly here!
Plein Wild Outdoor Art Exhibit at Fontainebleau State Park
We’re joining Ellen Ogden, Ashley Ferguson of Roots Floral Preservation, and Leslie Charleville of L Charleville Studios for Plein Wild at Fontainebleau State Park on October 22-24.
The pieces we've been working on, each in our own medium, will be returning to the place that inspired them. Keep reading to see the park-inspired pendant Madeline's brought to life and for a preview of the rest of the work you'll find at the exhibit.
Plein Wild is an outdoor exhibition to be held at Louisiana's Fontainebleau State Park, built around the art of careful noticing. Each artist featured in the show was tasked with contributing work inspired by the park and our state's natural landscape.
With a diverse, rich landscape filled with a vast variety of flora and fauna, it is easy to be inspired. The most beautiful part of taking in inspiration from a place so abundant is that, no matter how many times you look or who is looking, there is always something new to notice.
Ashley Ferguson of Roots Floral Preservation, Ellen Ogden, and Madeline Ellis of MIMOSA
MIMOSA's Plein Wild Pendant
Like a portal or a frame, this pendant invites you to look through and find your own inspiration in the natural world around you.
Icons of the Fontainebleau landscape wrap the round frame like friends of the park, welcoming you into a precious place that belongs to all of us.
Launching online 10/20 and in-person Thursday-Saturday at the Plein Wild exhibit.
Plein Wild Outdoor Exhibit Details
Happening October 22-24, Plein Wild features four Louisiana artists showing work inspired by the park and our state's natural landscape, including plein-air painting, Gyotaku, preserved botanicals, and lost-wax cast jewelry.
The work will be displayed outdoors, turning the landscape itself into the gallery. Pieces will be available for purchase directly through the individual artists.
Plein Wild — Open Air Exhibit
Fontainebleau State Park
October 22-24 from 10 AM to 4 PM each day.
October 22-24 from 10 AM to 4 PM each day.
Meet the Plein Wild Artists
Ellen Odgen
of Ellen Ogden Art
of Ellen Ogden Art
Follow Ellen on Instagram — @elloartist
Ellen is no stranger to plein-air painting, and it's always so incredible to see the spaces she captures in her work. This time, we're excited to be alongside her and watch her vision of Fontainebleau State Park come to life.
She and Leslie Charleville (below) partnered for the first-ever Plein Wild exhibit just last year.
Leslie Charleville
of L Charleville Studios
of L Charleville Studios
Follow Leslie on Instagram — @lcharlevillestudios
For her second Plein Wild, Leslie is back with even more beautiful creations using the art of Gyotaku — the traditional Japanese art of fish printing. Most notably, you may recognize the alligators, both small and large, she captures in her work.
See Fontainebleau (and its critters) through her eyes at this year's exhibit.
Ashley Ferguson
of Roots Floral Preservation
of Roots Floral Preservation
Follow Ashley on Instagram — @rootsfloralpreservation
Ashley's been creating pieces that feature her work with pressed botanicals. But this time, she's pressing plants from Fontainebleau State Park itself. (With permission, of course.)
"It's been so much fun bringing my background in biology into this project and finding a way to document the habitats of Fontainebleau through botanical art."
She also just so happens to be Madeline's cousin. :)
Plein Wild — Open Air Exhibit
Fontainebleau State Park
October 22-24 from 10 AM to 4 PM each day.
October 22-24 from 10 AM to 4 PM each day.
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