Convention Preview: Morgan Samuel Price & Donald Demers
Florida artist Morgan Samuel Price and Maine artist Donald Demers are friends who both enjoy plein air painting, yet each has a distinctly different...
Convention Preview: Two Demonstrators For Double the Pleasure: Camille Przewodek & Ned Mueller
Make sure to register NOW for the Plein Air Convention & Expo so you can watch as master artists offer demonstrations, in some cases...
Take a Closer Look at Another Award Winner
One of the landscape paintings that stands out among the semi-finalists selected by Michael Zakian in the September/October PleinAir Salon competition (www.pleinairsalon.com) is “After...
How Was That Prize Winner Painted?
Jim McVicker didn’t go to art school and hasn’t participated in a workshop, yet his still life painting that just won the First Place...
60 Paintings by Valerie Craig in Wayne, PA
Plein air enthusiast Valerie Craig just opened an exhibition of 60 paintings, 40 of which were created outdoors on location. Find out more about...
Russian Painters, Then & Now
Sales of paintings by great Russian artists continue to break records, with Sotheby’s 2012 global total for auctions of Russian art reaching $63 million....
Convention Preview: Jill Carver
Jill Carver: “As an artist, I am in control of how viewers will see my pictures, and the larger the painting, the more important...
Convention Preview: Kathryn Stats
Kathryn Stats: “One simply can’t be a good studio painter unless one paints directly from nature outdoors.”
“Painting is an adventure that sometimes rewards and...
Convention Preview: Scott L. Christensen
What information and inspiration can you expect to receive from the demonstrators and speakers who will be part of the Plein Air Convention &...
Kevin Macpherson Picks Impressionist Paintings
Awards were selected in the recent exhibition of paintings by members of the American Impressionist Society at the Eckert & Ross Fine Art gallery...
Denver Plein Air Fest 2012 Exhibition
Plein air paintings are currently on view in a juried exhibition at the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado (until December 31, 2012), and...
Painting in Traffic
Most of the artists we feature in our ongoing series of extreme painting are on mountains, in rivers, or along rocky ledges. Two Oregon...
Take Advantage of a Helpful Payment Plan
You don’t want to miss the Plein Air Convention & Expo, in Monterey, California, from April 10-14, 2013 (www.pleinairconvention.com). So to help you spread...
Thanks for the Memories
As we take time to give thanks for our many blessings, Abigail McBride remembers a grandmother who insisted on planting a tree over her...
Inspiration From Historic Landscape Drawings
A wide variety of drawing techniques were used in creating works currently on view at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California, and those...
Rural & Urban Paintings in Portland, Oregon
Scott Gellatly is well known to PleinAir magazine readers as an expert who shares his considerable knowledge about painting at art schools, retail art-supply...
New California Landscapes
Because plein air paintings tend to be smaller than studio pieces, a professional-looking frame is especially important for making them look significant. Terry Miura...
Painters & Photographers Compete in Florida
Thirty-three painters and 15 photographers worked all around the city of Tarpon Springs, Florida, from November 7-10, 2012. Find out who won the prizes....
Which Paintings Received Purchase Awards?
In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran 2012, the fourth annual plein air event in Zion National Park, was held November 4-12, 2012. Twenty-five of...
Husbands & Wives Win Salon Prizes
There are a few coincidences among the bimonthly PleinAir Magazine Salon competition winners, including the fact that one husband-and-wife team worked on the plein...