Know the Judges at Your Competition
Many artists find it useful to know who is judging their work at a given competition. The PleinAir Salon has announced its judges for...
Why This Works: Using Your Brush to Help Tell the Story
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
How to Find a Place to Paint
Some of the discussions on social media really hit a nerve. Not a political nerve -- not usually on painters' sites. More like, "How...
OPPORTUNITY: Plein Air Painting and Golf Combo, in Maryland
The Dorchester Center for the Arts in Cambridge, Maryland, is offering an interesting hybrid event -- a golf tournament and plein air painting competition...
Parting Shot: In the Middle of a Parade?!
Gloria Chadwick knew there would be a parade that day, but it appeared that the parade route was some distance away. No. ...
Winners at the Forgotten Coast
The Forgotten Coast, a relatively undeveloped stretch of Florida along its panhandle on the Gulf of Mexico, is the home of a 10-year-old plein...
Hudson River School Giant Rests in Restored Grave, Thanks to Gallery Owner
Sanford Robinson Gifford, Thomas Cole, and Frederick Edwin Church are arguably the big three names in the Hudson River School of painting, but until...
June 23: Studio Incamminati Sale at Freeman’s
An annual selling exhibition of quality contemporary realism features the artists and alumni of Studio Incamminati. The Artists and Alumni of Studio Incamminati Exhibition and...
June 6: John Mix Stanley Remembered
A celebrated historic painter of the American West, John Mix Stanley receives a retrospective exhibition that tours three Western art venues. “Painted Journeys: The Art...
May 29: Women Painting Women: Texas
The latest exhibition organized by the Women Painting Women artist collective highlights the talents of women painters in the Lone Star State. “WPW: Texas” runs...
June 12: Art Antiques London
Leading exhibitors from across the globe and discerning collectors gather at Art Antiques London, held in a scenic location.
Art Antiques London will occupy a...
Plein Air Force: Hundreds of Thousands See Plein Air Painting at State Fairs
It's hard to imagine a more populist event than a state fair. So it's heartening that state fairs across the country are including plein...
What the Rocks Tell Us: Artist/Geologists in the American West
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
Flying in From Taos to Help Protect Land
Chris Morel lives in Taos, New Mexico, but he flew to California in mid-April to help out the Redlands Conservancy. Why? ...
Why This Works: Balancing Warm and Cool
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Drones, Cowboy Songs, and Paintin’
Utah artist Rachel Pettit joined up with eight other members of Plein Air Painters of Utah and some friends recently for a few days...
“Blowing Out the Edges”
Utah artist Michelle Condrat suggests motion in her paintings through an unusual method. "Bareback," by Michelle Condrat, oil, 12 x...
OPPORTUNITY: Bath County, VA
Artists have until June 30 to apply for acceptance in the 3rd Annual Bath County Plein Air Festival, held in the area around Warm...
Parting Shot: Spring Finds the Adirondacks
Warm weather has taken hold of most of the country, and Becky Harblin reports that it has made its way north, to the Adirondack...
Famed Salmagundi Club Expands Into Plein Air
The New York City art club that has counted among its members William Merritt Chase, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Childe Hassam, N.C. Wyeth,...