Invitational Illuminates the Twin Cities
Seventeen regional artists from around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, are currently showcasing a vibrant display of plein air paintings during this selling invitational. Where can it be found?
Victorious at Ohio Plein Air
The 14th Annual Ohio Plein Air Competition recently wrapped up in Bay Village, Ohio, where more than 50 artists competed for the eye of judges Dawn Whitelaw and Robin Roberts.
Master Pastelist Albert Handell Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
At the 8th Annual Plein Air Convention in San Francisco, California, Eric Rhoads honored master pastelist Albert Handell with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the world of art.
Outside Insights
In her new LPAPA show, “Outside Insights,” Kathleen Dunphy will take you behind the scenes to show you her painting process from inception to final painting.
Plein Air Got Used
In a great way, of course! News emanating from Rockville, Utah, last week is a wonderful example of how outdoor painting benefits not only painters, collectors, and enthusiasts, but an entire historical community.
There’s Still Time (and Spots!)
Who says summer camp is only for kids?! PleinAir magazine’s Eric Rhoads is inviting YOU to the Publisher’s Invitational Painters Camp in New York’s stunning Adirondack Mountains this June. There are only a few spots still available, so don’t wait!
Hudson’s Atmospheric Impressions
PleinAir Salon Grand Prize winner Kathleen B. Hudson has a stellar solo exhibition of her newest oils on view now at the Artists’ Attic in Lexington, Kentucky! Will you be one of the lucky viewers?
Painting a NASA Telescope
Joanna Barnum says her plein air painting experience allowed her to make a successful watercolor under the tight schedule allowed by NASA recently at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
PleinAir Cover Picked by Subscribers & Friends
Last week we asked for opinions about three potential covers for the January 2013 issue by posting the designs in the PleinAir Today e-newsletter,...
The Big Winners in Maui
The 2013 Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational Best in Show Award was presented to Ken Auster for his painting "Maui Mosaic." Find out who...
Why This Works: Range of Values, Variety of Texture
- Jeanne Mackenzie reporting -
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and...
Key Historical Painting Comes to Irvine Museum
The Joseph Kleitsch painting “The Drugstore,” depicting Laguna Beach in the mid-1920s, is on view at the Irvine Museum through January 19. The rare piece was featured on the TV show “Antique Roadshow” on August 9, 2014.
Final Call for Artists to Paint Ocean City, Maryland
Organizers for the "Artists Paint OC" plein air event on August 8-11 in Ocean City, Maryland, have issued their final call for participants. ...
Light Chasers Exhibit in Sarasota Event
More than 400 artists participate in the Light Chasers group, a plein air association that includes among its ranks Morgan Samuel Price, Bill Farnsworth,...
Winners in Fort Myers Paint the Beach
While plein air painters in the northern parts of the country already have their ear flaps down and their parkas on, folks in Florida...
OPPORTUNITY: Bath County, VA
Artists have until June 30 to apply for acceptance in the 3rd Annual Bath County Plein Air Festival, held in the area around Warm...
You Know You’re Painting in Rough Country When…
As Kathleen Michele Williams and her companions were leaving Limestone Canyon in Southern California after doing some plein air painting, they came upon a...
EXHIBITION: Summer Salon
Collins Galleries in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will soon be opening its annual summer salon with an outstanding display of still life, landscape, portraiture, and more from many of the biggest names in the art world today. Find out who and when here!
OPPORTUNITY: Plein Air Painting and Golf Combo, in Maryland
The Dorchester Center for the Arts in Cambridge, Maryland, is offering an interesting hybrid event -- a golf tournament and plein air painting competition...
America’s Parks Competition II Announced
Artwork selected in the first America’s Parks competition is about to go on view in Missouri, and already a new theme and set of...