The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust (CELT) announced on Feb. 4 that it has begun 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.

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.

The Wet Paint Auction will be held on Sunday, July 12. 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.

The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, founded in 1985, permanently protects over 660 acres spanning 29 properties from shore lands to marshes, from farmlands to woodlands — for the education, use and enjoyment of this and future generations.

For more information, visit www.capelandtrust.org or call 207-767-6054.