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EXHIBITION: Curt Walters at Quest for the West Show, Indianapolis

Curt Walters is featured with four new paintings at the 2015 Quest for the West Show & Sale, on view now through October 11...

Artist as Collector: Scott Gellatly

For Scott Gellatly, collecting art is about personal connections. Which three paintings did he pull from his burgeoning collection?   “I think that as a collector,...

Shorewood’s New System Brings Changes, Crowds

The affluent Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood, Wisconsin, played host to a plein air event again this September, bringing with it new winners and some...

Art as Grand as the Grand Canyon at 2015 Celebration of Art

Artists are drawn to the Grand Canyon, and each year the Grand Canyon Association holds a plein air painting event that picks the best...

Who Painted the Peninsula?

Here are the winners from the Port Angeles, Washington, event.   Robin Weiss took three of the biggest prizes; he won Best of Show for “Airstream...

Mendocino Open Paint Out Winners

One artist came away from the Mendocino Open Paint Out with three awards. A hat trick?   Susan Elwart Hall cleaned up in the event’s third...

Artist as Collector: Kat Ring

Kat Ring picks pieces that help her keep her cool.   “Cool and textural — that’s why I chose these paintings,” she says as we begin...

EXHIBITION: “Independent Visions” at the Irvine Museum, California

October 3 through January 21, the Irvine Museum in Irvine, California, is hosting a show titled “Independent Visions: Women Artists of California 1880-1940,” and...

EXHIBITION: CAC’s “Regional and Seasonal”

The latest show from the California Art Club is titled “A Toast to California: Regional and Seasonal,” and it is on view through January...

Plein Air Rockies Winners

The Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park doled out prizes recently for the Plein Air Rockies event, and the pieces still hang at the...

Awards in Indiana

The Indiana Plein Air Painters Association held its member show recently and pulled winners from the 111 pieces submitted. Who won?   Best of Show was...

The Scoop on This Year’s Maynard Dixon Country

Mt. Carmel, a small Utah town just a mile from an intersection leading to five national parks and several national monuments, has hosted a...

Featured Artwork: Lon Brauer

Lon Brauer "Supply House" Oil on panel 16 x 20 in. 2015 – plein air Cumberland, [email protected]://www.lonbrauer.com Lon Brauer is a painter and photographer living and working in Granite...

EXHIBITION: Dave Santillanes at Abend Gallery, Denver

Colorado plein air painter Dave Santillanes is the subject of a solo show at Abend Gallery in Denver, September 4-26.   “Down From Thunder Pass—Study,” by...

Salon Winners Are a Painting Duo

We’ve had a number of notable winners in the PleinAir Salon, but the First Place winner of the June-July contest is a true first...

Winners at Columbia Gorge, Oregon, Event

Where the Columbia River snakes through the Columbia Gorge, near the Oregon-Washington border, the scenery is a plein air painting dream come true. Thirty-eight...

Winners at Plein Air Hudson

Plein Air Hudson returned for its second year and handed out awards recently. Who among the 22 participating artists won in Hudson, Wisconsin?   Best of...

Adirondack Plein Air Festival Continues to Grow

Top awards, interesting paintings, more sales — the summer event at Saranac Lake, New York, keeps getting better.   This year 55 artists participated in the...

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...

Featured Artwork: Jill Basham

Jill Basham "Meet Me at the End" 40 x 30 in. "Best Maryland Artist" Awardwww.jillbasham.comUPCOMING:  BATH COUNTY PLEIN AIR: WARM SPRINGS, VA / SEPT 28-OCT 4  EN PLEIN AIR TEXAS SAN...

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