Parting Shot: OK, Sure — 3D-Printed Plein Air Sculpture
A video posted on Vimeo caught our eye. A PhD student at the UC Berkeley School of Information created a plein air sculpture on...
EXHIBITION: Plein Air Painters From the Big Island in Hawaii
Through December 23, plein air artists on the island of Hawaii will be featured in a show at Kahilu Theater in Waimea. “This is...
EXHIBITION: Legacy Gallery’s Small Works Show in Scottsdale
December means the annual exhibition of small pieces at Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. This year’s show opens tomorrow and runs through December 31.
The...
Artist as Collector: Tony D’Amico
Tracing the path that Tony D’Amico has taken thus far in his painting career is easier when you consider three choice pieces from his...
Featured Artwork: Carlye Crisler
Carlye Crisler
“The Grainery”
carlyecrisler.com
[email protected]
Running a Workshop: Part II — Marketing
This is the second in a three-part series in which Cindy Briggs and Theresa Goesling share their expertise on running painting workshops overseas, or...
Painting Light on Busy Animals
Many artists were surprised to find that Mary Pettis’s award-winning painting of goats was done en plein air. It’s natural to think the setting...
Why This Works: Breaking up the Horizontals
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Care Needed When Toning Canvas With Acrylic
A video that a San Francisco artist posted on YouTube about the alleged dangers of toning a canvas with too thin of a mixture...
OPPORTUNITY: Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, in September
One of the country’s most impressive spots deserves an impressive plein air event, and it has one. Artists interested in participating in the 8th...
Parting Shot: Beauty Found in Simplest Things
Lynne Price found a painting in a puddle.
Lead Image: “Simple Beauty,” by Lynne Price, 2015, oil on panel, 6 x 6 in.
The Georgia artist...
Featured Artwork: Lisa Stauffer
Lisa K. Stauffer, PSA, IAPS Master Circle
"Lingering Maples"
Pastel
12 x 16 in.
$1095
www.lisastauffer.com
About the artist:
In spring, summer, fall, and even winter in northern Minnesota, Lisa can...
Featured Artwork: Jane Hunt
"Frozen Creek"
Oil on panel
16 x 20 in.
$1400http://janehuntart.com/
Information about the artist:
After moving to the US as a teenager, Jane Hunt studied illustration at the Cleveland...
EXHIBIT: “Plein Air Painters Under 40,” in Ellicott City, Maryland
“Although young emerging artists are not rare in and of themselves, within the contemporary plein air community, we are not very common,” says Joanna...
Anatomy of an Award Winner: Shelby Keefe
Shelby Keefe stalked this scene, and it paid off. But the pressure was on....
EnPleinAir TEXAS is relatively new on the plein air circuit, but...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Mark Fehlman
Mark Fehlman remembers the highlight of his participation at the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) last year, and he is looking to make...
Who Doesn’t Win in the Caribbean?
One could argue that if you are plein air painting in Bermuda in November, you have already won. But a few artists took it...
Painting Into the Sun, With Atmosphere
Edwin C. Bertolet has painted this area countless times. How did he freshen up a familiar scene at the baylands in the San Francisco...
Early Influences: Clyde Steadman
Many have been moved by the art of Van Gogh. Denver painter Clyde Steadman has found deep and lasting significance in one of the...
You Didn’t Win the PleinAir Salon Last Month?
Jim McVicker, the California painter who took the $15,000 Grand Prize last year in the PleinAir Salon, feels your pain. He entered his winning...