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Art Renewal Center Introduces the Plein Air Category
Learn about the exhibition, preview the featured plein air works, and learn how to enter here.
Do Realist Landscape Paintings Record Reality?
Maine artist Stuart Ross suggests that we all paint an inner vision of life, not the reality of what we actually see. Does that idea free us to paint what we want to see?
Changes: A Streamline Welcome to Scott Jones
As we wish a happy retirement to one of our team members, we welcome a new one.
A Plein Air Festival with Our Friends to the Northeast
These painters take root in a community where arts and culture are a natural part of everyday life.
Plein Air in Small-Town Indiana
More than 130 artists gathered for this year’s “First Brush of Spring.” Enjoy a recap of the event here, and see who won Best in Show.
Featured Artwork: Carol Strock Wasson
Featured Artwork: Carol Strock Wasson
Orchid Studies
Each study is 6 x 6 in., oil
About this series:
When it is too cold and nasty to paint outside,...
Cynthia Rosen on Painting Outdoors: Advice for Artists
Captivated by her landscape paintings, I invited Cynthia Rosen to share with us some of her general tips for painting outdoors.
Featured Artwork: Stewart White
The Boats of Collioure
12 x 16 in.
Oil on paper
$1850
www.stewartwhitestudios.com
Stewart White, AWS, NWS, is an artist and architectural illustrator residing in Baltimore, Maryland. He paints...
Featured Artwork: Valerie Craig
Featured Artwork: Valerie Craig
Winterscape
16 x 20 in.
Oil
Available at Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
“Shared Space: New Works by Martin Campos and Valerie Craig”
February 11–March 10,...
Start Planning for 2018 Plein Air Events
With dozens of events to consider and deadlines looming, it’s time to plan your outdoor painting activities for 2018. Here is the news about a few upcoming events.
Featured Artwork: Kathleen Denis
“Waiting For You”
Original Oil on Panel
Available
“Waiting For You” was first painted en plein air as a 6 x 8 during the 2017 Paradise...
OPPORTUNITY: Rockport, Texas, in May
Registration opened on October 2 for the annual Plein Air Southwest Competition & Show, featuring more than $25,000 in awards. However, the deadline for entry looms. . .
Mary in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Club is “thrilled and honored” to be hosting a solo exhibition of works by important painter Mary Pettis. Details here.
Plein-ARC
The Art Renewal Center (ARC) recently introduced a ninth category in the 13th International Salon Competition. Bet you can guess what it is!
Featured Artwork: Carol Strock Wasson
“Indiana Sky, Early Spring”
18 x 24 in.
Pastel
“Indiana Sky, Early Spring” has been accepted into the American Women Artists "Under a Vast Sky" 2017 Annual...
Featured Artwork: Rick J. Delanty
“Boundary, Jeremiah 5:22”
2017
20 x 24 in.
Acrylic
Available
Rick J. Delanty has been loving and appreciating nature all his life, and has been painting for over forty...
Featured Artwork: Shelby Keefe
“Windmill Bouquet”
24 x 18 in., plein air oil on canvas
Available through the artist
Shelby Keefe paints in a bold brush, realistic style uniquely her own....
Edge Control For a More Nuanced Painting Approach
One of the tools in the “Artist’s Toolbox of Expression” is edge control. Think of edges and brushwork as icing on the cake, because they are not altogether necessary, but are enhancements to an otherwise well constructed painting.
Big Winners in the Big State of Texas
The Plein Air Southwest Salon recently announced its awards, chosen by Kenn Erroll Backhaus. Who won in the Lone Star State?
Featured Artwork: Kathleen Hudson
“Coastal Silhouette”
2017
Oil
20 x 24 in.
Available, $2200
About the Artist:
Artist Kathleen B. Hudson lives in Lexington, Kentucky. She has a studio at Artists' Attic in downtown...