Fill in the Blank: If I Could Paint Anywhere …
Close your eyes and imagine ... if you could choose any place in the world, with no limits or consequences, where would you paint?
En Train Air
This project celebrates a little-observed but crucial aspect of the American experience — the coming and going of the daily train, linking small towns to the nation at large.
The Appeal of Gettysburg
Pittsburgh painter Diane Grguras has painted the historic battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, many times. She told us what accounts for the success of the...
Friends Painting in the Minnesota Snow
Minnesota artist Jim Henley snapped photographs of his painting companions, Diane LaMere and Derek Davis, when the three artists were deep in snow along...
Painting a NASA Telescope
Joanna Barnum says her plein air painting experience allowed her to make a successful watercolor under the tight schedule allowed by NASA recently at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
Parting Shot: Ice Painting! With a Burner!
Anders Andersson is not messing around. He hacks through ice, paints with freezing water, burns his paper with a propane torch, and chases it all down with Jack Daniel’s.
One Spin…Trip of a Lifetime
"What a full-on adrenaline rush." Mike Bonar on winning the New Zealand painting trip on the PACE prize wheel, and his reflections on this trip of a lifetime.
Parting Shot: Cubs Win! Painter Paints!
Chicago plein air artist Nancie King Mertz caught baseball fever recently when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.
Ancestral Plein Air Journey
Read about a plein air painter’s journey to the magical — though traumatic — land of Poland.
Tolerating the Extremes of Southeast Texas
Texas pastel painter Linda Dellandre reports that extreme heat, high humidity, and alligators can be just as challenging to a plein air painter as...
Tackling Four Paintings in One Day in Colorado Marathon
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Colorado painters seem to have more fun. Even during marathons.
Lead Image: Painting at the Environmental Learning...
Raising the Roof
Pennsylvania artist Julie Riker had the unique opportunity to paint a barn raising and to document the event with her art. This really was history!
Parting Shot: First Plein Air Painting of a Drone?
When Dan Gray decided to paint the spectacle of people jumping into very cold water in a “Polar Bear” type of event on Vancouver...
Schuerr’s Final Report: “It Was Crazy Hard Work”
A few weeks ago, we talked with Montana artist Aaron Schuerr about his preparations for a solo painting and backpacking trip from rim to...
Plein Air in Babywear!
We've seen some pretty incredible ways to paint outdoors, but this Plein Air Today reader showed us how she takes it to another level. Bonus: Includes her advice for painting when you have a baby on board!
New Year’s Day Paint-Out in Nevada
Two members of the Reno-Tahoe Plein Air Painters welcomed the new year by painting at the wetlands at the base of Slide Mountain. Take...
Parting Shot: Giant Drawings Done Outdoors That Fit on a Phone
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
He’s making 2-D art outdoors. Does that make Stephen Lund a plein air artist?
Lead Image: Stephen...
Staying Warm in Utah
Utah artist Tom Howard recently ventured off to the southwest corner of the Oquirrh Mountains near Salt Lake, where the temperature was only 2...
Painting Shanghai Disneyland
George Scribner takes us on his once-in-a-lifetime journey of painting the construction of Shanghai Disneyland.
Diving Into Plein Air
It’s hard for a lot of artists to “take the plunge” into full-time painting, let along taking up art in the first place. However, this story is about as extreme — and entertaining — as it gets.