The French Creek Art Colony began as a small plein air group organized by Mimi Barclay Johnson in 2000 to paint coastal towns, farms, public/private gardens and historic sites. It became the French Creek Art Colony (FCAC) in 2006 when artists were invited to spent time and paint together at founder Mimi Barclay Johnson’s son’s 1717 farm on the south branch of French Creek. Beginning with the historic French Creek Valley, surrounding area landscapes and farms, the group now paints all over the world, singly, in pairs, in small numbers or as a group. The artists lunch, hang out together, and paint together as much as they can throughout the year. Some artists finish their work en plein air; others finish their plein air start in the studio, or create a different, perhaps larger, work from his or her small plein air painting. FCAC has shown as a group a number of times at Jenkins Arboretum. For shows in which individual members are exhibiting, please visit that member’s website through the About the Artists page.
Current Shows –
- French Creek Art Colony artists are individually exhibiting in shows around the country. To know more, please go to artists’ websites.
Announcements –
- Bucks County Plein Air Festival in June of 2016 included 3 French Creek Art Colony artists among the 50 from across the country that were juried into the event. These three were Valerie Craig, Maggie Leiby, and Elise Phillips who was awarded the First Prize. In 2018 and 2019, Valerie Craig was Competition Juror.
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