Five Women, Five Views
The New Braunfels Art League in Texas recently opened a fantastic fall show featuring the works of five talented women that’s sure to delight viewers.
Kathryn Stats Mentors
Renowned artist Kathryn Stats has launched an advanced painting mentorship program resulting from many years of requests and planning. Are you interested and eligible? Find out here.
OPPORTUNITY : Greenbank Farm 9/30
Greenbank Mills & Philips Farm in Wilmington, Delaware, is inviting you to its 30th anniversary plein air celebration this September. With three decades under their belt, you know it’s got to be great!
Weekend Opportunity: Durham Bison Ranch in Wyoming
We’re just a few days away from a great plein air opportunity in Wyoming this weekend at the Durham Bison Ranch. Registration is affordable and still open! Feeling spontaneous?
Industry and Plein Air in America
Works by 30 of the most accomplished artists from the Plein Air Painters of America have been curated into a breathtaking exhibition that focuses on urban sprawl and industrial blight. Any fan of fine art or plein air brilliant can’t miss this!
How the Seasons Change
More than 40 works compose an upcoming exhibition of Eurasian plein air brilliance at this Western gallery. Who’s the artist and where?
How Contrast Affects the Design of a Painting
Today’s subject deals with the principle of contrast in the formulation of an effective design. So often, painting students are given a set of rules to live by and at the same time, not told why these so called “rules” exist.
Capturing Paint the Peninsula
The 5th Annual Paint the Peninsula was considered by many who attended to have been by far the best. With subjects ranging from Hurricane Ridge, Lake Crescent, Port Townsend, and Crescent Bay to lavender fields, boats, and rusty trucks, judge Cathe Gill had some tough choices to make.
On A Mission at Mineral Point
Organizers and participating artists were on a mission in early August 2017 to create award-winning paintings — and a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere. The event was certainly fantastic, but only these artists walked away with the coveted prizes.
Painting a Piece of History
This August, while at the Adirondack Plein Air Festival, I was invited along with several local artists to paint at Eagle Island Camp on a private island in Upper Saranac Lake.
Brandywine and PWCS Converge!
Collectors, connoisseurs, and plein air enthusiasts definitely need to hear about the amazing partnership between the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Water Color Society (PWCS) that resulted in this...
This Was “Her Paris,” Too
A remarkable exhibition of more than 80 Impressionist paintings by leading women from Paris to America will soon be opening at this renowned Western institution. What’s the story?
A Connection Since 14
Since her early teens, this prolific painter has felt an intimate connection with the landscape, and her love for it surfaces brilliantly in each of her canvases.
PAC6 Perfection
The PAC6 painters are poised to mount another great plein air exhibition this fall at Hillside Fine Art in Claremont, California. What locations will their canvases beautifully reveal, and when does the show open? Find out here.
Helping Art Survive Hurricane Harvey
PleinAir and Fine Art Connoisseur magazine have set up a temporary website for artists, galleries, museums, and auction houses to register and tell their stories about Hurricane Harvey. In addition, we’re offering them a chance to participate in a free ad spread that we hope will get spaces reopened and collectors buying.
Nocturnes, Sunsets & Sunrises
An increasing number of nocturnal paintings are being included in plein air competitions, in part because the artists enjoy the challenge of working in...
Featured Artwork: Robert Sandidge
"Cross Walk"
12 x 24 in.
Oil
SANDIDGE FINE ART GALLERY is the exclusive location representing the artwork of Robert Sandidge. Robert has owned his own gallery/studio...
Featured Artwork: Michelle Murphy-Ferguson
About the Artist:
Michelle is a plein air painter, her work is done where air, water, and light, as well as subject position, at times...
Featured Artwork: Karen Ann Hitt
“Roiling Serenity”
Oil on linen panel
6 x 8 in.
On exhibit at Oil Painters of America 2017 Eastern Regional Exhibition Nov. 17- Dec. 16, 2017
To artist...
Featured Artwork: Rick J. Delanty
“Boundary, Jeremiah 5:22”
2017
20 x 24 in.
Acrylic
Available
Rick J. Delanty has been loving and appreciating nature all his life, and has been painting for over forty...