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Award Winner Root Arrives Ready for Anything

Why is Peggy Root, the First Place winner in the August/September contest in the PleinAir Salon, a devoted plein air painter? ...

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...

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. ...
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Why Enter Online Competitions?

The PleinAir Salon has its next deadline on September 30, and artists -- often slightly prone to procrastination -- are entering the competition in...

Gallery Spotlight: Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art

Howard Cooperman says his gallery is valuable to nationally known plein air artists because it allows them to tap in to the strong collector...

Painting the Figure Outdoors With Bellerose

Patricia Bellerose was the overall winner in PleinAir magazine's April/May Salon contest for a piece that also won Best Floral -- but she doesn't...

Events and Winners at Crooked Tree

The Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, Michigan, recently hosted two notable events, and awarded thousands of dollars in prizes. Who won the $3,000...

Joseph McGurl Wins PleinAir Magazine Award From Art Renewal Center

Artist Joseph McGurl won the PleinAir Magazine Award in the 2012-2013 Art Renewal Center Salon for his painting "Twilight From the Palisades." The award...

The Artist Who Introduced Monet to Plein Air

Eugene Boudin (1824-1898) is rightly considered one of the forerunners of French Impressionism, and his influence was quite direct. As Claude Monet's first teacher,...

$20,000 in Awards Soon to Be Presented

Three final judges of the PleinAir Salon competition are about to decide who will receive $20,000 in cash and art supplies, and feature stories...

Techniques of a Smokejumper

“One key aspect of my approach to plein air painting came out of my 13 summers as a smokejumper,” says Californian Davis Perkins, who...

Young Painter to be Artist-in-Residence

One of the hottest young artists in California will work with students and community members as an artist-in-residence from February 1 through March 2...

Cincinnati Plein Air Paint-Out Honors Members, Past & Present

The Cincinnati Art Club and the Ryland Lakes Country Club recently presented a very special plein air painting event, exhibition, and celebration for current...

Take a Closer Look at Another Award Winner

One of the landscape paintings that stands out among the semi-finalists selected by Michael Zakian in the September/October PleinAir Salon competition (www.pleinairsalon.com) is “After...

How Was That Prize Winner Painted?

Jim McVicker didn’t go to art school and hasn’t participated in a workshop, yet his still life painting that just won the First Place...

Enter These Competitions

DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR PLEINAIR SALON COMPETITION. Only a few days remain to enter the September/October portion of the PleinAir magazine Salon competition that will...
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, The Bridge at Narni, 1826, oil on paper.

History

The History of Plein Air Painting Before the 19th century, landscape painting was used as the basis for allegorical and narrative themes. The landscape was...
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History of Plein Air Painting

The History of Plein Air Painting Before the 19th century, landscape painting was used as the basis for allegorical and narrative themes. The landscape was...

History

The History of Plein Air Painting Before the 19th century, landscape painting was used as the ...