Sunday Morning Coffee with Eric Rhoads: Four Words to Live By
This morning as I sit here on the back porch, I’m watching a mama sparrow bringing food to her babies in a nest tucked into the rafters of our porch. The little birds are learning to fly. I’m watching them hop from the nest to the blades of our ceiling fan and then on to the branches of the stately oaks in the back yard. As they jump, they first fall before they engage their wings, which then propel them to the next branch. If they forget to use their wings, which they do from time to time, they hit the ground, then shake it off, hop to a branch, and start over. Birds learn like we all learn. Trial and error.
OPPORTUNITY: Excellence at Escalante
A fantastic opportunity awaits the astute outdoor painter in Utah this fall as the Escalante Canyons Art Festival launches its 2017 workshop schedule. So much to learn! So much to paint! Details here.
Market Impressions
Freeman’s Auction House in Philadelphia recently hosted a major sale involving American art and Pennsylvania Impressionists. How did the market stand as of June 4?
OPPORTUNITY: Plantation Trace Plein Air in October
Georgia during the fall season sounds like a wonderful place to be, especially when there’s a fantastic plein air opportunity waiting in the wings. What’s the buzz?
Winners at Ellicott City
Artists both homegrown and from as far away as San Francisco, California, were featured in this year’s Paint It! Ellicott City, in hopes of earning nearly $6,000 in awards. Who did judge Hai-Ou Hou favor?
Beauty Reigns Supreme in Hudson
Twenty-three regional artists recently competed for ribbon glory in Hudson, Wisconsin. The depth, skill, and range of paintings left judge Scott Lloyd Anderson with some tough decisions. Who did he decide was the “cream of the crop”? Find out here.
No Competition. No Show. No Drama.
Fall Color Week is all about painting! Now entering its third year, the hugely popular painting extravaganza in Acadia National Park with publisher Eric Rhoads is just around the corner. Act fast, however, because there’s a limit of 100 participants, and only a few places remain!
Pacific Gold
There’s surely no other way to describe these fantastic coastal plein air views currently on view at the Redfern Gallery in Laguna Beach, California. Who created them?
Yee-haw! Plein Air Texas Winners
The meteoric rise of EnPleinAirTEXAS has been something to behold. 2017 was the event’s fourth year, and it has already become one of the most well-attended and sought-out painting competitions in the United States. Featuring 34 of the nation’s top outdoor painters in 2017 — find out here who rounded up honors and lassoed awards.
Act Quickly for Fleeting Moments
American Legacy Fine Arts in Pasadena, California, recently opened a splendid exhibition of plein air works by some of the most collected and celebrated painters in the United States. Who’s included? Find out here.
’twas the Season for Salon Victory
Did you or your friends win? The latest bi-monthly winners of the PleinAir Salon, selected by Scott Shields, were revealed in December! Find out here who took home awards and is in the running for the $15,000 Grand Prize.
Watch: Drone Films an Artist Painting Outdoors in Beautiful California
Plein air artist Donald Neff shows us in this video he created using a drone while painting along the beautiful California coast.
Featured Artwork: Vladislav Yeliseyev
Havana Shades
22 x 26 in.
Watercolor on paper
$3700
Available from the artist
Havana Shades was painted from sketches and photo references taken during Vladislav’s recent trip to...
Publisher Eric Rhoads – My Story
My company mantra is that we only do business in areas we love. We refuse to spend our time on subjects and projects just for revenue alone. We love art. We love figurative work. We love doing PleinAir magazine.
Featured Artwork: Carol Strock Wasson
Featured Artwork: Carol Strock Wasson
Orchid Studies
Each study is 6 x 6 in., oil
About this series:
When it is too cold and nasty to paint outside,...
8th Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival in Arizona
Thirty artists from Maine to California were invited to participate in the 2012 Sedona Plein Air Festival, sponsored by the Sedona Arts Center in...
Discover What’s Inside PleinAir Magazine, June/July 2018
Creating the illusion of distance; painting scenes of the East Coast fishing industry; Ralph Oberg, Keiko Tanabe, Kathleen Hudson, and more!
Russian Painters, Then & Now
Sales of paintings by great Russian artists continue to break records, with Sotheby’s 2012 global total for auctions of Russian art reaching $63 million....
Interview with Russan Artist Vitaly Makarov
Today we spotlight Russian artist Vitaly Makarov and his brilliantly colored plein air landscapes. In this Q&A, he tells us about his artistic development, use of color, and more.
Can You Be Easily Contacted?
An eager collector called us to ask how he could contact two artists recently featured in PleinAir magazine, and we had difficulty providing contact...