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Top Artists Demonstrate at Plein Air Convention

Where could you go to watch Scott Christensen, Dawn Whitelaw, C.W. Mundy, Kathryn Stats, and other top artists paint on the same stage? Only...

Winner of 2nd Annual PleinAir Salon Competition Receives $15,000

Publisher Eric Rhoads and Editor Steve Doherty presented $15,000 to the Grand Prize Winner of the 2nd Annual PleinAir Salon Competition last Thursday for...

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Plein Air Competition Dates Set

A plein air competition with prizes will be held June 7 through 9 at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and in the village of...

Plein Air Southwest Salon Announces Best of Show Winner

Each year the Outdoor Painters Society holds the Plein Air Southwest Salon, a national juried competition, and the contest attracts excellent artists from across...
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Three Opening Presentations Motivate Artists at Convention

Two artists and a museum director motivated a capacity crowd during the opening-night presentations at the Plein Air Convention & Expo, which just concluded...
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Convention Exceeds Participants’ Expectations

An over-capacity crowd of artists participated in the Plein Air Basics and Umbrella Group programs during the Plein Air Convention & Expo, held in...

Record Number of Painters Converge In Monterey

Starting today, a record number of plein air painters will assemble at the Monterey, California, Conference Center in the largest gathering of plein air...

Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival Announces Dates

The Chamber of Commerce in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, announced the dates for the 2013 Fall Arts Festival, and that undoubtedly means the phones at...

Wine and Artists — What Could Go Wrong?

The affinity many artists feel for a glass of wine after a long day of painting is well established -- Open Box M even...

John Singer Sargent Watercolors

How did John Singer Sargent's watercolors differ from his oil paintings? Why did he paint them? What is so special about the two large...

Glenn Dean Small Works

Here's a challenge: Take a huge subject, such as mountains, or sprawling prairies, or roiling oceans, and depict it in a small work. California...

Can Artists Make Money Off Their Blogs?

So you're an artist, and you feel that you put a lot of great information on your blog. Some artists charge subscriptions or have...

Frederic Church Paintings of Maine

This summer, Frederic E. Church's magnificent home, Olana, will present an exhibition titled Maine Sublime that will include nearly 30 oil and graphite sketches...

Plein Air Odyssey Begins at Convention

When Susi Havens-Bezaire leaves the Plein Air Convention & Expo in Monterey, California, she will be taking off on a plein air odyssey to...

Submit to Tennessee National Exhibition

The Cumberland Society of Painters will present the Cumberland Society National Exhibition, a showcase of the finest representational work in the nation, to be...

San Francisco Bay Area Artists Attend Largest Paint-Out

On Saturday, March 23, members of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the California Art Club held a spring quarterly paint-out off Old...

$20,000 in Awards Soon to Be Presented

Three final judges of the PleinAir Salon competition are about to decide who will receive $20,000 in cash and art supplies, and feature stories...

Plein Air Event Benefits Jacksonville, Florida

The Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens again hosted A Brush With Nature. In its third year, the three-day plein air painting event -- held from...
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Salon Winner Painted in Familiar Kansas Location

Kim Casebeer won First Prize in the January/February bimonthly PleinAir Salon competition with an oil painting based on a location near her Topeka home....
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Paint on Location in Knoxville, Tennessee

The Knoxville Museum of Art invites artists to participate in the 8th Annual Artists on Location Plein Air Event, May 10-11, 2013 in Knoxville,...