FOLEY, Ala. — Nearly 200 paintings will be on view at the third annual art show of the Gulf Coast Society of Painters, to be held Saturday at Foley United Methodist Church’s Spirit Center.

The event is free and open to the public, from 3 to 6 p.m., in the center’s Grand Hall, 915 N. Pine St.

Society members are students in Beverly McNair’s oil painting classes at the Spirit Center.

Thirty artists will show a variety of works, ranging from still-life paintings to seascapes to autumn and winter landscapes.

Among the exhibitors are (at right, from left) Nancy Hunt of Foley, Shirley Prince of Summerdale, Marty Cowdin of Elberta, Cathy Hamlett of Foley, Sarah Rouzie of Foley and Halleck Mathews of Magnolia Springs.