Featured Artwork: William A. Schneider
About the aritst:William A. Schneider paints primarily from life, he seeks to capture the emotion of a particular moment and place. Sargent, Zorn, Fechin,...
Featured Artwork: Patrick Saunders
"Stones, Femme Osage” - 2015 Best of Show
14th Annual Augusta Plein Air Art Festival
Augusta, Missouri
April 21 - May 1, 2016augustapleinair.com
About the artist:
10 days of...
Handy Guide Helps You Sketch in Right Proportions
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Kentucky artist Kathleen B. Hudson finds that preliminary sketches really help with her final paintings, but she...
Glazing Acrylics With a Palette Knife
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Canadian painter Sylvio Gagnon makes paintings with a distinctive look, and once you hear about his process,...
Why This Works: Subtlety in Sunset Colors
- Jeanne Mackenzie reporting -
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and...
OPPORTUNITY: Santa Fe Plein Air Festival
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Act quickly if you want to be considered for the 2016 Santa Fe Plein Air Festival, slated...
Parting Shot: Just When You Thought You Knew Moab….
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
John Lintott is familiar with the painting challenges and opportunities around Moab, Utah. But nature can throw...
EXHIBITION: Ron Larson, in Page, AZ
Ron Larson has been the subject of a solo show titled “Vistas & Visions of the Colorado Plateau” at the John Wesley Powell Museum...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Leon Holmes
You might think Australian painter Leon Holmes would feel a bit at home painting in Tucson at the 2016 Plein Air Convention & Expo...
Perfect Weather for Wisconsinites to Paint!
Cold weather does not deter the painters of Wisconsin. In fact, they celebrate it, as in the 2nd annual Paint the Point: Winter Edition...
Artist as Collector: Carol L. Douglas
The first painting on Carol L. Douglas’s list of favorite pieces in her collection is one she wanted to buy, but didn’t.
It’s an acrylic...
Plein Air in Cuba: Unlike Anywhere Else
The stories continue to come in about the unforgettable experiences the group of painters had in Cuba during the Paint Cuba! Publisher’s Invitational event—their...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Barbara Mulleneaux
Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today
Barbara Mulleneaux lives just down the street from El Conquistador Resort, the location of the Plein Air Convention &...
Why This Works: White in Shadow
Jeanne Mackenzie reporting
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out...
OPPORTUNITY: Prairie Plein Air Competition and Show, in Illinois
Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today
Enter by April 15 for a chance to compete in Schaumburg, Illinois, in late April/early May.
Lead Image: “Looking...
Parting Shot: The Upside of Challenging Weather
Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today
Kyle Buckland senses that when the weather gets bad, it can have a positive effect on a plein air...
EXHIBITION: Norman Turner, in New Paltz, NY
The distinctive plein air art of Norman Turner is on display at Unison Arts & Learning Center through March 27, in an exhibition serving...
Paint Out in Picturesque Pennsylvania
There’s a plein air event in the land of the Wyeths, a place where Pyles once roamed. It’s called the Chadds Ford Paint Out....
The Surprises of Cuba
The publisher of PleinAir magazine took 100 painters with him to Cuba, a country that was closed to Americans for decades. Their historic trip...
Salon Winners Are In!
As we get closer to the April announcement of the $15,000 Grand Prize in the PleinAir Salon, more and more artists are entering the...