Simplicity and Depth
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Brad Clark’s recent paintings of a vineyard near his California home have the bracing appeal of a...
Why This Works: Using Edges to Guide the Viewer’s Eyes
- 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: A Horse Is a Horse, Of Course
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
James Gurney was painting a horse in casein at a ranch in Wyoming when one of its...
Grand Canyon Celebration of Art
The Grand Canyon Celebration of Art always seems like one of most dazzling of plein air events, thanks in large part to its subject....
EXHIBITION: PAPA in Steamboat Springs
The show of work from Plein-Air Painters of America (PAPA) artists now on view at the Steamboat Springs Museum in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is...
Anatomy of an Award Winner: Carl Bretzke
Carl Bretzke was hoping to paint a nice harbor view at sunset during the Door County Plein Air Festival in late July. Mother Nature...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Mick McAndrews
Mick McAndrews, an instructor for April’s Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE), wants people to remember a crucial aspect of painting in watercolor en...
Salon Winner’s Crucial Plein Air Work Makes a Difference
Although she’s primarily a studio painter, it’s no surprise that Lauren Tilden won the top spot in the June-July contest of the PleinAir Salon,...
Why Paint From the Summit?
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Nikki Frumkin isn’t doing it for sales. But for reasons of her own, the Washington artist climbs...
Artists and Conservancy: When a National Park Is Something Else
By Lori Putnam
In this series, artist Lori Putnam speaks on the role artists can play in the conservation and preservation of land, cultures, and...
Why This Works: Variety of Greens and Colorful Shadows
- 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: What Disaster?
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
This photo from the archives shows one of two things.
Lead Image: A painter captures San Francisco...
Winners in Brown County
Anyone who has visited Brown County knows how beautiful that corner of Indiana is. For the second year, the Brown County Art Guild held...
EXHIBITION: George Van Hook, et al. in Camden, Maine
George Van Hook, Scott Moore, Peter Yesis, Brad Betts, and Jonathan McPhillips are featured in the show “The Artist’s Muse: Favorite Places to Paint,”...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Karl Dempwolf
Those who participate in the highly anticipated 2017 Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) in April will rub elbows with a living legend as...
The PleinAir Salon, to Engage With One’s Contemporaries
The prizes are nice, sure. But one of our past PleinAir Salon winners says he likes to participate in competitions like the Salon because...
Anatomy of an Award Winner: Alison Leigh Menke
During the Paint Ellicott City event in Maryland, Alison Leigh Menke got on a roll, and she kept rolling. In truth, she kept falling.
“Each...
Plein Air Painting, the Antidote for a Stressful Job
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
California artist Davis Perkins has a work history that holds more than a little bit of excitement...
How Not to Get Tripped Up on Rocks
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
California painter Catherine Fasciato likes to paint rocks, and she’s good at it. We asked her for...
Are You Going to Miss the Fall Color in Maine? You Don’t Have To
- Staff reporting -
Last year, PleinAir magazine publisher Eric Rhoads took some painters to Acadia National Park to paint Maine just as peak color...