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Featured Artwork: Brienne M. Brown

“Nighttime Arrival” Watercolor on Paper 11 x 16 in.www.briennembrown.com  About Brienne:   Much to her mother’s indignation, Brienne owned little clothing that was not covered in paint.  From a...

EXHIBITION: “Winter Wonderland: Beauty Revealed,” in Chaska, MN

It’s cold in Minnesota in winter. That’s a fact. A current show at Reedy Gallery in Chaska, Minnesota, suggests that it is also very...

Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Linda Tippetts

Linda Tippetts is more than just a notable artist, and she’s more than just a distinguished woman artist, although her strides in that regard...

Featured Artwork: Jane Sither

Jane Sither "Jupiter Dunes" 2015 oil 9 x 12 [email protected] “Jupiter Dunes” was painted on the morning of February 7, 2015, looking to the east and over a dune...

OPPORTUNITY: OPAS Event, September in Licking County, Ohio

The Ohio Plein Air Competition, hosted by the Ohio Plein Air Society, is now accepting applications for its September event. Shelby Keefe will serve as...

Louisiana Event Winners

Things have already heated up in Louisiana, with the Shadows on the Teches Gala and Art Auction raising more than $25,000 for local art...

Winners in Wisconsin’s Winter Event

Sure, there are other plein air competitions held in the winter. But in Mineral Point, the average low temperature in February is 13 degrees...

EXHIBITION: “Nature’s Gift of Water” in Tacoma, Washington

Area artists and collectors have their ears perked for a show opening December 5 at the American Art Company in Tacoma, Washington. That's in...

EXHIBITION: Jivan Lee at Heinley Fine Arts

Now through November 30, "Sky Above | Earth Below," a solo show of plein air paintings by New Mexico painter Jivan Lee, will be...

Painting Quiet Places

Those who value the stillness and solitude in nature will find David Grossmann's landscapes a calming joy to consider. Altamira Fine Art's gallery in Jackson,...

Fresh Paint in Wisconsin Results

Twenty-four artists from Wisconsin and Minnesota painted more than 100 paintings in six days for the Fresh Paint event in Durand, Wisconsin, recently.  Derek Davis...

18 Auction Records Set at Freeman’s Paintings Sale

With total sales tripling the auction's original estimate and new records for 18 featured artists, Freeman's recent paintings sale harbingers great things for European...

Western Artists on Display at Abend Gallery

The wild landscape of the American West and its denizens are the subject of an inviting new group exhibition at Denver's Abend Gallery.    On view...

Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Thomas Kegler and Art Contagions

Perhaps, on some level, attending the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) is dangerous. You may come home permanently changed.

Capturing Cedarburg

Beautiful Ozaukee County hosted 150 artists from around the country between June 6 and June 13 for the popular Cedarburg Plein Air Painting Competition. Who captured awards?

The Granite Group

Every year since 2005 an intrepid crew of artists come together from all over California, and beyond, to trek the High Sierras, be inspired, and paint. In the first major installation of 2018, the Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse Arts Center will present “Granite Group: Plein Air Paintings of the High Sierras.” The exhibition opens...
PleinAir Salon art competitions - "Koi Pond" by Derek Penix

PleinAir Salon February/March 2020 Winners Revealed

Steve Diamant, founder of Arcadia Gallery, has revealed his selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon bi-monthly competition.
PleinAir Salon - Laurie Kersey, "Stillness," oil, 18 x 24 in.

It Has Everything

Camille Przewodek has revealed her selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon.
PleinAir Salon - Terri Ford (California), “Canyon Dusk,” Pastel, 28x24 in.

Salon First Place: “A Stunning Painting”

Artist Camille Przewodak has revealed her selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon.

Featured Artwork: Karen Ann Hitt

"Have Dock, Will Peer" acrylic on birch panel  5 x 7 in.  About the Artist: This painting depicts what any child will naturally do on any dock presented...

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