Parting Shot: From Back When the Country Was Born
Near the beginning of June, plein air artists in New Hampshire had a chance to paint models in colonial garb and capture buildings and...
Featured Artwork: Kathryn Riedinger
"Summer's Palette"
Oil
24 x 20 in.www.kathrynriedinger.comKathryn Riedinger, an award-winning artist based in Ketchum, Idaho, is primarily a plein air painter and studies many subjects and...
Featured Artwork: Richard Oversmith
"Sailing"Oil on linen panel12 x 16 in.www.jmstringergallery.com-----------------------------------"Something's in the Air"Opening Reception: Saturday, July 18 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Sunday, July 19 from 12-5 p.m.On view through...
Winners at Easels in Frederick
The 5th annual Easels in Frederick (MD) was held from June 15-20, and the following awards were presented by Larry Moore, the awards judge.
Jason...
Artist as Collector: Marc Hanson
Colorado artist Marc Hanson collects art like an artist would. Meaning what?
"The pieces in my collection are the ones I responded to personally, for...
What the Rocks Tell Us: Support Your Local Geology
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
Neither Storm, Nor Sting, Nor Sleepy Night….
Robin Purcell's painting "Where They Ride Horses" won the Best Watercolor award at the 2015 Carmel Arts Festival, but her process is not something...
Gurney’s BLAST Rule
One great and sometimes surprising thing about the Internet is how good content can pop up again several years after the initial posting, and...
Santa Fe Plein Air Festival Results
Judge of Awards Jill Carver picked the winners recently in the Santa Fe Plein Air Festival. Who won?
Carver awarded Damien Gonzales Best of Show...
Why This Works: Texture Imparts Feeling and Movement
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
San Clemente Awards Prizes
Who took home $5,000 from San Clemente, California?
Rita Pacheco's painting of a scene on a golf course, "At the Turn," won First Place and...
OPPORTUNITY: “Wet Paint-Out” in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Art Association is hosting a plein air competition in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 17-19.
Carol Aronson-Shore, a professor emeritus at the University...
Change Your Brush, Change Your Look
Los Angeles artist Mike Hernandez switched brushes and found that the change in shape meant interesting brushwork and developments in his paintings.
Featured Artwork: Gregory Summers
"From Within"
Oil
16 x 12 in.www.rgregorysummers.comBorn in the Flint Hills of Kansas, Gregory Summers began his professional career at Hallmark Cards Inc. A Master Engraver,...
Featured Artwork: Poppy Balser
"Waiting on the Herring"
Watercolor on paper
20 x 29 in. www.poppybalser.com
"Gorgeous use of values and color hues to depict moments in the life of her subjects."...
Parting Shot: Balcony View, Captured on iPad
Even if you are painting with the immediate medium of a digital painting application, you can still be bedeviled by the changing conditions of...
Why This Works: Secondary Triad Enlivens a Low-Key Scene
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Fun in the Adirondacks
Eric Rhoads, the publisher of PleinAir magazine, hosted a paint camp last week high in the Adirondack Mountains -- just a few miles from...
OPPORTUNITY: Participate in “After Hopper” Project
The organizers of the two-year, high-profile "After Hopper" project have extended an invitation to artists to participate in the event.
Addison Art Gallery recently sent...
Parting Shot: Balcony View, Captured on iPad
Even if you are painting with the immediate medium of a digital painting application, you can still be bedeviled by the changing conditions of...