Featured Artwork: Caroline Jasper
“Cache”
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in.
www.carolinejasper.com
About the Artist:
Born in Maryland, contemporary Impressionist and colorist Caroline Jasper now maintains her studio at her home in...
What’s Behind You While Painting
Plein air painting isn’t just about the view in front of you. It’s about the entire environment around you. Danny Griego is exploring this through short videos.
Artist as Collector: Jill Basham
Maryland painter Jill Basham says she collects work by other artists that she thinks is beautiful. But she also does it to learn.
Maui Invitational Commissions a Classical Music Piece
Twenty-six lucky artists will be spending late February in Hawaii painting in one of the plein air circuit’s most tempting events. The organizers of the Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational just made it more interesting with a commissioned piece for the area youth orchestra.
Why This Works: A Tale of Two Paintings
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, two pieces from one day by Richard Maud.
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Mark Fehlman on Learning and Camaraderie
California painter Mark Fehlman loves the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) because it offers artists a chance to be with their tribe, and learn from each other. And this year, he doesn’t even have to leave town to attend.
EXHIBITION: The CAC’s “Lights, Camera, California”
Members of the California Arts Club painted scenic sites from TV and movies to highlight the Golden State’s central role in the entertainment industry in this show, which is on view at the Old Mill until May 14.
OPPORTUNITY: Cape Ann Massachusetts in October
It may have passed under your radar in its inaugural year, but there’s no excuse in 2017 as Cape Ann Plein Air brings painters to Coastal Massachusetts to paint some of the most storied motifs in American art.
Parting Shot: Cold All Over
How cold is it in Serbia? Jethro Knight had a rare chance to paint a frozen Danube River, that’s how cold.
Parting Shot: Call It a Cowscape
Why did Fen Rascoe paint Galloway belted cows?
OPPORTUNITY: Mountain Maryland, in June
Thirty painters will be selected to compete in Mountain Maryland Plein Air, a competition based in Cumberland, Maryland. Enter now for consideration.
EXHIBITION: Jean-Pierre Jacquet, in Greenwich, CT
On view through February 8, “Plein Air Here & There” showcases the outdoor paintings of Jean-Pierre Jacquet at the Greenwich Art Society Gallery in Greenwich, CT.
Why This Works: Supporting the Star Player
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, Kurt Jacobson’s “DeLong Lake, Alaska.”
How Southern Utah Unites Diverse Art Groups
In a sense, Bobbi Wan-kier creates one big piece of artwork a year, without ever picking up a brush. Her work is organizing the Arts to Zion event in Utah.
Painting in Paradise (Paint Out, That Is)
The break is over. Plein air painting events are gearing back up again, with Florida understandably leading the way. Who won at the recent Paradise Paint Out, in the Florida Keys?
Itinerant Painter on the Waves
What’s it like being a painter who lives on a sailboat? Brenda Osborne assures us it is hard. And hard to quit doing.
Painting an Icy Stampede
Every year, Dan Gray paints a New Year’s Day spectacle in Parksville, on Canada’s Vancouver Island, that lasts just minutes.
What It Takes to Paint Snow in Northern Ontario
Christy A. Smith loves winter, and it’s a good thing, because she lives in Sudbury, Ontario in Canada, where the average low temperature in January is below zero. She especially likes painting snow, and some of her snow paintings are now on view in a special exhibition.
There’s Nothing Like an Old Coat, Says Farthing
We are accustomed to new technology driving old ways to obsolescence, but Kathleen Gray Farthing found that her mother’s old fur coat is an exceptional guard against winter cold.
An Artist’s View of the Sorolla Murals
Thomas Jefferson Kitts posted a video online of his visit to the “Vision of Spain” murals by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, housed at the Hispanic Society in New York City, and thousands are appreciating his eye and his edits.