Plein Air Convention Captured on Film
The crew putting together the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) took time out during the event to film key scenes at the gathering,...
Why This Works: Inviting the Viewer to Complete the Scene
- Jeanne Mackenzie reporting -
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and...
OPPORTUNITY: Pacific Northwest Plein Air, in WA
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
The Columbia River Gorge straddles the state line between Oregon and Washington. Paint in this beautiful area...
Parting Shot: Swan Song
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Tommy Bauling had a most beautiful visitor while he was painting in Doetinchem, the Netherlands.
Lead Image:...
Where Will PACE Be Next Year?
More than 900 artists made history this year by making the 2016 Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) the biggest event in plein air...
PACE Draws More Than 900 Into Desert for Fun, Instruction, and PAINTING
Delight. That is the sentiment that best describes the reaction of attendees at the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE).
The organizers of the convention...
Bretzke Wins PleinAir Salon $15K Grand Prize
Minneapolis painter Carl Bretzke won the $15,000 Grand Prize in the 2015-2016 PleinAir Salon last week at the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE),...
EXHIBITION: S.C.A.P.E. Members at Bacara Resort
The artist members of Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (S.C.A.P.E.) have their work for sale in a benefit for the Naples Coalition...
Artists Gather to Celebrate Ken Auster
Last week artists came from as far away as Hawai’i to attend a service, a paint-out, and a paddle-out celebrating the life of California...
Texas’s Outdoor Painters Society Announces Awards From Salon
Although the Outdoor Painters Society is based in Texas, their Plein Air Southwest Salon featured paintings from 88 artists representing 19 states. Who took...
Before You Go to the Top of the World…
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Cory Trépanier recently posted a YouTube video of his expedition to Aulavik National Park in the Arctic...
Finding the Perfect View in Big Sur
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Laurel Sherrie saw a great view in a newspaper — an eminently paintable view — and she...
Salon Winner Returns to the Scene to Get It Right
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
It took the winner of last month’s PleinAir Salon contest, Timur Akhriev, a week or more to...
Why This Works: A Beautiful Example of Less Is More
- Jeanne Mackenzie reporting -
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and...
The Paint That’s Illegal
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
There’s a paint, a “material,” that an artist patented, and no one else is allowed to use...
OPPORTUNITY: Chestnut Hill Plein Air Art Competition in Philly
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
June 5 is the date for the 2nd Annual Chestnut Hill Plein Air Art Competition, held in...
Parting Shot: How to Like a Donald Neff Painting on Facebook
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Artists customize their easels, tinker with their brushes and surfaces, modify their turp pots. And Donald Neff...
EXHIBITION: Randy Saffle and Ted Clemens, in Dallas
Ted Clemens and Randy Saffle are the subject of a show at The Artists’ Showplace, titled “Texas Twosome: Outdoor Painters Society Artists Ted Clemens...
The People You Find in Cuba…
The stories continue to pour in from the Paint Cuba! Publisher’s Invitational trip to Havana and its outskirts in February. One artist bumped into...
Poppy Paint-Out. Poppies Optional
Rich Gallego gathered some game friends together to paint the poppies, but the poppies were a no-show. It hardly mattered to the plein air...