Ohio Plein Air Society in Residency
The Ohio Plein Air Society is one of the most active and dynamic plein air associations in the country, and their latest endeavor was...
OPPORTUNITY: Plein Air Oklahoma
Travel to the Tahlequah area in November to compete for $5,000 in prizes at Plein Air Oklahoma.
Nancy Harkins, Jerral Derryberry, and Debbie Cannatella...
Parting Shot: Balcony View, Captured on iPad
Even if you are painting with the immediate medium of a digital painting application, you can still be bedeviled by the changing conditions of...
Plein Air Force: Panache in Port Angeles
Spreading the message of the Plein Air Force is one thing, but actually getting people to try painting outdoors is another. The Paint the...
Taking a Plein Air Cue From Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper's (1882-1967) best-known paintings were done in the studio, but his evident mastery of light should make it unsurprising that Hopper scholars list...
OPPORTUNITY: Create! Eugene, in Oregon
Sarah Sedwick painting along the McKenzie River at its convergence with the Willamette River just north of Eugene, Oregon
Compete for cash prizes in Eugene,...
Parting Shot: Beauty at the Junkyard
Jennifer Smithwell was at a wrecker shop when something caught her eye.
The Toronto painter has been using a palette knife lately, on a canvas...
Premier Event Opens Up to More Artists
The Maynard Dixon Country plein air event has pulled in some of the biggest names in representational painting. But how does one become a...
Plein Air Force: Student Day at the Forgotten Coast
The Plein Air Force initiative -- an effort to help painters spread the word about plein air painting and encourage people to try painting...
OPPORTUNITY: Steamboat Springs in September
The SAM Plein Air Paintout, sponsored by the Steamboat Art Museum in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, has opened up registration. Here are the details. ...
Parting Shot: A One-Wheeled Opportunity Arises, an Artist Pounces
Richmond, Virginia, painter Amy Donahue was painting a pleasant scene, when a unicyclist pedaled through her view. What could she do? ...
What the Rocks Tell Us: Geologic Time and Painterly Time
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
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...
Parting Shot: In the Middle of a Parade?!
Gloria Chadwick knew there would be a parade that day, but it appeared that the parade route was some distance away. No. ...
Plein Air Force: Hundreds of Thousands See Plein Air Painting at State Fairs
It's hard to imagine a more populist event than a state fair. So it's heartening that state fairs across the country are including plein...
Flying in From Taos to Help Protect Land
Chris Morel lives in Taos, New Mexico, but he flew to California in mid-April to help out the Redlands Conservancy. Why? ...
Drones, Cowboy Songs, and Paintin’
Utah artist Rachel Pettit joined up with eight other members of Plein Air Painters of Utah and some friends recently for a few days...
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...
Parting Shot: Spring Finds the Adirondacks
Warm weather has taken hold of most of the country, and Becky Harblin reports that it has made its way north, to the Adirondack...
Atlanta Spotlights Olmsted’s Creations in New Plein Air Event
19th-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted is famous for his enchanting urban parks, and recently Atlanta celebrated his creations in that Southern city with...