Can You Be Easily Contacted?
An eager collector called us to ask how he could contact two artists recently featured in PleinAir magazine, and we had difficulty providing contact...
PAPA Adds Four Signature Members
Being elected to membership in a prestigious art organization is a significant milestone in an artist’s career, and four artists have recently achieved that...
Did John Stobart Really Say That?
“All kids should be given plein air paintings to hang in their bedrooms,” says the distinguished and sometimes controversial artist John Stobart. The British-born...
Americans Paint On Location in China
The March 2013 digital edition of PleinAir presents an informative article about a group of American plein air painters, organized by W. Jason Situ,...
125-150 Paintings a Year … at Age 81!
Canadian artist J. Allison Robichaud received a subscription to PleinAir magazine on his 81st birthday, and the articles motivated him to keep going outdoors...
Treat Yourself to a Cruise With Art Lovers
Get a behind-the-scenes tour of French museums, private homes, and art events during the Fine Art Connoisseur art cruise to Paris and Normandy in...
Featured PleinAir Artist Welcomes 170 Young Students
One of the feature stories in the March 2013 issue of PleinAir is a profile of Gregory Kondos, a California artist who will celebrate...
America’s Parks Competition II Announced
Artwork selected in the first America’s Parks competition is about to go on view in Missouri, and already a new theme and set of...
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...