Artwork Featuring America’s Parks I
Awards were recently announced for America’s Parks Through the Beauty of Art, an international art competition and exhibition intended to recognize and promote excellence...
Demos From Master Artists
We begin a series of painting demonstrations by the master artists who will be sharing their ideas and inspiration during the Plein Air Convention...
Friends Painting in the Minnesota Snow
Minnesota artist Jim Henley snapped photographs of his painting companions, Diane LaMere and Derek Davis, when the three artists were deep in snow along...
A Christmas Plein Air Tradition
Kentucky artist Bill Guffey has been painting for only about five years, but on each Christmas Day over those years he has celebrated the...
A Birthday Gift of Painting on Christmas Day
Michigan artist Mark E. Mehaffey’s birthday is on December 25, and he decided the best way to celebrate was to paint outdoors with acrylics....
Jean Perry on the March 2013 Cover
As PleinAir reaches more and more outdoor painting enthusiasts, the selection of the cover image becomes more significant -- and sometimes controversial. But there...
Eric Rhoads Reviews The Painter’s Watch
Publisher Eric Rhoads wanted to find out if the claims of a watch for painters can hold up. Can a watch tell you how...
Holiday Break
We want to wish you a happy holiday season while we take a break to spend time with our families and plan for another...
The Year in Plein Air Fashion
We thought it would be fun to look at some of the fashion statements made by dedicated plein air painters over the past year,...
19th-Century Plein Air Fashions
It's amusing to compare today's practical, comfortable plein air painting outfits with those worn by artists in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Clearly,...
Special Convention Presentation by Chinese-American Artists
During the Plein Air Convention & Expo (www.pleinairconvention.com), two Chinese-American artists will demonstrate their skillful, painterly approaches to outdoor painting. Here's a brief review...
California Plein-Air Painting Before 1960
Paintings of the Golden State will be featured in two museum shows until next summer. All of our favorite painters and some new discoveries...
Realism Without Borders International Show in Scottsdale
What started out as an informal group of artists sharing a strong common vision for art has become a successful national traveling exhibition: Realism...
24 Days Painting on the Colorado River
California artist Anne Laddon joined 15 other people for a 24-day rafting trip down the Colorado River during which she created about two dozen...
The Artist Who Introduced Monet to America
In the January 2013 issue of PleinAir, art historian Laurene Buckley, Ph.D., introduces readers to the artist once called the "discoverer of Monet." Ohio-born...
Tolerating the Extremes of Southeast Texas
Texas pastel painter Linda Dellandre reports that extreme heat, high humidity, and alligators can be just as challenging to a plein air painter as...
America’s Parks Exhibition Begins Tour
Many subscribers to PleinAir entered the "America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art" competition, and several of them have paintings among those that will...
Cincinnati Plein Air Paint-Out Honors Members, Past & Present
The Cincinnati Art Club and the Ryland Lakes Country Club recently presented a very special plein air painting event, exhibition, and celebration for current...
Extraordinarily Skilled & Flamboyant: Alexey Steele DVD Now Available
The latest instructional DVD from Streamline Publishing showcases one of the most gifted, well-trained, articulate, and outlandish contemporary artists, Alexey Steele. For the first...
Top Painters Gather in the Desert
A group of artists painted in the westernmost part of Sonora Desert in Borrego Springs, California, from November 7-10, 2012 and offered their plein...