Paint Livingston
PAINT LIVINGSTON 2026
Join us for our third annual Paint Livingston Plein Air Event in Livingston, Tennessee!
From Tuesday through Saturday, September 29 - October 3, twenty-five top plein air painters from ten different states will set up their easels in and around Livingston to paint and compete for $10,000 in cash prizes.
October 3 9am - 11am
QUICK PAINT
All our featured artists will set up their easels around Livingston’s picturesque town square for a mini-competition called a Quick Paint.
Artists will begin with a blank canvas on their easel and create a beautiful work of art from start to finish in two hours.
*This is a high-energy, family-friendly event that is free and open to the public.
NEW THIS YEAR: OPEN DIVISION QUICK PAINT
This year we’ve added a new Open Division component to the Quick Paint mini-competition. Artists of all skill levels are invited to apply to be a part of this new Open Division and paint alongside our featured artists.
Learn more here. The first 25 artists who apply will be accepted. Artists must apply to participate. First come, first served.
October 3 1pm - 4pm
ART SALE AND AWARDS CEREMONY
All the artwork created over the week and at the Quick Paint will be judged and then available for sale at the Joe L. Evins Community Center.
Proceeds from this event go toward our two-fold mission of 1) promoting the visual arts for the benefit of all Overton County, Tennessee residents and visitors; and 2) enhancing art education for K-12 students.
The art sale and the awards ceremony to follow are free and open to the public.
Judge: Shelby Keefe
The judge for Paint Livingston 2026 is nationally acclaimed, award-winning painter Shelby Keefe. Keefe hails from Wisconsin and describes her multi-faceted work as expressive realism.
She has participated in museum shows, top-tiered plein air painting competitions nationwide and has attained Signature Status in Oil Painters of America and American Impressionist Society. Keefe has been published numerous times in well-known art magazines--being featured as the cover artist in both Southwest Art and Plein Air magazines.
She has become sought after as an instructor, teaching workshops around the country and serving as faculty for the annual Plein Air Convention & Expo.
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