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"Betty Jean Billups is a superb Impressionist painter, 

blessed with the talent to produce rich and colorful paintings 

of her everyday experiences.  

She paints powerful works of visual delight and honest truth. 

Using a bold brush and solid colors, 

she paints from her heart and her soul."

Mr. Jean Stern

Director Emeritus

The Irvine Museum

Betty. . . you're one of the best plein air artists out there

and you've been doing outstanding work for many years.

 Sandy Scott     International known artist

You are one of the finest artists I know Betty,

you’re a great colorist and one of the best plein air artists around.

Jim Daly      https://www.jimdalyart.com/

Around the middle of 1985, Billups was involved in two different art groups,

at that time neither was known nationally. One was

PLEIN AIR PAINTERS of AMERICA ~ PAPA

and 

WOMEN ARTISTS of the WEST ~ WAOW

WAOW began with a handful of artists, most in the western USA.

Today WAOW has 300+ members in the Western U.S., Canada, and Australia.

HISTORY of PLEIN AIR in the USA

The term  "plein air" had not been used in the U.S.A. art circles

since the mid 1920s.

From 1987 thru 1996  Billups set up

22 full page national color ads annually 

that promoted the FIRST plein air group:

PAPA ~ Plein Air Painters of America. 

AND

As a result, PLEIN AIR PAINTING is

NOW coast to coast in the Americas,

and  tens of thousands practicing Plein Air globally!

"All things that happen,

are Important and Good

Because they bring you to where

you are supposed to be."