OPPORTUNITY: “Wet Paint-Out” in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Art Association is hosting a plein air competition in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 17-19.
Carol Aronson-Shore, a professor emeritus at the University...
Featured Artwork: Gregory Summers
"From Within"
Oil
16 x 12 in.www.rgregorysummers.comBorn in the Flint Hills of Kansas, Gregory Summers began his professional career at Hallmark Cards Inc. A Master Engraver,...
Featured Artwork: Poppy Balser
"Waiting on the Herring"
Watercolor on paper
20 x 29 in. www.poppybalser.com
"Gorgeous use of values and color hues to depict moments in the life of her subjects."...
Why This Works: Secondary Triad Enlivens a Low-Key Scene
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Fun in the Adirondacks
Eric Rhoads, the publisher of PleinAir magazine, hosted a paint camp last week high in the Adirondack Mountains -- just a few miles from...
OPPORTUNITY: Participate in “After Hopper” Project
The organizers of the two-year, high-profile "After Hopper" project have extended an invitation to artists to participate in the event.
Addison Art Gallery recently sent...
Parting Shot: Balcony View, Captured on iPad
Even if you are painting with the immediate medium of a digital painting application, you can still be bedeviled by the changing conditions of...
Winners in KC’s Stems Event
In Kansas City, an event that started out focusing on florals continues to expand.
The Stems Plein Air Paint 2015 event was held in Kansas...
EXHIBITION: “Every Day Taste of Plein Air,” at OSU
Anton Pavlenko, Yer Za Vue, Aimee Erickson, Scott Gellatly, Eric Bowman, Eric Jacobsen, Paul Zegers, Bets Cole, and others are featured in this show,...
Winners From the Finger Lakes Competition
Who took home ribbons in Canandaigua, New York?
George Van Hook was the winner of the top prize, Best in Show, for his oil painting...
What the Rocks Tell Us: Born of Entropy
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
Salon Winner: Suzie Baker
Suzie Baker has a very simple explanation for why her painting "News Worthy" -- the top prize winner in the April-May contest of the...
What 100 Artists Did Online in Three Days
Jane Bell Meyer orchestrated 100 artists posting three videos a day for three days, chronicling their plein air work. It was the second year...
September 18: Jackson Hole Art Auction
Albert Bierstadt, Carl Rungius, Tom Lovell, G. Harvey, and Richard Schmid headline the 2015 Jackson Hole Art Auction.
The ninth annual Jackson Hole Art Auction...
July 25: Coeur d’Alene Art Auction
Many of today’s most recognized painters of the American West and a strong contingent of historical artists will be represented at the Coeur d’Alene...
September 11: Douglas Fryer Landscapes
Impressionistic landscapes from Douglas Fryer comprise an upcoming solo exhibition.
Meyer Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico, hosts a solo exhibition for Douglas Fryer, from...
August 15: All Artists Show
Painters David Leffel and Everett Raymond Kinstler and sculptor Doug Hyde feature in a star-studded gallery show.
Nedra Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico,...
August 20: Heart of the West
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, hosts a premier event in art of the American West, culminating in a live auction.
The Western Masters Art Show & Sale...
December 13: Walter Ufer and E. Martin Hennings
Walter Ufer and E. Martin Hennings, both German-American painters who became legends in depicting the American West, are remembered in an exhibition of 38...
Parting Shot: Still Lifes, Outdoors
The default way of thinking about plein air is to think of landscapes, but painting the figure or painting still lifes outdoors qualify, and...