November 22: 30-Year Anniversary Exhibition
Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara celebrates its 30th year with a rapturous group of paintings. The 30-Year Anniversary Exhibition opens November 22 and continues through...
Winsome Winners in Laguna
A star-studded, heavily attended painting competition in Laguna Beach represented landscape art at its finest. The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association hosted an exhibition of stellar new...
EXHIBITION: Meredith Nemirov at Oh-Be-Joyful Gallery
A few years ago, Meredith Nemirov sketched aspens until they began to dissolve -- or resolve themselves -- into abstract shapes. Now, the artist...
Painters in Piedmont
On the North Carolina portion of the Piedmont plateau, in a town famous for furniture manufacture and, incidentally, the childhood home of jazz saxophonist...
Mertz Picks Top Winners in Carmel, Indiana
Chicago painter Nancie King Mertz served as judge at the Carmel on Canvas Plein Air Paint Out, held recently in Carmel, Indiana. Her top...
November 19: Bonhams’ American Art Sale
American Impressionists Childe Hassam and Daniel Garber, as well as the great visual storytellers Norman Rockwell and George Bellows are all represented in a...
Parting Shot: Grand Canyon Celebration of Art Winners
PleinAir magazine was pleased to award Best of Show to Michael Obermeyer at the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art event, held at the Grand...
OPPORTUNITY: Painting the Civil War
Painters in Texas and those able to travel there may want to consider taking their easel to Hempstead, Texas, on November 22, for a...
Composition and Cropping, as Easy as (Pizza) Pie
Ever find that the composition seems right and ready in your viewfinder, but during the painting session, that original vision goes askew? Grab a...
Mackenzie Honored in Wilderness Act Event
Colorado artist Jeanne Mackenzie, a regular contributor to PleinAir Today, received top honors at the Wilderness Act Art Show, in Fort Collins, Colorado. ...
Second Year a Second Success in Bath County
In its second year, the Bath County Plein Air Festival in Virginia again succeeded in making its participating artists feel extremely welcome and comfortable....
Weather Can’t Stifle Ohio Plein Air Event
October is still supposed to be pleasant weather, right? Even if it isn't, the Ohio Plein Air Society members are ready. Witness their recent...
What Successful Events Have in Common
What do Plein Air—Easton, Plein Air Southwest, the Door County Plein Air Festival, Finger Lakes Plein Air, the Frank Bette Plein Air Paint Out,...
Sumptuous Group of Winning Paintings at AIS Show
A flock of painters working in the impressionist mode -- the American Impressionist Society -- recently convened for its annual show in Denver, and...
Parting Shot: Doing Justice to a Sculpture
A sculpture in Denver's City Park caught the attention of Ted Garcia, so he set up to paint it.  "I've had...
In Its Second Year, Event Stretches to Two Weeks
Plein Air Shorewood in Wisconsin was in its infancy in 2013. This year, it lasted two weeks -- from September 8-20 -- and included...
OPPORTUNITY: Museum Show in Delray Beach, Florida
Artists may submit work via the Plein Air Palm Beach organization for an upcoming museum show at the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray...
Gurney on Gouache, Casein
Among the 20 instructors at the recent Susan Kathleen Black Foundation workshop in Dubois, Wyoming, was James Gurney. He took a moment to talk about...
Drink Beer? Yes. Paint? No.
Leon Holmes was all set to create a series of paintings at Munich's big fall celebration, Octoberfest. But the event's officials had some thoughts...
OPPORTUNITY: OPA Paint Out in Colorado
All painters are welcome to participate in an Oil Painters of America event in Boulder this weekend. The Oil Painters of...