My Favorite Place to Paint: Ria Krishnan
Lily pads, wooded trails, and, most important, trees are all at Ria Krishnan's favorite place to paint, just 10 miles from her home. ...
Not Idle in Winter: Pamela Ruschman
Idle in winter? That would mean being idle for nearly half the year in Wisconsin. Pamela Ruschman has other ideas, and a prejudice against...
Painting Amidst a Pitched Battle
R. Gregory Summers knew this painting experience was going to be quite different. But suddenly there were people falling down all around his feet,...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Bill Guffey
Bill Guffey's favorite place to paint is man-made, but it's wild and natural. It's in farm country, but it's public property. It's scenic in...
Putting Many Colors in the Shadows
A painting by California artist Kim VanDerHoek ably demonstrated the artist's prerogative to look closely for somewhat unexpected colors in a scene to strengthen...
Publisher Eric Rhoads – My Story
My company mantra is that we only do business in areas we love. We refuse to spend our time on subjects and projects just for revenue alone. We love art. We love figurative work. We love doing PleinAir magazine.
My Favorite Place to Paint: Carol Smith Myer
It's called Rush Creek, but it's more of a wetlands area, with an estimated 196 species of birds enjoying the nature preserve's 522 acres...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Debra Joy Groesser
Nebraska painter Debra Joy Groesser may prefer to paint outside, but she has a system down for working indoors -- one that some of...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Jennifer L. Hoffman
Wyoming painter Jennifer L. Hoffman takes advantage of "artist's hours" to get a lot of work done in the winter months.
Hoffman's setup at South...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Jennifer Fairbanks
Kentucky artist Jennifer Fairbanks prefers that those observing her plein air painting have hooves and paws, and she gets her way when she paints...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Larry Moore
When Larry Moore returns to his favorite place to paint, things are going to be a little different. Moore is intent on venturing past...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Kelli Folsom
Oklahoma artist Kelli Folsom sometimes wonders what artists from places like Colorado would think about her favorite place to paint. There are no dramatic...
My Favorite Place to Paint: Robert Vogel
Robert Vogel left the Eastern Sierras to live in Los Angeles. But those mountains are still his favorite place to paint. Why?
"You almost can't...
Painting the Beautiful Truth of Appalachia
Appalachia. For those who live in the region, it is a place of beautiful mountains, quintessentially American scenes, and, yes, a potentially hardscrabble existence....
My Favorite Place to Paint: Kelly Medford
Kelly Medford lives in a working-class neighborhood in Rome, Italy, that is rapidly changing. That's appropriate for a plein air painter, because so is...
PACE Faculty: Watercolorist Stewart White
We'll occasionally showcase new and notable instructors at the Plein Air Convention & Expo, starting with a person who was a ceaseless advocate for...
Convention Preview: Morgan Samuel Price & Donald Demers
Florida artist Morgan Samuel Price and Maine artist Donald Demers are friends who both enjoy plein air painting, yet each has a distinctly different...
Convention Preview: Jill Carver
Jill Carver: “As an artist, I am in control of how viewers will see my pictures, and the larger the painting, the more important...
Convention Preview: Kathryn Stats
Kathryn Stats: “One simply can’t be a good studio painter unless one paints directly from nature outdoors.”
“Painting is an adventure that sometimes rewards and...
Convention Preview: Scott L. Christensen
What information and inspiration can you expect to receive from the demonstrators and speakers who will be part of the Plein Air Convention &...