Save the Date for SLOPE's "Open Range: Painting the Chimineas"

Nancy will be one of the featured artist’s in SLOPE’s artshow "Open Range: Painting the Chimineas" at Castoro Winery. The reception is May 16th and the show is open and free to the public for the month of May. The Chimineas Ranch Foundation is a non-profit organization supporting the Chimineas Ranch Units of the Carrizo Plain Ecological Reserve, a state owned ecologically sensitive property of approximately 30,000 acres adjacent to but not part of the Carrizo Plains National Monument. The Chimineas Ranch once occupied over 50,000 acres in both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties including an ancient Spanish land grant and original homesteads from the late 1800's. Today the ranch is a California Department of Fish and Game ecological reserve with controlled public access. SLOPE has already had several overnight “paint-outs” at the Chimineas Ranch to give artists the opportunity to know the land and the artists and their work to convey an intimate knowledge of the area.

The San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment (SLOPE) is a group of professional artists committed to preserving the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life found in SLO County. The artists of SLOPE produce pieces that draw public attention to endangered natural communities and generate funds for the protection or purchase of endangered lands. SLOPE works in cooperation with local and national conservation groups and landowners to protect SLO County natural communities. SLOPE has raised significant funds that have either aided in the purchase or preservation of land.