One Possible Reason Boyer’s Piece Won in Moab
Lyn Boyer’s painting “Juniper at Dead Horse Point” took Best of Show at Plein Air Moab, and she’s happier than usual about it for...
Happenings in Bath County, VA
The plein air event held in the fall in Bath County, Virginia, has its stalwart admirers. The participants had to endure a bit of...
Highlighting Newburgh, NY Through a New Plein Air Event
Newburgh, New York is often overlooked when the Hudson River School is discussed, but a new plein air festival is looking to change that...
Who Won the PleinAir Salon?
Artist Kathy Anderson judged the August-September contest in the PleinAir Salon, awarding 20 honors, including a First Place winner with an unusual vantage point.
Deborah...
When an Artist Can Paint the Past, Today
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
For three days, artists at a living museum in New Brunswick, Canada, painted scenes from life in...
Fugitives in the Golden Age of Pigmentology
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
A recent e-newsletter from an art materials manufacturer shone the spotlight on alizarin crimson, a paint that’s...
Why This Works: Intense Sun in a Relatively Low Key
- Jeanne Mackenzie reporting -
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and...
Parting Shot: It Takes a Village (or, Autumn in New York)
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Salmagundi Club members and their painting friends recently gathered in New York City’s Greenwich Village to paint...
Parting Shot: It Takes a Village (or, Autumn in New York)
Salmagundi Club members and their painting friends recently gathered in New York City’s Greenwich Village to paint en plein air in the delightful September...
OPPORTUNITY: National Association of Women Artists Show
The deadline is October 20 to submit entries to SHELTER, an exhibition by the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) that will run December...
EXHIBITION: Carl Bretzke, Scott Lloyd Anderson, and Richard Kochenash in Minneapolis
Three prominent Minnesota artists are featured in “Capturing Light: Three Plein Air Painters,” on view at Douglas Flanders & Associates through October 30.
The work...
Honors at the American Impressionist Society
Many of the top names in plein air painting show up on the winners’ list of the American Impressionist Society’s national juried exhibition each...
Anatomy of an Award Winner: Mike McSorley, Paint Berlin
Don’t tell anybody, but Paint Berlin winner Mike McSorley kind of chased the light in executing his award-winning painting.
CAP: “St. Paul’s,” by Mike...
Ohio Plein Air Society Taps DeWaard for Judging, Workshop
Ken DeWaard served as the judge for this year’s Ohio Plein Air Society Competition, and he offered a three-day workshop immediately following the event....
What the Orwicks Found During Their Yearlong, International Art Journey
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Oregon painter Michael Orwick and his wife and daughter have been back home for about two months...
Anatomy of an Award Winner: Mike McSorley, Paint Berlin
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Don't tell anybody, but Paint Berlin winner Mike McSorley kind of chased the light in executing his...
Why This Works: It’s All About Composition
- Jeanne Mackenzie reporting -
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and...
OPPORTUNITY: Rugged Enough for Alaska’s Backcountry?
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
The National Park Service is offering an artist-in-residency to artists of all kinds (including writing, painting, filmmaking,...
Parting Shot: Multipurpose Umbrella
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
It's not just for shade anymore.
Lead Image: Jan Norsetter fishes out her runaway painting. Photo by...
Plein Air Painting to Help People Through Life’s Rough Spots
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
A struggling art studio and gallery in Asheville, North Carolina, is shining a light on a way...