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Landscape painting of Tetons National Park

National Parks Through the Eyes of 6 Artists

Today, the U.S. National Park System encompasses 423 sites, spanning more than 84 million acres. Here are six notable paintings honoring these protected lands.
Plein air landscape oil painting

PleinAir Salon December 2020 Winners Revealed

Scott A. Shields of the Crocker Art Museum has revealed his selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon.
Painting of two horses

PleinAir Salon November 2020 Winners Revealed

Cynthia McBride, McBride Gallery owner, has revealed her selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon November Art Competition.
PleinAir Salon - Lori Putnam - Safe Harbor

PleinAir Salon October 2020 Winners Revealed

Karen Hewitt, Painter and Gallery Owner of Hagan Fine Art, has revealed her selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon October 2020 art competition.
Plein Air Salon art competitions

PleinAir Salon September 2020 Winners Revealed

Helena Fox of Helena Fox Fine Art, has revealed her selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon.
Sunrise and sunset paintings

8 Sunrise and Sunset Paintings by Plein Air Artists

To capture these fleeting moments of color and drama, plein air painters must work quickly and home in succinctly on the stories they want to tell.
PleinAir Salon art competition - OutdoorPainter.com

PleinAir Salon August 2020 Winners Revealed

George Billis of the George Billis Gallery, NYC and LA, has revealed his selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon.
landscape oil paintings

8 Paintings From the Water’s Edge

You can almost feel the breeze in your hair, catch the scent of fresh fish, and hear the sounds of waves lapping at the shore in this gallery of paintings from the water’s edge.
Plein Air Salon art competitions

PleinAir Salon July 2020 Winners Revealed

John Manzari, Director of Meyer Gallery, has revealed his selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon July competition.
PleinAir Salon art competition - OutdoorPainter.com

PleinAir Salon June 2020 Winners Revealed

Jean Stern has revealed his selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon competition. Discover the winners and learn how to enter your best paintings and drawings today.
PleinAir Salon art competition - OutdoorPainter.com

PleinAir Salon May 2020 Winners Revealed

Ben Whiteside, President of The Red Piano Art Gallery, has revealed his selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon.
Plein air oil paintings

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

These harbingers of adventure represent freedom, ignite feelings of nostalgia, and tap into our romantic notions of travel and exploration.
PleinAir Salon art competition - OutdoorPainter.com

PleinAir Salon April 2020 Winners Revealed

Seth Hopkins from the Booth Museum has revealed his selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon.
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.
Painting mountains - OutdoorPainter.com

9 Majestic Mountain Paintings

Lured by the same call of the wild, the artists featured here drew inspiration from a range of spectacular views.
Allen Brockbank, “Unsung Heroes,” 15 x 15 in., $1,495.00

2020 Santa Fe Plein Air Fiesta Winners

Feast your eyes on some of the winning plein air paintings from this recent event.
Cityscapes - OutdoorPainter.com

Inspirational Cityscapes: Painting the Town

It wasn’t until the mid-17th century that the city came into its own as a worthy theme. Find inspiration with these six cityscape paintings.

Top 10 Reasons to Enter the PleinAir Salon

Need a reason to enter the PleinAir Salon at the end of this month? We’ll give you 10.
Paintings of Storms - OutdoorPainter.com

13 Dramatic Paintings of Storms

These artists were driven to brave the elements to commit the scenes directly to their painting surfaces, make quick sketches or studies, or, as circumstances dictated for one, simply to burn the imagery into her memory to serve as inspiration as soon as she got to her easel.
PleinAir Salon - OutdoorPainter.com

August/September 2019 PleinAir Salon Winners Revealed

Kathryn Mapes Turner, owner of Turner Fine Art, has revealed her selections for the winners in the PleinAir Salon bi-monthly competition.

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