Artist +1
A recent event in Sonoma allowed collectors to view pieces by friends of established painters, enriching an exhibition, exposing new artists to potential buyers,...
Painter Picks Plan B
The postcard view is often not the best one for a painting. Just ask Julia Seelos. The Redwood City, California, painter...
Last Call: American Vistas Competition
The Missouri Valley Impressionist Society reminds artists that August 1 is the deadline to enter "American Vistas," a landscape exhibition slated for the Buttonwood...
Last Call: Inaugural Plein Air Shorewood Event
August 1 is the deadline to register for the first annual Plein Air Shorewood event, scheduled for Sept. 19 through 21 in Milwaukee. ...
How to Talk to Artists
Marie Vlasic wrote a blog post about the things people should and shouldn't say to artists at an art fair, and the response has...
Peggi Kroll-Roberts on Lois Dodd
We don't always have room to include all the great information we get in artist interviews, but online we can make sure these nuggets...
Parting Shot: Bruce Katz in Sonoma
San Francisco painter Bruce Katz saw a house on a hill in Sonoma County and painted it from afar, with good results. ...
Winning a $20,000 Fellowship
Tom Nachreiner was busy when the news was announced that he had won the 22nd National Exhibition Dorothy Driehaus Mellin Fellowship for Midwestern Artists...
Painting the Figure Outdoors With Bellerose
Patricia Bellerose was the overall winner in PleinAir magazine's April/May Salon contest for a piece that also won Best Floral -- but she doesn't...
Prather Takes Top Prize in Santa Fe
Jeanne Mackenzie gave the Best of Show award to Richard Prather for his painting "Caja del Rio Canyon" recently at Plein Air Santa Fe....
Events and Winners at Crooked Tree
The Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, Michigan, recently hosted two notable events, and awarded thousands of dollars in prizes. Who won the $3,000...
Gallery Spotlight: Mockingbird Gallery
This Central Oregon gallery promotes its plein air artists in a very logical way. The interior of Mockingbird Gallery, in Bend,...
Useful Website: Kathleen Dunphy Fine Art
Kathleen Dunphy is not exceedingly diligent about "feeding the beast" -- her blog will be updated several times one month, then she may take...
Artists Are Improvisers, Chapter 112
Choosing a tripod for a plein air setup can be difficult. Requirements seem to be at cross purposes -- it needs to be stable,...
Parting Shot: Aspens
Who's that painting aspens in the hills above Telluride, Colorado? John White dropped us a note to say the Telluride Plein...
Painting on Copper Plates
Mikel Wintermantel paints on copper plates instead of canvas or panels, and he's been winning awards in plein air competitions. Why does he prefer...
Just Released! New Book on John Singer Sargent
When Richard Ormond spoke to a packed audience during the 2012 Plein Air Convention & Expo (www.pleinairconvention.com), he talked about completing Volume VII of...
Important Tips for Avoiding Identity Theft
When PleinAir was first published, from 2004-2006, each profile article contained vital statistics about the featured artist. We’ve since learned that providing that kind...