SLAC was formally established in 2002 at St. Simons Island, Georgia, as nine artists friends - all Southern Ladies - finally had schedules that would allow for a week of painting, conference style. Before SLAC became the official title for the group many of us met in smaller groups to explore locations for painting en plein air - a term used to describe painting in the open air. These small groups have become the network of Southern Artists friends that are presented here today. Please click on names that link to see examples of individual artists' works and Web sites. Although some of our original group can no longer travel with us, they are still dear to our hearts. SLAC members, old and new, dating back to our beginning in 1999 are listed below.

Membership into SLAC is by invitation only as we travel together and traveling with larger groups is not easily accomplished.

We have a message board that we all use to keep in touch with other groups all over the South and like to plan events together. Register at conference-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and learn more about painting en plein air and post your painting locations.

SLAC began as a small group and we would like to encourage others to form similar groups within their respective areas and begin traveling just as we did. Having a network of artist friends sharing the joys of plein-air will allow all of us to have more paint opportunities in locations we may not have thought about.