Meeker

Plein Air art nears finish line

MEEKER I Artists taking part in Plein Air Meeker 2014 have been visible along Rio Blanco County roads and forests within 50 miles of Meeker as the painters have focused on outdoor art available thanks to Mother Nature.

“En plein air” is French for “in the open air,” and the artists, who started the two-week painting competition on June 18, had been painting until Wednesday in the natural light to complete a painting on location.…