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The Winning Painting That Almost Didn’t Make It

2017 PleinAir Salon Grand Prize Winner Kathleen Hudson retells the remarkable story of how her winning painting was created in this exclusive video interview. The most shocking part? It almost never happened. How?

Kathleen Hudson’s $15,000 Payday

On Monday at the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) in San Diego, Kentucky painter Kathleen Hudson suddenly found herself $15,000 richer. The oil painter won the Grand Prize in the PleinAir Salon.

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: R. Gregory Summers

“Backstage” Oil 14 x 18 in.   “We go outdoors to enjoy the land, or stay inside to avoid it. It is I, an outdoor artist that brings...

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...

A Step Closer to $15,000

In less than a month, one painter will receive $15,000 for a painting entered in the PleinAir Salon. Now that the final bimonthly contest is over, the contestants are set, and 19 more entries are eligible for the big prize, which will be announced at the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) in San Diego, April 24-28.

OPPORTUNITY: First Brush of Spring in Indiana

Have you seen New Harmony, Indiana? If not, consider visiting April 19-22 for the First Brush of Spring plein air event.

Artists Share in $31,500 in Prizes

Jean Stern judged the December-January contest in the PleinAir Salon, setting up a slew of artists to win thousands of dollars in prizes. Who's in?

Anatomy of an Award Winner: Lon Brauer’s “Grandpa”

How do you get into the Outdoor Painters Society’s Plein Air Southwest Salon? One of the harder ways is the way Lon Brauer did it.

Featured Artwork: Shelby Keefe AIS AWA

“Rooftops of Crystal Cove” Oil 18 x 24 in. $3850 About the Artist: Award winning artist, Shelby Keefe paints in a bold brush, realistic style uniquely her own. Living...

Featured Artwork: William Rogers

“Earles Tractors” Oil, plein air, 2016 12 x 16 in. $1350 About the Artist: William (Bill) Rogers is an Elected Member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour...

Featured Artwork: Anne Blair Brown

“Go Fish” Oil on linen 12 x 12 in Available at Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC   About the Artist: Award winning artist, Anne Blair Brown, was born in North...

Plein Air Today

Plein Air Today is a free daily newsletter that brings you the same high-level content you have come to expect from Plein Air Magazine while...

Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Doreen St.John’s Fantastic Year

Who knows what will happen for Doreen St.John between now and April 23, the start of the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) in...

Converting an Old Watercolor . . . and Winning

Deborah Tilby offers proof that there are many ways to win awards. Last month, she won First Place in the August-September contest of the...

EXHIBITION: Jim McVicker, on Balboa Island, CA

New work from past PleinAir Salon Grand Prize winner Jim McVicker will be on display at the Debra Huse Gallery through November 20.   Says a...

OPPORTUNITY: Outdoor Painters Society Associate Online Showcase

- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today - Send your entries in by November 18 to be eligible for selection for the Outdoor Painters Society’s...

Featured Artwork: Karen Ann Hitt

"Have Dock, Will Peer" acrylic on birch panel  5 x 7 in.  About the Artist: This painting depicts what any child will naturally do on any dock presented...

Childe Hassam’s Solace in Maine

The coast of Maine, with its turbulent surf and craggy shoreline hugging a brooding and dark North Atlantic Ocean, promotes clarity in thought and...

Featured Artwork: Ron Larson

"Morning Light" oil on canvas 48 x 60 in.   ‘Vistas and Visions of the Colorado Plateau’ showing now. Book on his artistic odyssey coming soon.  ronlarsonfineart.com11thstreetgallery.comron@ronlarsonfineart.com 435.773.8780About the Artist: Ron Larson...