The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust (CELT) is accepting artist submissions for Paint for Preservation 2015, the organization’s eighth annual juried Wet Paint Auction and one of Maine’s premiere art auction events. Artist entries will be juried by Bob Keyes—Arts writer for the Maine Sunday Telegram/Portland Press Herald. The Wet Paint Auction will be held on Sunday, July 12, 2015.  During the day of the event, selected artists will paint en plein air at designated public and private locations chosen to highlight Cape Elizabeth’s natural beauty. That evening, the newly painted artwork will be auctioned live at a tented cocktail reception at a seaside home overlooking Pulpit Rock in Cape Elizabeth. Proceeds from the auction are shared with participating artists and benefit the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s Saving Cape’s Great Places initiative to preserve local strategic conservation lands.

Interested artists are invited to submit two images of original plein-air paintings in any medium for juried consideration. Samples must be submitted as digital images on CD or electronically via email. The artist submission form and further instructions regarding submission requirements may be obtained at www.capelandtrust.org under Paint for Preservation 2015 Call for Artists. The deadline for artists’ submissions is Friday, March 27.