2023 Dan Guida Best of Show Award: "Domesticated" by Naomi Tiry Salgado

It’s Good to Be “Domesticated”

The plein air landscape painting "Domesticated" by Naomi Tiry Salgado won the Dan Guida Best of Show Award at this year's Red Wing Arts Plein Air event.
Painting of Cows - Richard Oversmith, "Morning Graze," oil on linen, 48 x 68 in.

En Plein Mountain Air

Exhibition: Two impressionists who, after travels and studies throughout the world, have returned to the Blue Ridge, inspired by its natural beauty.
Laurel Sherrie, “Pt. Buchon Trail, Stonehenge Out of the Mist," oil on canvas, 30” x 48”

Visual Vignettes

Paintings by Laurel Sherrie on View: "Visual Vignettes, Point Buchon"
A happy artist during one of the paint-outs at the annual Plein Air Convention & Expo

Your July 2023 Plein Air Painting Events

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Plein air painter Ryan Jensen

Paint San Clemente 2023 First Place Winner Is …

The 21st Annual Paint San Clemente took place recently, complete with a Quick Draw at the SCAA Gallery and an ...
Arte in Loco / Studio Peregrino

Arte in Loco

In addition to painting, the entire town was animated with parades, games, cultural and technological demonstrations, and many other activities.
Vincent van Gogh, “Wheat Field with Cypresses,” June 1889, Oil on canvas, 28 7/8 x 36 3/4 in. (73.2 x 93.4 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Worth the Trip: Explore Van Gogh’s Cypresses

“Van Gogh’s Cypresses” will be the first show to focus on the unique vision the artist brought to bear on the towering trees ...
Randall Graham with his 1st Place winning painting at the 2023 Wayne Plein Air Festival

“Sometimes Crazy Ideas Pay Off”

This year's first place winner of the Wayne Plein Air Festival reflects on his winning painting.
"Apparently This Wasn't a Brothel," Mat Barber Kennedy, First Place North Carolina Plein Air Art Fest 2023

“Apparently This Wasn’t a Brothel”

Celebrating Art and Community: Highlights from the 2023 North Carolina Plein Air Art Festival New Bern
Plein air painter John Misner

Reader Spotlight: John Misner’s Favorite Subject

"My favorite subject to paint is a landscape with some architecture. Here I am at Santa Fe on All Saints' Day 2022." ~ John...
Karen Leoni, "Coasting," oil on linen, 12 x 20 in.

Two Perspectives

Karen Leoni and Maria SantoStefano are the Featured Artists at Benicia Plein Air Gallery (California) from June 2-25, 2023, and ...
Cuttyhunk Plein Air takes place June 17 this year

Your June 2023 Plein Air Painting Events

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
The Wayne Plein Air Festival

Winners at Wayne ’23

Wayne Art Center Announces 15th Annual Wayne Plein Air Festival Award Winners
Paul Kratter, "Changes, Mt. Diablo," 2022, oil on panel, 11 x 14 in.

View Through the Trees

Preview an exhibition of plein air paintings by Paul Kratter, taking place now at ...
King Charles Coronation plein air artist

Painting the King’s Coronation

A Plein Air Artist Capturing History
“Carrizo, Washburn Wildflowers II,” oil on canvas, 22” x 28” by Laurel Sherrie

Love the Land: Laurel Sherrie’s Local Landscapes

Not only does she highlight the special places around San Luis Obispo County, but she also hopes that her paintings will inspire people to ...
Painting during the Publisher's Invitational, Fall Color Week

Your May 2023 Plein Air Painting Events

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Olmsted Plein Air Quick Draw

Olmsted Announces 9th Annual Winners

The 2023 Olmsted Gallery Exhibition and Sale is on view, with nearly 500 original works by some of America's most esteemed Impressionist painters.
First Brush of Spring 2023 artists

Results From an “Almost Perfect” Paint-Out

Is it possible to have a perfect paint-out? Probably not, but this one came very close...
Debra Huse, "Spring Evening," oil on linen, 8 x 10 in.

Small Work Spotlight: “Spring Evening”

"I am thrilled that my painting was one of 150 pieces juried from 1,615 entries and one of only 14 awards given by juror, Anne Blair Brown," said Debra Huse.