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12,000 Miles of Friendship and Painting

Andrew Webster - November 1, 2017

While outdoor painting in solitude can be healing, meditative, and enjoyable, there’s no doubt that bonding with friends while creating something beautiful has a special appeal. Two close friends decided to take it one step further, traveling nearly 12,000 miles in total to soak up North America and Canada’s beauty in mind, body, spirit, and paint.

Rocky Mountain High

Andrew Webster - July 25, 2017

Several world-class artist members of the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters recently gave their time to help foster the younger generation of plein air artists near Moose, Wyoming.

Artists and Kids Paint Bryce Canyon National Park

Contributing Author - July 25, 2017

I was recently invited to be a guest artist at Bryce Canyon National Park during the annual Geology Festival. It is the first time an artist has been invited to present at the event, which is sponsored by the Park Service and the Bryce Canyon Natural History Association. It was my hope that my visit might kick-start a permanent artist-in-residence program there. I think we may have succeeded.

OPPORTUNITY: Plantation Trace Plein Air in October

Andrew Webster - July 12, 2017

Georgia during the fall season sounds like a wonderful place to be, especially when there’s a fantastic plein air opportunity waiting in the wings. What’s the buzz?

Small-Town Plein Air with Big Rewards

Contributing Author - July 12, 2017

My first introduction to the world of plein air was about three years ago, when I just happened to be standing near the campground host at Red Bluff Park in Davisville, Missouri, when three men from Steelville Arts Council approached the host to inquire about bringing 50 artists to the park for a day of painting. It had been over 30 years since I picked up my paintbrushes, but immediately I was drawn into the conversation when I interjected, “I wanna paint.”

The Landscape Painter’s Learning Guide, Pt. 2

John Hughes - May 31, 2017

This week, I will follow up on my article from the last issue of PleinAir Today, titled “Three Important Skills Every Landscape Painter Needs.” In this segment I begin to explain some of the concepts that are recommended as a map for studying landscape painting. In my workshops, I do this as a Power Point presentation, but I’ll attempt to explain it here in a few paragraphs.

Sunday Morning Coffee with Eric Rhoads: Four Words to Live By

B. Eric Rhoads - May 5, 2017

This morning as I sit here on the back porch, I’m watching a mama sparrow bringing food to her babies in a nest tucked into the rafters of our porch. The little birds are learning to fly. I’m watching them hop from the nest to the blades of our ceiling fan and then on to the branches of the stately oaks in the back yard. As they jump, they first fall before they engage their wings, which then propel them to the next branch. If they forget to use their wings, which they do from time to time, they hit the ground, then shake it off, hop to a branch, and start over. Birds learn like we all learn. Trial and error.

EXHIBITION: ‘Plein Air Unleashed,’ in White Stone, VA

Bob Bahr - May 2, 2017

On view through May 21, this exhibition gathers the work of several Virginia plein air painters at the Allure Art Center in White Stone, Virginia.

Giant New Zealand Mosquitoes?

B. Eric Rhoads - April 19, 2017

A travelogue about the recent Publisher’s Invitational Painters’ Trip to New Zealand, by Eric Rhoads of PleinAir Magazine

Artist as Collector: Thomas Dunlay and Staying on Track

Bob Bahr - April 16, 2017

A few pieces in Boston painter Thomas Dunlay’s collection remind him to stay the course.

Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Michelle Jung and the Bicoastal

Bob Bahr - April 16, 2017

Oil painter Michelle Jung spends half the year in Santa Cruz, California, and the other half in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The contrast between the two locales has sharpened her skills of observation and has given her important insight that she can share with attendees of the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE), where she is on the faculty.

Artist as Collector: Mary Garrish and the Artist’s Choice

Bob Bahr - April 8, 2017

Florida painter Mary Garrish calls collecting art “a gut response” to what moves her. But she has another way to explain her choices, one that makes total sense.

What Is Up With the Wildflowers in California?

Bob Bahr - April 8, 2017

If you have painter friends in California, then you have undoubtedly heard about this year’s crop of wildflowers. Although the state suffered a terrible drought last year, this has been a wet winter and early spring, and this and other favorable conditions have resulted in a crazy abundance of blooming wildflowers in the Golden State. Artists report in, below.