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PleinAir Salon - Angus McEwan (United Kingdom), "Early Morning Quiet," watercolor, 22.5 x 15 in.

Albert Handell’s August PleinAir Salon Choices

Master Artist Albert Handell has revealed his selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon. They are ...
Rob Hopkins

Paint the Town, Cranford, NJ

We finally received the list of award winners in the Paint the Town Plein Air Event & Sale, held in Cranford, New Jersey, from...

Jean Perry on the March 2013 Cover

As PleinAir reaches more and more outdoor painting enthusiasts, the selection of the cover image becomes more significant -- and sometimes controversial. But there...
Plein Air Magazine

Fifth Annual Winter Park Paint Out

The Fifth Annual Winter Park Paint Out (WPPO) opens April 20th and closes on the 27th. Twenty-five of the finest plein air artists will...

Teaching Studios Plein Air Competition Announced

For the third year, the Teaching Studios of Art, located in Brooklyn and in Oyster Bay, New York, is hosting a plein air painting...

$10,000 Awarded in Virginia Plein Air Event

At the 2nd annual Plein Air Richmond event last week, participants painted a mere two hours in the Fast and Fresh quick draw competition,...

Westfield Event Offers One Model for a Successful Plein Air Startup

Katherine Brown Galbraith, the owner and artist behind The Station Art Gallery in Westfield, New York, decided to start a plein air event in...

OPPORTUNITY: Painting in Tarpon Springs

It has the highest percentage of people with Greek heritage of any U.S. town, and it was put on the map by its sponge...

Travel Painting While Staying Connected (and Employed)

Imagine taking off for a year to explore other countries, painting along the way. It may sound great, but there's the little issue of...

The Moment Procrastination Hurts Painters

Are artists worse procrastinators than others? Perhaps. But all should take note that admission to the Plein Air Convention & Exposition (PACE) is going...

Winners at the Tarpon Springs Paintout

A plein air competition in Tarpon Springs, Florida, awards its top prize to the person with the best body of work completed over the...

Last Group Added to Pool in $21,000 PleinAir Salon Competition

Now all the entries are set in the 2015 PleinAir Salon, and the bi-monthly contest winners wait for the Plein Air Convention & Expo,...

What the Rocks Tell Us: Time Passages, Part II

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 Fun Fest, Palm Beach, Florida

How about Florida in February? Lead Image: “All Pumped Up,” by Manon Sander. Best of Show at the “En Plein Air” show at the...

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...

What to Take, What to Leave, When Painting Ireland

- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today - Jan Norsetter is showing her paintings from last summer’s trip to Ireland and Scotland at Zazen Gallery,...

Surreal Clouds, Civil War-Era Barns, and Posterity

- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today - Do you feel like you are capturing a disappearing world when you paint en plein air? Craig...

OPPORTUNITY: New Event in Littleton, CO

- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today - The Aspen Grove Lifestyle Center in Littleton, Colorado, is launching a new plein air event this September....

Fugitives in the Golden Age of Pigmentology

- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today - A recent e-newsletter from an art materials manufacturer shone the spotlight on alizarin crimson, a paint that’s...

Parting Shot: Was That a Zebra?

The Southern California offshoot of the Salmagundi Club recently painted at the Pillsbury Ranch, the home of exotic animal expert Jan Embery and her husband.