Artist Spotlight: Jessie Rasche
How did you develop your unique style?
Jessie Rasche: I’m teaching a workshop right now on how to find and develop your authentic artistic voice,...
Artist Spotlight: Rose daRosa
What is the most interesting thing you’ve painted and why?
Rose daRosa: When I got laid off, I was elated. Not because I could afford...
Abandoned to Sunset
On painting the landscape: "...when we do what we are meant to do, at this moment, our action can inspire and touch the lives of others." Joshua Cunningham takes us behind the scenes of his winning painting, "Abandoned at Sunset."
Artist Spotlight: Nancy Silvia
For pastel artist Nancy Silvia, she doesn’t consider what she does a “career,” but her life’s journey.
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...
Artist Spotlight: TINA BOHLMAN
How do I find inspiration?
It actually “finds” me! There are 3 deciding factors on whether to paint a scene; 1st is the light; I’m...
Artist Spotlight: Melanie Levitt
How did you get started and then develop your career?
Melanie Levitt: I started painting at a young and painted all my life but went...
A Quick Response to Nature
Rediscovered more than 25 years ago, this small plein air oil sketch shed light on a little-known aspect of ...
Why I Welcome the Constant Changes
A spotlight on plein air painter Bridger Barksdale: His education, favorite subjects, aha moment, and more
Not Idle in Winter: Dawn Whitelaw
We can't show one of the most interesting things Tennessee artist Dawn Whitelaw does in winter to make her plein air paintings better...
Artist Spotlight: Susan Hediger Matteson
There are two Susan Mattesons working in the fine art field today. This Susan Matteson has since started using Susan Hediger Matteson to clarify that she is not the other artist and shares with us how she got started in her career.
Women Artists: From Competition to Compensation, and Everything in Between
What does it mean to be a woman in plein air? Brienne Brown shares her experiences in this article excerpt from Plein Air Magazine (April/May 2020)
A Day in the Life of … Mary Garrish
What's it like to be a pro artist who lives and works from an RV? Mary Garrish takes us a day-in-the-life plein air painting tour to find out.
Pastel Painting: On Sketches, Composition, and Visual Brainstorming
The following is part of a series that features the best artists who are teaching others pastel painting techniques.
My Greatest Teacher
A special spotlight on someone from the plein air painting community you may not know yet: Erin Spencer on her Aha moment, and more.
Artist Spotlight: Michael Gault
How did you get started and then develop your career?
Michael Gault: I can’t remember NOT wanting to be an artist. I didn’t always know...
The Landscape Guaranteed to Bring You To Tears
The varied and vivid landscapes of this state inspire oil painter Bill Sawczuk to take a more expressive approach to plein air painting when it comes to this subject. “I’ve seen people cry at the effort. They are good painters, but they come here and try to paint these mountains and it wrecks them."
Too Old for Impressionism?
This historic French artist tried to infuse his paintings with a vigorous ...
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...
How I Create Flowing, Organic Lines with Watercolor
Inspiration from Cindy Briggs.