Plein Air Event Benefits Jacksonville, Florida
The Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens again hosted A Brush With Nature. In its third year, the three-day plein air painting event -- held from...
Salon Winner Painted in Familiar Kansas Location
Kim Casebeer won First Prize in the January/February bimonthly PleinAir Salon competition with an oil painting based on a location near her Topeka home....
Paint on Location in Knoxville, Tennessee
The Knoxville Museum of Art invites artists to participate in the 8th Annual Artists on Location Plein Air Event, May 10-11, 2013 in Knoxville,...
Andrew Wyeth’s Creative Process Revealed
The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, is now presenting the first in a series of exhibitions focusing on the creative process behind...
“Impressions of Light” in Connecticut
Next week, the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut will present the work of modern-day American Impressionist Dmitri Wright in a show titled...
15th Anniversary Show, Demo & Paint-Out
West Wind Fine Art on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with artwork by master artists Richard Schmid, Clyde Aspevig, Nancy Guzig,...
“Throwing Gouache Around” on Location
Gary Geraths refers to his technique of using gouache -- or opaque watercolor -- as "throwing it around." In part that's because gouache can...
Painting a 10-Foot-Wide Triptych on Location
Heinley Fine Arts in Taos, New Mexico, recently unveiled a 30 x 120-inch triptych titled "In Memoriam" that Jivan Lee created on location in...
Artists Notified About ARC Salon
We're hearing from artists who were fortunate enough to be chosen as top finalists among the 850 entrants to the 2012/2013 Art Renewal Center...
January/February Salon Winners Announced
Dr. Gregory Hedberg reviewed a record number of entries in the recent bimonthly PleinAir Salon competition and selected seven semi-finalists and three award winners,...
MO Artists Visit OK Museum & Paint
Artists from nine states are part of the Missouri Valley Impressionist Society (MVIS). Some of those folks recently spent a weekend in Tulsa viewing...
Fifth Annual Winter Park Paint Out
The Fifth Annual Winter Park Paint Out (WPPO) opens April 20th and closes on the 27th. Twenty-five of the finest plein air artists will...
Your Chance to Own a Sorolla Masterpiece
Do you have $4 million available to buy one of the few Sorolla masterpieces to come on the market in recent years? Then head...
What Paintings to Enter?
How do you pick the three paintings you'll attach to the application you submit to a plein air festival? We asked that question on...
Painting Winter in the Midwest
Minnesota artist Carl Cedergren recently sent us photographs of himself painting on a frozen river around Pine County. We found his paintings appealing, but...
Water, Water Everywhere!
Cooper Dragonette spent a lovely morning painting a small plein air study of the stormy coastline at Pond Cove in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The...
Self-Portrait by a Winter Plein Air Painter
We enjoyed this photograph of Jason Prigge, a snow painter, and his "self-portrait" so much we wanted to share it with you.
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Painting the Superior Hiking Trail
In 2011, Minnesota artist Neil Sherman began a quest to hike and paint along the 277-mile Superior Hiking Trail that follows the north shore...
Prizes in Borrego Springs, CA
The Borrego Art Institute sponsors an annual plein air invitational every March, and this year the event brought together some of the top painters...
100 Years: The Washington Society of Landscape Painters
Two friends met to paint outdoors together on a Sunday in 1913. On subsequent weekends they were joined by others in the Washington, D.C.,...