Central City Opera’s Plein Air Festival
By David Josselyn
The mercury hung at 30 degrees as early morning sunshine cascaded through Gregory Gulch embracing leaves of yellow, orange and red, on Friday, September 27. A handful of early morning travelers squinted into the sun during their descent making it difficult to discern the bundled beings striking a pose gazing carefully into the distance with brushesin hand. Adjacent to the Century Casino garage, pastel artist Virginia Unseld held a steady brush using a less familiar oil medium to reproduce the glory of the early morning sun lighting the hillside, before her line of sight would be obstructed when the morning buses park to await their next run. Unseld, and many other artists, began producing scenes around town to silently herald in the second annual Plein Air Festival sponsored by the Central City Opera.
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