Parting Shot: What Rain?
Jeffrey Baumgartner, whom some of you may know from the Publisher's Invitational Paint Out and others may know from his acting turns in Shakespearean...
Celebrated Painter Judges Show in Vermont
A First Place award can make an artist feel good, and it looks good on a resume. But it's even better when an internationally...
Painting on “the Roof of the World”
Artists participating in the Plein Air Painters group on Facebook have been enjoying the updates coming in from outdoor painters from all over the...
Salon Winner Has Trained His Eyes in Medicine
The winner of the October-November contest in the PleinAir Salon, sponsored by PleinAir magazine, is an interventional radiologist who chose his field because he...
Parting Shot: Grand Canyon Celebration of Art Winners
PleinAir magazine was pleased to award Best of Show to Michael Obermeyer at the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art event, held at the Grand...
Parting Shot: Big Sky Country Demands a Big Canvas
Aaron Cordell Johnson didn't plan on doing a large painting, but the sky he encountered required it. Johnson was painting in...
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. ...
Parting Shot: Seeking Depressed Urban Settings
It was a no-brainer for Jean-Pierre Jacquet when he heard about the Oil Painters of America paint-out in late September at the Gowanus Canal...
Running a Workshop: Part III — Execution
This is the last in a three-part series in which Cindy Briggs and Theresa Goesling share their expertise on running painting workshops. In the...
OPPORTUNITY: Steamboat Art Museum Plein Air 2016, in Colorado
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Make plans now and enter by June 3 for the Steamboat Art Museum’s plein air event, which...
How an Artist Group Gets a Museum Show
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From June 30 to August 6, 28 members of the Montana Painters Alliance will show their work...
Anatomy of an Award Winner: Elise Phillips
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Elise Phillips’ top winner at Paint Annapolis was a matter of capturing life in constant motion.
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Plein Air Painting, the Antidote for a Stressful Job
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California artist Davis Perkins has a work history that holds more than a little bit of excitement...
Local Food and Area Landscapes, United
In Berwyn, Pennsylvania, in the heart of the Brandywine country that inspired some of America’s greatest artists, an event is bringing together painters, farmers, and locavore foodies for a Farm to Table art show.
Winter Wishes, From Us and From New Hampshire
Lyudmyla Mayorska Hoffman loves to get out in the crisp New England winter air and paint, and so should you.
Artist as Collector: Jill Basham
Maryland painter Jill Basham says she collects work by other artists that she thinks is beautiful. But she also does it to learn.
Irresistible Tales From a Plein Air Veteran
Newsletters from the Plein Air Painters of America are usually interesting, but the latest one caught our eye because of some tales from veteran plein air painter Skip Whitcomb.
Get Some Sugar With Charlie Hunter in Vermont
Pennsylvania artist Beth Bathe made her third annual pilgrimage to Vermont in mid-March to catch Charlie Hunter enjoying the sugaring season and great camaraderie in the field. She agreed to tell about her experience painting the last gasp of winter for PleinAir Today.
On the Waterfront and Beyond
Louisville, Kentucky, is an area rich with hypnotic plein air views and artistic talent. In 2017, the painting theme for the Plein Air Painters of Kentucky was “Architecture in Landscape,” and several of the group’s recent pictures feature during this exhibition.
Painting California
It isn’t very shocking that, since the dawn of the 20th century, California has become home to remarkable artists from all over the United States and Europe. Centered around the California Art Club and celebrating over a century of natural landscapes, a new publication will soon be headed to your coffee table.