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Jean Stern Gets Lifetime Achievement Award From PAPA
The Plein-Air Painters of America (PAPA) gave Jean Stern, executive director of the Irvine Museum in Irvine, California, the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award on...
Renowned Painter Richard Schmid Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Already one of the most decorated living painters, Richard Schmid was among a select group honored at this week's Plein Air Convention & Expo...
Featured Artwork: Liz Bonham
Liz Bonham
“Moose Junction”
Oil
16 x 20 in.
$1600www.lizbonham.com
Born and raised in Texas, Liz Bonham majored in Painting at Abilene Christian University
and has studied mainly with noted...
Featured Artwork: Anastasia Dukhanina
"Yard in Romni, Ukraine"
Oil
20 x 32 in.
$ 2,600
Born and raised in St. Petersburg (Russia), Anastasia Dukhanina is one of the finest young Russian painters....
Building an Audience for Art — What Can We Do?
John P. Lasater IV, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, has been cooking up events to raise awareness about art -- his own, and art in...
The Moment Procrastination Hurts Painters
Are artists worse procrastinators than others? Perhaps. But all should take note that admission to the Plein Air Convention & Exposition (PACE) is going...
Salon Winner Has Trained His Eyes in Medicine
The winner of the October-November contest in the PleinAir Salon, sponsored by PleinAir magazine, is an interventional radiologist who chose his field because he...
How You Stack Up Against the Best of Your Peers
The PleinAir Salon is quickly becoming the place where the best painters are putting their best paintings next to one another to gauge their...
Dallas Museum of Art Showcases Dust Bowl Landscapes and Social Issues
Alexandre Hogue (1898-1994) influenced plein air painters with his depiction of the Southwest landscape and the dire Dust Bowl conditions of the 1930s. His...
America’s Parks Names Winners
More than $6,000 in prizes were awarded in the America's Parks II competition recently, with a familiar name pulling in the PleinAir Magazine Juror's...
Half of Your Painting Relies on This Choice
What's the best white paint? Scott Gellatly says the answer is easy.
My Favorite Place to Paint: Bruce Katz
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Bruce Katz lives in San Francisco, but in less than an hour, he...
Up Close: Debra Joyce Dawson at Markay Cultural Arts Center
Debra Joyce Dawson's solo show at the Markay Cultural Arts Center in Jackson, Ohio, features scenes drawn from trips out West, in Ohio, over...
Now That’s Winning a Competition….
A lot of artists have positive experiences at plein air competitions, but few have the kind of big day James McGrew did recently at...
Paint a “Higher Sense of Reality”
Joseph McGurl wants to capture the human and spiritual dimensions of the landscape with his plein air and studio paintings. He explains how he...
Laguna Event Enjoys Phoenix-like Rebirth
When the Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational lost its home at the Laguna Art Museum last year, saddened West Coast artists didn't know what...
Artist +1
A recent event in Sonoma allowed collectors to view pieces by friends of established painters, enriching an exhibition, exposing new artists to potential buyers,...
Ten More Artists Qualify for Big $15,000 Prize
PleinAir readers were hard on juror Skip Whitcomb: The Colorado artist had a tough time choosing the finalists in PleinAir magazine's August/September contest, part...
The Best of This Year’s Impressionist Paintings
Who were the big winners at the 14th Annual American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition? Some new faces and some familiar ones. ...
Familiar Name Among Shorewood Winners
Tom Nachreiner took home the Best of Show award at the Plein Air Shorewood event, and a familiar name nabbed First Place. ...