Plein Air Painting 70 Years Ago
Carolyn Karch, a painter based in Nevada, recently posted this photo on Facebook of her now 90-year-old mother, Dorothy Kellner, at the Oxbow School...
Joseph McGurl Wins PleinAir Magazine Award From Art Renewal Center
Artist Joseph McGurl won the PleinAir Magazine Award in the 2012-2013 Art Renewal Center Salon for his painting "Twilight From the Palisades." The award...
Painting What Frederic Edwin Church Saw
Artists who live in New York's Columbia County are blessed with a local organization that supports their work and creates opportunities for them --...
Randall Cogburn on Galveston Island
Texas artist Randall Cogburn was lucky to remain terrestrial recently when his setup on a jetty on Galveston Island was threatened by weather rough...
Meeting Artists & Sharing 35 Years of Experience
PleinAir Editor Steve Doherty turned over the weekly PleinAir Today e-newsletter to the capable hands of Bob Bahr, and now he has more time...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Michael Reardon
Michael Reardon's favorite spot for painting is a rare place indeed: a tourist destination that is calm and relaxing. A similar...
200 Artists Paint Spring in SW Indiana
More than $7,000 in prizes were awarded recently at the First Brush of Spring plein air event in New Harmony, Indiana. Sponsored by the...
Florida Plein Air Event Shows How to Bring an Event Alive Online
Reports from the Winter Park Paint Out, a plein air event sponsored by the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, Florida,...
“Gamestoppers: Plein Air Disasters”
James Gurney attended the Plein Air Convention & Expo, held in Monterey, California, recently, and assembled this short video about the travails of plein...
Use Social Media Smartly and Efficiently
Attendees of the 2013 Plein Air Convention & Expo last month benefited from several substantial presentations, including a talk given by painter Ed Terpening...
Who Do You Recognize in These PACE 2013 Photos?
There was so much going on at the 2013 Plein Air Convention & Expo, held April 10 through 14 in Monterey, California, that even...
Teaching Studios Plein Air Competition Announced
For the third year, the Teaching Studios of Art, located in Brooklyn and in Oyster Bay, New York, is hosting a plein air painting...
Lifetime Achievement Awards Presented
During the Plein Air Convention & Expo, two artists received special recognition for their remarkable careers and their efforts to advance the cause of...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Kyle Buckland
Kyle Buckland moved from an urban part of Delaware to the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia when he was 12, and from the start, the...
Kayaker Saves Brush, Artist Relieved
Watercolorist Michael Reardon recently recounted an episode in plein air painting on his Facebook page. "Sunday's plein air effort on San...
“Pacific Rhythms: The Beauty of California’s Coast,” at Knowlton Gallery
Knowlton Gallery, in Lodi, California, hosts the show "Pacific Rhythms: The Beauty of California's Coast" from July 2 through August 24. Kim Lordier, Randall...
Jeff Sojka: “Ojai Plein Air Landscapes” at Trowbridge Gallery
An exhibition of Jeff Sojka's distinctive landscape paintings opens April 27 at Trowbridge Gallery, in Ojai, California. This show focuses on landscapes painted on...
Speakers & Demonstrators Inspire Artists
“The convention far exceeded my expectations,” said many of the people who attended the 2nd Annual Plein Air Convention & Expo in Monterey, California....
Plein Air Painters Hit the Beach & Harbor
After more than three days of being inspired by lectures and demonstrators, artists who attended the Plein Air Convention & Expo had a chance...
Pastelist Maggie Price Dies of Cancer
The world of pastel recently lost one of its most enthusiastic advocates. Maggie Price (1947-2013), founder and former editor of The Pastel Journal, passed...