On the opening day of the 1st Annual Plein Air Convention & Expo, Peter Adams will offer an inspiring demonstration of how he uses plein air pastel paintings to create larger works in his studio using the same direct medium. He will be referring to some of the amazing pastels he has created that capture the light of a setting sun as it penetrates low-hanging clouds and reflects off water.

When Ed S. Brickler demonstrates painting materials and techniques on April 14th during the 1st Annual PleinAir Convention & Expo, he will offer information about new products and procedures that are tremendously valuable to plein air painters. In addition to being a professional artist, Brickler is the Fine Art Director & Technical Consultant for Canson, Arches, and Royal Talens.

Virginia artist David Tanner relies on his 20 years of experience to create plein air landscapes and figurative compositions based on sketches, photographs and direct observation. He’ll be sharing his oil painting techniques in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Saturday April 14th during the 1st Annual PleinAir Convention & Expo.  Here he offers a brief review of his creative process.

One of the dynamic young plein air painters who will enliven the 1st Annul PleinAir Convention & Expo from April 12-15, 2012 is Scott W. Prior. Prior certainly understands how to engage viewers in his paintings. That’s because he is interested in subjects that make him wonder about their history, function, and future. “It’s part of my personality to be interested in people and places and to want to know more about them,” he says.

Carl Judson ran a cattle ranch, volunteered in Central and South America, and secretly painted in a small paint box he could hide from the ranch cowboys. That little box became a prototype for the Guerrilla Boxes, the Official Pochade Boxes of the 1st Annual PleinAir Convention & Expo in Las Vegas from April 12-15, 2012. Carl is one of the fascinating personalities and dedicated plein air painters running the art-materials companies that are providing sponsorship and participating as exhibitors at the convention.

Both Kim Lordier and Ned Mueller were extremely impressed with Mitch Baird’s painting of gondoliers navigating a canal in Venice, Italy and awarded it the First Prize in the November/December competition for the 1st Annual PleinAir Salon. The Arizona artist is a dedicated plein air painter who uses his field sketches in the studio to create stunning landscapes, still lifes, and figurative paintings.

When Scott Gellatly paints in the Red Rock National Conservation Area during the 1st Annual PleinAir Convention & Expo, he will offer the benefits of his experience as both an accomplished painter and an expert on artists materials. That’s because in addition to being an exhibiting artist he is a Product Manager for Gamblin Artists Colors, a Bronze Level Sponsor and maker of the Official Oil Paint of the convention.