Inspired by Sargent (Wilderness Area)
Each year, six friends gather in New Mexico for an artist retreat, and this year they turned to Sargent -- the Edward Sargent Wilderness...
Parting Shot: Purple Mountain Majesties
David Forks (right) painted alongside David Smith, dean of the School of Professional Studies at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas, during the recent SKB...
Ten More Artists Qualify for Big $15,000 Prize
PleinAir readers were hard on juror Skip Whitcomb: The Colorado artist had a tough time choosing the finalists in PleinAir magazine's August/September contest, part...
The Best of This Year’s Impressionist Paintings
Who were the big winners at the 14th Annual American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition? Some new faces and some familiar ones. ...
Top Names Gather in West Virginia
Ever heard of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia? Some of the biggest names in plein air painting have, and they are heading there for...
Up Close: Tony Winters at Sewanee: The University of the South
In a current show of pieces by New York City artist Tony Winters, the focus is on the emotional content in a scene. This...
Extreme Painting: Rowan Huntley
Rowan Huntley lives in Wales, but she likes to paint at the ends of the world.
The British artist has gone on expeditions to Antarctica,...
Buy a Plein Air Piece, Help Colorado Flood Victims
The Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, Colorado, found itself in a poignant spot during the recent flooding and devastation in that area. They...
Painting a Marsh That Feels Like an Inland Ocean
In the middle of Wisconsin, the Horicon Marsh spans 32,000 acres and abounds with birds and other wildlife. On October 26, the Wisconsin Plein...
Why This Works: “Country Road in Carnation (WA)”
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Parting Shot: A Farm Grows in Chicago
These plein air painters found a nice, pastoral scene ... at the corner of Division and Clybourn in Chicago. Members of...
OPPORTUNITY: Painting in Tarpon Springs
It has the highest percentage of people with Greek heritage of any U.S. town, and it was put on the map by its sponge...
Exhibition Planned, No Paintings Done
How's this for a nightmare scenario: Artist Steven Lee Adams has a show opening on October 24, and he has absolutely zero paintings done...
The Best View Is From a Kayak
For the fourth year, artist David Gallup has led a group of artists along some of the most dramatic coastlines in the United States....
OPPORTUNITY: OPA Paint-Out in North Carolina
Oil Painters of America is sponsoring a paint-out in Salisbury, North Carolina, next week. Artist Beth Barger teaches a young student...
Koi, Sand, Swimming, and Plein Air
An event on October 19 in Texas sounds more like a perfect vacation than a painting session. The Art League of...
Familiar Name Among Shorewood Winners
Tom Nachreiner took home the Best of Show award at the Plein Air Shorewood event, and a familiar name nabbed First Place. ...
Mendocino Loves Various Media
Most plein air events don't differentiate among media, or they show a bias toward oils. Not so in Mendocino, California. The Medocino Open Paint...
7 Days, 250 Paintings
The North Shore of Lake Superior was painted by 70 artists recently, and their abundant output made it hard to choose winners. ...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Stacey Peterson
Just four hours from Denver, Stacey Peterson finds a place that offers both remote painting locations and a bustling little town with all the...