Featured Artwork: Nancie King Mertz
"Color of Chicago"
Pastel
24 x 28 in.Nancie King Mertz works in oil and pastel, predominantly en plein air, around the world. Her Chicago work is...
Featured Artwork: Spencer Meagher
"Bally Road Bog"
watercolor on paper
11 x 15 in.http://spencermeagher.com/Spencer Meagher is a plein air and studio painter whose subjects focus on our contemporary world. His...
EXHIBITION: Debra Huse
Debra Huse, an award-winning painter and the owner of the respected Debra Huse Gallery, is the subject of a solo show February 6-29 on...
Bears and Elephants, Painted En Plein Air
A wild animal won’t sit still for a portrait, but many of the best wildlife artists nevertheless do their most important work en plein...
Snow in SoCal
Forget the old question about whether it rains in Southern California. Does it snow? Terry d. Chacon is here to tell you “yes,” and...
Early Influences: Rusty Jones
Rusty Jones had an early influence in his artistic development. A particularly strong one.
Lead Image: “Hill Country,” by Avis Jones, 1922, oil, 10...
Puddles: Water and Light
Robert Bashford likes painting puddles. If you think about it, that’s brilliant. Why?
Lead Image: “The Muddy Bikers,” by Robert Bashford, oil, 10 x...
Why This Works: Simple Shapes, Subtle Value Changes, and Texture
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
OPPORTUNITY: A Residency on a Container Ship
Want to get away from it all — really get away from it all? Try Twenty-Three Days at Sea, a residency on a container...
Parting Shot: First Plein Air Painting of a Drone?
When Dan Gray decided to paint the spectacle of people jumping into very cold water in a “Polar Bear” type of event on Vancouver...
EXHIBITION: S.L.O.P.E. Members Featured in Museum Show
Artists in the organization called San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment (S.L.O.P.E.) are featured in a special exhibition focusing on Montaña de Oro...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Kathy Anderson
Connecticut painter Kathy Anderson mostly paints florals, but she prefers to do them outside rather than set up a still life. When she presents...
PleinAir is Different When Digital
People often comment on the quality of the paper and the image reproductions in PleinAir magazine, and they are indeed of high quality. But...
Chronicling a Plein Air Painter’s Path
Berkeley, California, artist Christopher Peterson has been painting for years, but in the last year, he has come to admire plein air painting. Catch...
Painting Florida in All Its Variety
Florida artist Sharon Osterholt decided she would spend 2015 visiting and painting every state park in the Sunshine State. Here's what she discovered.
Lead...
Rainy Day Exercise Opens Up Many Possibilities
Josh Adam has sold many California landscape paintings, and he has a reputation in Maine for his marine paintings, but sometimes the rain suggests...
Gary Haynes on Judging the PleinAir Salon, and What It Does for Artists
There are many reasons to enter an art competition such as the PleinAir Salon—for instance, it forces you to analyze your work, it signifies...
Why This Works: Lyrical Feed, Strong Values
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
OPPORTUNITY: Easels in Frederick, MD
Paint in Downtown Frederick, Maryland, and in Frederick County at an event scheduled for June 13-18.
CAP: Jason Sacran received the Grand Prize award...
Parting Shot: Things Visit When You Sit Down Painting
Gary Geraths likes to travel light when he's plein air painting, and that means no easel. He sits down and starts. That puts him...