Meet Mike Barr, the PleinAir Salon’s February/March Winner
Australian painter Mike Barr feels drawn to rainy streets and empty beaches -- two subjects that lend themselves well to a narrow range of...
Drawing on Oil Paint
Sarah Baptist is digging deep, down through her layers of oil paint, down through the lessons she has learned from Diebenkorn's work. The result? ...
The Greatest Painting Challenge?
Few things are harder than juggling the changing light and overwhelming stimulus of plein air painting -- except maybe catching the unparalleled familiarity yet...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Tom Bluemlein
Tom Bluemlein, one of the instructors at the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE), has seen people in painting workshops act terribly nervous. He...
Why This Works: A Mass of Trees Without Undue Repetition
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Blackwood Paints Rhoads
Susan Blackwood, an instructor at the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) and the subject of an upcoming feature story in PleinAir magazine, will...
OPPORTUNITY: Estes Park, Colorado
The deadline is just days away for Plein Air Rockies 2015. In past years the award money has topped $10,000 at...
Parting Shot: Making a Backyard Sing
Not everyone would see the beauty in many backyards, but David Ohlerking does. Ohlerking painted a friend's backyard, complete with a...
There Is a Season … for Oil Painting
When Paul Saindon posted a painting on Facebook and joyfully labeled it the last oil painting of the year, curiosity was piqued. ...
Web-Stream That Plein Air Painting!
Imagine watching a live painting demonstration in your home. New York painter James Gurney made this possible recently, thanks to technology. ...
July 3: Dan Gerhartz Solo Show
Painterly figurative, landscape, and still life works from Dan Gerhartz will be on display in an upcoming one-man show. Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe, New...
May 16: Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival
Over 30,000 arts patrons and 200 juried artists come together at the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival in Reston. The 2015 Northern Virginia Fine Arts...
May 9: John Pototschnik Solo Show
Artist John Pototschnik exhibits a group of recent paintings that show his interest in “depicting the truth about life.” Southwest Gallery in Dallas, Texas, hosts...
A Window Into the Canyon
Colorado artist Joshua Been recently posted a video on YouTube that offers something for painters, new collectors, and folks just interested in seeing intrepid...
Impasto Much?
Kansas City artist Olga Hotujac paints on location, modifies the canvas in the studio, and returns to the location for more work as needed....
What the Early Bird Gets at PACE
There's no better way to learn about the process of painting than by watching and doing, and the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE)...
Why This Works: Warmer Clouds in the Distance
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Cheryl St. John
Cheryl St. John's favorite place to paint is a secret that is not so secret anymore. "Bristlecones and Wildflowers," by...
OPPORTUNITY: Paint It! Ellicott City, Maryland
More than $5,000 in awards will be given in Ellicott City, an affluent area just west of Baltimore and north of Washington, D.C., during...
Parting Shot: Mixing With the Subject Matter
Tom McGregor admires cattails. He truly became immersed in them during a recent painting session. "In order to paint these cattails...