Early Influences: Garin Baker
One piece so captivated a young Garin Baker that his mother had to drag him out of the room at the Metropolitan Museum of...
OPPORTUNITY: Winter Park, Florida, in April
The deadline is November 2 for the 2016 Winter Park Paint Out, scheduled for April 24-30 in Winter Park, Florida, near Orlando.
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Parting Shot: Any Fencepost Will Do
Wanda Mumm found that there wasn’t much space to set up her easel on the narrow trail along Brooks Falls in Wyoming. So she...
Artist as Collector: Kat Ring
Kat Ring picks pieces that help her keep her cool.
“Cool and textural — that’s why I chose these paintings,” she says as we begin...
Further Afield: Painting Mongolia
“I don’t know anyone else who is painting the landscape there on location.” California artist Susan Fox isn’t talking about a park. She’s talking...
Urban Sketching: Drawing Public Sculpture
The artists in Urban Sketchers Texas found many positives in depicting a citywide exhibit of outdoor sculptures in Fort Worth recently, including one of...
What the Rocks Tell Us: The Legacy of Pangaea
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
Early Influences: Mike Manley
Philadelphia painter Mike Manley sees this N.C. Wyeth painting as a good example of what people really mean when they say a painting “looks...
When Your Kit Is Like a Hairdo
Karen Whitworth posted a highly organized, detailed photograph of the items in her plein air painting kit, and social media responded.
Lead Image: Karen...
Using Architectural Elements for Contrast
San Diego artist Danny Griego finds that incorporating “urban line” in his paintings makes them much stronger — and mimics the way many of...
Now That’s Service
Florida painter Daniel Ambrose forgot to sign a painting, but he deftly multi-tasked and managed to get his piece to a collector via UPS...
OPPORTUNITY: Parkville Paint Out, Kansas City
The 4th Annual Parkville in Art event is coming up fast, so Kansas City-area artists will need to ready their plans.
Lead Image: “Looking Both...
Parting Shot: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Idaho artist Aaron Cordell Johnson snapped this photo recently and posted it to social media, simply saying, “I love September.”
Lead Image: September skies...
EXHIBITION: “Independent Visions” at the Irvine Museum, California
October 3 through January 21, the Irvine Museum in Irvine, California, is hosting a show titled “Independent Visions: Women Artists of California 1880-1940,” and...
Urban Sketching: Capturing Disappearing Buildings in Toronto
What started out as documentation proved to be a “Rashomon”-like experience for a sketching group in Canada.
Lead Image: Members of Toronto Urban Sketchers...
What the Rocks Tell Us: The Paleozoic World
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
Early Influences: Steven James Petruccio
In this occasional series, we talk to plein air artists about a piece of art that inspired them when they were young. This week,...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Robert Abele III
Ever painted on the South Coast? Robert Abele III says the light there is matched only by that in Venice, Italy.
Lead Image: “Adamsville General...
OPPORTUNITY: Hardly a Month to Enter Bermuda Plein Air Festival
How does Bermuda in November sound?
Lead Image: A painter finds a nook with a view in Bermuda
The deadline to submit an application to...
Parting Shot: Painter in Crepuscular Rays
Jill Wagner was painting in Spoleto, Italy, when, unbeknownst to her, rays of sun bathed her in a column of light.
Lead Image: The...