Can Artists With Very Different Styles Collaborate on a Piece?
Anton Pavlenko and Michael Orwick recently held an event at Dragonfire Studio and Gallery, in Cannon Beach, Oregon, during which the two switched off...
Winners at the Tarpon Springs Paintout
A plein air competition in Tarpon Springs, Florida, awards its top prize to the person with the best body of work completed over the...
Parting Shot: Art-Loving Kookaburra Offers Protection
Not everyone would be thankful that a bird chose to perch on his or her painting. But not everyone paints in Australia. ...
Sixty Artists, 16 Awards, Perfect Weather in Fort Myers
In the fifth year for Paint the Beach, 60 painters converged on the Florida town of Fort Myers to divvy up 16 awards. Who...
Book on Mid-Atlantic Painters Gaining Traction
When a book publisher mentioned that a book on plein air painters from the Mid-Atlantic states might be something his company would want to...
Kansas Artist Hosts Another Painting Challenge
Last year R. Gregory Summers decided it would be fun to host a painting challenge. So he invited many of his artist friends, and...
Parting Shot: Paquet Explores Catalina’s Wild Side
Joe Paquet contributed his presence and paintings to Catalina: The Wild Side, a plein air event on California's Santa Catalina Island that benefits the...
Building a Pochade Box in the Punjab
Jaspreet Singh is a plein air painter in a part of the world where that's a pretty rare thing. In fact, it's such an...
Beyond One Day of Halloween
Susan Blubaugh has had her eye on a particular northern New Jersey cemetery for a while. Why not finish up a painting of it...
Parting Shot: Fabulous Fall Color
Virginia artist Julia Lesnichy ably captured the amazing fall colors of the Blue Ridge Mountains with this piece. Lesnichy reports that...
Best in Sedona
Talk about cleaning up. Bill Cramer of Prescott, Arizona, came to Sedona for its plein air event and went home with three of its...
Echternach Wins Big at Westcliffe
Jeanne Echternach won two awards -- including the PleinAir Magazine Award of Excellence -- at the recent Alla Prima Westcliffe event in Westcliffe, Colorado. ...
Strapped In to Paint a Billionaire’s Home
Over six days, Jerry Fresia painted Villa La Cassinella, a home on Italy's Lake Como associated with billionaire Richard Branson. It required him to...
Cedarburg Chamber of Commerce Releases Five Plein Air Postcards
Painters who show up in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, for the 15th annual Cedarburg Plein Air event in June will be able to send home professional...
Painting the Movement of Water
Canadian artist Claude Millette is not alone in his love for painting water. But its particular draw for him rests on a paradox. ...
Winners of the August-September PleinAir SalonContest
Expanded categories, an hours-long jurying process, and 14 winners. Get the scoop below. "Bourton on the Hill," by John McCartin,...
Lost in Beauty on the Coast of Northern California
The Pacific Coast Highway hugs the California coastline from Dana Point to Mendocino County, but it skips a big section about 230 miles north...
Why One Lover of Solitude Competes in Plein Air Events
Matt Chinian isn't anti-social, he just likes the meditative feel of painting alone. Yet he still competes in plein air events. Why? ...
Parting Shot: Put a C on It
New York-based painter Tony Winters stole a morning away from his architectural work to paint the confluence of the Harlem and the Hudson rivers,...
L.A. Gets a New Plein Air Event
Another opportunity for L.A. painters opened up when art supplies retailer Raw Materials sponsored the Los Angeles Plein Air Festival, a four-day event that...