In their elements D Plein-air artists get outside to paint Georgia By Amber Lanier Nagle ebra Nadelhoffer gazes out at an open expanse of marshland along the Georgia coastline. She studies the hues before her and watches the sunlight glitter on the water's surface and a long-legged egret wade gracefully through the deep water, looking for a snack. Nadelhoffer takes it all in, then lifts her brush to her canvas. " I love being on the scene. All of my senses are on alert, gathering information to create my interpretation of the place, " says Nadelhoffer, a Dawsonville artist with a penchant for painting landscapes while standing outdoors at a portable easel. In the last decade, she's crisscrossed Georgia and used her brush to capture the marshes near Jekyll Island; the coastline of St. Simons Island; a farm in Adairsville; a mountainscape at Berry College in Mount Berry; the rocky beds and rushing waters of the Amicalola River; and a weathered industrial building nestled in the contour of some railroad tracks in College Park. Her works are colorful travelogues, each chronicling a day in the life of a plein-air painter. David Boyd Jr. of Newnan likes to paint old things that instill a sense of nostalgia. Debra Nadelhoff er During one plein-air painting session, Debra Nadelhoff er attracted an appreciative audience: an egret that perched on her easel and observed for a few minutes. 16 Georgia Magazine October 2022 DEBRA NADELHOFFER KIM LINDSAY / OH HAPPY PHOTOGRAPHY LEON HOLMES