Birmingham artist Amy Peterson stood across the street from the Selma Art Guild painting away. With each stroke of her brush Saturday afternoon, she both figuratively and literally was putting the finishing touches on another successful Selma Pilgrimage weekend. The Selma Art Guild’s Plein Air Art Show, one of the final events of Pilgrimage weekend, showcased the works of 10 plein air (or open air) artists from throughout Alabama, including three from the Selma area. “This is the first time I have ever been to Selma,” Gadsden artist Kevin Keenan said. “I am going to come back here though. Two days is not nearly enough time to see everything. I am going to come back one weekend just to paint.” The artists, which included those from Birmingham, Northport, Fayette, Gadsden and Selma, spent most of Friday and Saturday traversing Selma and Dallas County painting many of the places that were on this year’s Pilgrimage tour. “There are just so many places to go out and paint. I mean the beautiful downtown buildings that are being renovated is simply gorgeous,” Joyce Palmer, from Gadsden, said. “I don’t think people here truly realize just how picturesque this area is.” Donna Chieves, an artist and also one of the organizers of the Alabama Plein Air Association, said the group has been participating in the Pilgrimage for the past three years. “Most of the artists tried to do two pieces per day, others were able to do as many as four per day,” Chieves said. “We try to get one done in a few hours and then go somewhere else. We have to because the light changes so dramatically after a few hours.” One of the art show’s organizers, Selma area artist Karen Weir, said the works are put up for sale on Saturday, with half of the proceeds going to the Selma Art Guild and the other half going to the Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society.