PleinAir Salon December/January 2020 Winners Revealed
Diane Waterhouse, owner of Waterhouse Gallery, has revealed her selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon bi-monthly competition.
Who Was Victorious in the November Salon
Bob Malenfant, owner of southwest Gallery, has revealed his selections for the winners in this round of the Plein Air Salon.
Plein Air Artists en Route to an Island Country
It's "a bucket list dream come true.”
Winners at Wayne ’23
Wayne Art Center Announces 15th Annual Wayne Plein Air Festival Award Winners
Adirondack Plein Air Festival ‘23 Winners
Participating artists set a new record this year. Discover who won awards at the 15th Annual Adirondack Plein Air Festival.
Quick Draw in Cody, WY
The Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale in Cody, Wyoming (September 21-22, 2012), included a quick draw competition for 30 sculptors and painters. The...
19th-Century Plein Air Fashions
It's amusing to compare today's practical, comfortable plein air painting outfits with those worn by artists in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Clearly,...
Your Chance to Own a Sorolla Masterpiece
Do you have $4 million available to buy one of the few Sorolla masterpieces to come on the market in recent years? Then head...
Lifetime Achievement Awards Presented
During the Plein Air Convention & Expo, two artists received special recognition for their remarkable careers and their efforts to advance the cause of...
Florida Artist Sees Stars, Paints Them
Florida artist Stephen Bach discovered that a seemingly routine part of his painting proved challenging: the depiction of small, twinkling stars in the night...
Plein Air Artists Colorado Award Prizes
William Scott Jennings was the juror for the Plein Air Artists Colorado (PAAC) 17th Annual National Juried Exhibition, which opened August 10 at Abend...
OPPORTUNITY: OPA Paint-Out in North Carolina
Oil Painters of America is sponsoring a paint-out in Salisbury, North Carolina, next week. Artist Beth Barger teaches a young student...
Up Close: The Legacy of the West, at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum
Debra Joy Groesser knew she had to depict the three palm trees in "Laguna Cliffs" to balance the composition. She also knew they shouldn't...
Plein Air Painting Catching Fire in Jackson, Wyoming
The Teton Plein Air Painters, an informal organization that grew from a few friends to more than 60 painters in a little more than...
Winners at an Island Event in Maryland
PleinAir magazine editor M. Stephen Doherty served as judge at the recent Solomons Plein Air Festival on Solomons Island, Maryland. Who took the top...
Conserving Land in a Place That Loves Land Conservation
Even in a state in which the citizens dearly love their landscape, someone must work in order for the land to be conserved. The...
McVicker Takes Top Honor, $15K in PleinAir Salon
If you feel one of your paintings is something special, don't give up on it. That seems to be the message from Jim McVicker,...
The Foldable Landscape
Lili Schuch realized that her sketchbook had at some point become the artwork.
Lead Image: The small format of a sketchbook provides portability and...
Parting Shot: Beauty Found in Simplest Things
Lynne Price found a painting in a puddle.
Lead Image: “Simple Beauty,” by Lynne Price, 2015, oil on panel, 6 x 6 in.
The Georgia artist...
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,...