Artist Spotlight: Tina Bohlman
How did you get started and then develop your career?
Tina Bohlman: My mom & great grandmother were both gifted artists and luckily some of...
Artist Spotlight: Theodore Heublein
How do you find inspiration?
Theodore Heublein: I am the first to paint underwater in the kelp beds of the Monterey area and Point Lobos...
Plein Air Watercolors with a Western Flair
Drawn to rural, gritty, and seemingly mundane subjects, Tim Oliver loves the authenticity, immediacy, and raw honesty of painting watercolors en plein air.
Artist Spotlight: Anne Blair Brown
What inspires you?
Anne Blair Brown: I find inspiration everywhere. I do not necessarily paint “things”, but rather I focus on light, atmosphere, and color....
A Volunteer with a Big Heart
In addition to painting beautiful landscapes that document a moment in time, plein air painters are out there making a big difference for individuals in many ways.
Artist Spotlight: Keary Kautzer
Where do you find inspiration for painting?
Keary Kautzer: I find inspiration to do a painting from just about everywhere. It could be some flowers...
Adventures in Pure Color with Pastels
Molly Lipsher finds pastel the perfect medium for capturing the light, colors, and textures of the Western landscape.
Pastel Live Artist Receives Eminent Pastelist Designation
Congratulations to this pastelist, whose main focus is painting landcapes both en plein air and in the studio.
Artist Spotlight: Michele Byrne
How do you find inspiration?
Michele Byrne: Two years ago I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here everything inspires me and I feel like...
Q&A With Nigerian Artist Edak Young
In a land where plein air painting is an unusual site, this artist is breaking multiple barriers.
9 Pastel Landscapes of the American West
Bethany Field's primary focus is the American West landscape of the Llano Estacado and surrounding areas. She is on the faculty of the upcoming Pastel Live virtual art conference, where she will ...
Artist Spotlight: Brienne M Brown
How do you find inspiration?
Brienne M Brown: I find beauty in everyday life, the so called “mundane”. Ordinary people going about their everyday lives...
Artist Spotlight: Ryan Jensen
How did you get started and develop your career?
My earliest memories are of my family and including my father, a painter, and mother, a...
An Approach to Painting Landscapes, In Studio and Plein Air
A PaintTube.TV interview on how you can benefit from painting landscapes en plein air and in the studio; his approach to color, and more.
Artist Spotlight: Deborah McAllister
Deborah McAllister: I have been creating art all my life. After finishing graphic design school at age 21, I studied painting and began entering...
Painting Landscapes: As He Sees It
Natural color and light effects punctuate the work of Arizona oil painter Mitch Baird.
Artist Spotlight: Cindy Briggs
How did you develop your unique style?
Cindy Briggs: My style has evolved through various life experiences, travel, workshops, simply painting, and painting more.
From a...
Artist Spotlight: Ellen Howard
How did you get started and then develop your career?
Ellen Howard: I grew up in a house that appreciated the arts and I was...
Little by Little
My story starts like most. As a kid I always drew and created, but I was lucky enough to have grown up in a family of artists...
Artist Spotlight: Manon Sander
What is the best thing about being an artist?
Manon Sander: Of course, there are the obvious perks, like having an outdoor office or occasionally...