Contact

Arturo Tello
POB 115 Summerland
CA 93067
(805) 565-1901
email: arturoTe@aol.com
www.TheOakGroup.org

The OAK– "open airing klub"– now known as the Oak Group was founded in 1986. These plein air landscape painters are political activists who defend endangered lands through their group shows.

25 artist members. Founded under the leadership of veteran landscape painter and muralist Ray Strong.

Encourage the formation of like-minded painting clubs. Travel around the state to save strategic open spaces. Beneficiaries include the Environmental Defense Center, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust and the National Park Service. Active in Santa Barbara area public schools through their artist outreach program. They have developed an educational video. 

Partnered with a large variety of conservation groups including the Nature Conservancy, Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History to produce shows in a variety of venues including the annual Santa Cruz Island Event and the summer MALT show. They donate 50 percent of all proceeds toward environmental preservation

Oak Group artists appear in Ranchos: California Land Grant Ranchos, Gardens of Santa Barbara, The Santa Clarita Valley, published by the Easton Galleries.