Ribbon Results from Tarpon Springs
More than 50 painters and 15 photographers composed an exciting art event in Tarpon Springs, Florida, in late April this year. We’ve just received some results from the plein air portion. Who were the ribbon recipients?
EXHIBITION: A Plein Air Journal
Although he is perhaps best known as one of the world’s foremost painting conservators, this artist spent his private moments creating poetic, evocative, and luminous plein air studies that compose this lovely show.
OPPORTUNITY: Small-Town Colorado, Big Prospects
Plein air painters can treat themselves to a Rocky Mountain adventure — and perhaps $2,000 — in September during this ascending event. When is the deadline, and where?
Parting Shot: Live from Japan!
It was just a few weeks ago that the magnetic story of Cory Trépanier and his project “Into the Arctic” was a topic of discussion in episode 44 of the PleinAir Podcast. Most recently he’s been seen on TV in Japan and teaching plein air.
Sunday Morning Coffee with Eric Rhoads: Four Words to Live By
This morning as I sit here on the back porch, I’m watching a mama sparrow bringing food to her babies in a nest tucked into the rafters of our porch. The little birds are learning to fly. I’m watching them hop from the nest to the blades of our ceiling fan and then on to the branches of the stately oaks in the back yard. As they jump, they first fall before they engage their wings, which then propel them to the next branch. If they forget to use their wings, which they do from time to time, they hit the ground, then shake it off, hop to a branch, and start over. Birds learn like we all learn. Trial and error.
PACE: More than Culture
As the curtain closed Thursday night on the 6th Annual PleinAir Convention & Expo in San Diego, California, I was left with one prevailing thought that characterized well the entire week of fun, new friends, and exhaustion.
Featured Artwork: Cindy Wilbur
"Coastal Cottage"
9 x 12 in.
Oil
Available through The Mission Gallery in St. George, Utah
“Coastal Cottage” was painted during the outdoor paint out at the American...
Ever Wish You Could ‘Undo’ Part of a Painting?
Paintings often have two lives for Andrew Theophilopoulos, thanks to his skills as a digital artist and his love of oil painting.
First Brush of Spring in Indiana
This aptly named event recently named its winners. Who enjoyed spring in Indiana last week?
Artist as Collector: James Coe and the Mean Greens
New York State painter James Coe collects paintings that demonstrate good ways of tackling vexing painting problems — like presenting a variety of greens in a landscape.
Plein Air Painting as Resistance
Jerry Fresia lives in Italy but has his pulse on the world — political, artistic, and otherwise. He believes that a plein air painter is a soul who struggles, and he sees parallels in the bigger picture. Do you agree?
Why This Works: Quiet Solidness, Good Light Source Info
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they succeed as painted images. This week, Fen Rascoe’s “Waiting on a Truck.”
EXHIBITION: ‘Plein Air Unleashed,’ in White Stone, VA
On view through May 21, this exhibition gathers the work of several Virginia plein air painters at the Allure Art Center in White Stone, Virginia.
OPPORTUNITY: Nantucket in June
There once was a plein air event in Nantucket...
Parting Shot: I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together…
But comes the time we have to say, “So long.” I’m handing the reins of PleinAir Today over to the capable Andrew Webster. Happy trails, but I’ll keep an eye on all things plein air, and maybe I’ll see some of you out there in the field.
Featured Artwork: John Pototschnik
“Land of Abundance”
35 x 65 in.
Oil
$18,900
The paintings of John Pototschnik (Poe-toe-sh-nick) bring into focus an “America We All Love”…an America of small towns, farms,...
Featured Artwork: Thomas Jefferson Kitts
“Deadline Falls”
Oil on linen
12 x 16 in.
en plein air
$1900 US + shipping
Click here to purchase this painting…
“It was a perfect morning to paint outside...
Parting Shot: Serious Fun at PACE
Participants at the PleinAir Convention & Expo (PACE), going on now in San Diego, are learning bunches and getting juiced by all the shared ideas and encouragement. But with Eric Rhoads in charge, one can count on there being plenty of fun, too.
Kathleen Hudson’s $15,000 Payday
On Monday at the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) in San Diego, Kentucky painter Kathleen Hudson suddenly found herself $15,000 richer. The oil painter won the Grand Prize in the PleinAir Salon.
Abundant Sunshine and Smiles in San Diego for #PACE17
Thousands of artists and plein air enthusiasts are living large in San Diego, California, this week for the 6th Annual PleinAir Convention & Expo, which opened with a spectacular celebration just a few nights ago.