PleinAir Magazine – August 2019

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Sixtoppleinairpaintersembarkedonthepaintingadventureofa lifetime.Notonlydid

theyfindnewinspirationfortheirwork,theyfounda calling.

——— BY KELLY KANE ———

hisspring,LarryMoore,ShelbyKeefe,RandallSexton,AimeeErickson,Jason

Sacran,andCharlieHunterboardedAmtrak’sSouthwestChiefin Chicagoto

beginthe2,265-milejourneywest —anadventuretheycalled“EnTrainAir.”

Stoppingto paintin fivesmalltownsalongtheway—LaJuntaandTrinidad,

Colorado;andRaton,LasVegas,andLamy,NewMexico—theyfolloweda route

thatparalleledthestoriedSantaFeTrail,PonyExpress,andRoute66.Aftera showof theirwork

at McLarryFineArtin SantaFe,thegroupcontinuedto Winslow,Arizona,wheretheyhadan

extendedstayat thehistoricLaPosadaHotel,thenonto LosAngelesbeforewrappinguptheir trip

witha paneldiscussionat the8thAnnualPleinAirConvention&Expo in San Francisco.

Whatfollowsis anabridgedtranscriptof thatdiscussion.

Charlie Hunter: It really all started with Larry Moore.

SPECIAL FEATURE

EN TRAIN AIR

Fromlefttoright:CharlieHunter,

AimeeErickson,JasonSacran,

Shelby Keefe, RandallSexton,and

Larry Moore

Shelby Keefe on location in La Junta, Colorado