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...
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...