Starting today, a record number of plein air painters will assemble at the Monterey, California, Conference Center in the largest gathering of plein air painters in history. The group, which is coming from all parts of North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East, the Orient, and Australia/New Zealand, is coming together for the PleinAir magazine Plein Air Convention & Expo, which officially opens at 4 p.m. today.
A record number of plein air painters are assembling at the Monterey, California, Conference Center in the largest gathering of plein air painters in history. The group, which is coming from all parts of North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East, the Orient, and Australia/New Zealand, is coming together for the PleinAir magazine Plein Air Convention & Expo, which officially opens at 4 p.m. today.
The audience of people watching demonstrations and lectures by top artists
Earlier sessions for beginners and the Umbrella Group take place throughout the day before the convention opening.
The list of painters attending is a who’s who of top talent, including:
Elaine Adams
Peter Adams
Ken Auster
Stefan Baumann
Brian Blood
Al Bond
Brenda Boylan
Ed Brickler
Ryan Brown
Jill Carver
Scott Christensen
John D. Cogan
John Cosby
John Crump
Gil Dellinger
Don Demers
M. Stephen Doherty
Michelle Dunaway
Kathleen Dunphy
Aaron Foppe
Guido Frick
George Gallo
Scott Gellatly
Uli Gleiter
Michael Godfrey
Pierre Guidette
James Gurney
Charlie Hunter
Debra Huse
Becky Joy
Carl Judson
Shelby Keefe
Thomas Jefferson Kitts
Erik Koeppel
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
Jeremy Lipking
Kim Lordier
Ned Mueller
C.W. Mundy
Donald Neff
Joe Paquet
Antonin Passemard
Davis Perkins
Morgan Samuel Price
Tony Pro
Camille Przewodek
Lori Putnam
Barry John Raybould
B. Eric Rhoads
Katerina Ring
Ray Roberts
Richard Robinson
Jessica Rogers
Vanessa Rothe
Leslie Saeta
Frank Serrano
Scott Shields
Mian Situ
Kathryn Stats
Alexey Steele
Jean Stern
John Stobart
Brenda Swenson
Bryan Mark Taylor
Ed Terpening
Patricia Terwilliger
Tim Tien
Alexandra Tyng
Greg Vail
Skip Whitcomb
Dawn Whitelaw
Keith Wicks
Jim Wodark
Zhaoming Wu
Walk-up registrations are welcome.
