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Mendocino Open Paint Out Winners
One artist came away from the Mendocino Open Paint Out with three awards. A hat trick?
Susan Elwart Hall cleaned up in the event’s third...
The Scoop on This Year’s Maynard Dixon Country
Mt. Carmel, a small Utah town just a mile from an intersection leading to five national parks and several national monuments, has hosted a...
Salon Winners Are a Painting Duo
We’ve had a number of notable winners in the PleinAir Salon, but the First Place winner of the June-July contest is a true first...
Motorcycle Riding Is Plein Air Perfect
When you travel by motorcycle to your painting destinations, you’re ahead of the game. “You are already acclimated,” says Mike Simpson. “You are one...
Winners at Frank Bette
Ed Terpening chose the winners in Alameda, California, in this year’s Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout. Who took home awards?
Chuck Kovacic won Best of...
Featured Artwork: Jason Tako
“Among the Cottonwoods”
Oil on linen
24x36
$7,000www.JasonTako.com
"Among the Cottonwoods" is one of Jason Tako’s latest paintings. Based upon Golden Section proportions, the pattern of the cottonwoods...
OPPORTUNITY: Wet Paint Event at Newport Art Museum
Last year 500 paintings were sold in one weekend at Wet Paint, at the Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island. Signups are going on...
Biggest Plein Air Competition of the Year?
By some measurements, Plein Air Easton is the biggest plein air event in the world. It certainly gets the plein air community buzzing. With...
App Could Greatly Enhance Plein Air Events
A cellphone app called Glympse could help collectors find artists working in the field at plein air competitions. The Wisconsin Plein Air Painters Association...
Winners at the Carmel Art Festival
Carmel-by-the-Sea is a hotspot for art collectors. Who shone brightly at the town's recent plein air event?
Visiting All National Parks, “To Preserve and Protect”
Fitz Maurice made it personal. Many people love our national parks, but she is visiting all 59, because she wants to make sure she...
Winners at the Forgotten Coast
The Forgotten Coast, a relatively undeveloped stretch of Florida along its panhandle on the Gulf of Mexico, is the home of a 10-year-old plein...
What Is the Plein Air Force?
Eric Rhoads, the publisher of PleinAir magazine, unveiled a new program at the Plein Air Convention & Expo earlier this month called the Plein...
What to Know About Lighting Artwork for Photographs
It's a question often asked by artists. What are the important points to consider when photographing one's artwork? There are two...
When Paintings Become Poems
Back in February, PleinAir Today reported on two shows that were joining poetry with plein air painting. The "En Plein Air" show at the...
Plein Air Southwest Salon Winners Announced
The Outdoor Painters Society picked 202 paintings by 82 artists to show in their annual salon, which hangs in Southwest Gallery in Dallas. Who...
Web-Stream That Plein Air Painting!
Imagine watching a live painting demonstration in your home. New York painter James Gurney made this possible recently, thanks to technology. ...
A Window Into the Canyon
Colorado artist Joshua Been recently posted a video on YouTube that offers something for painters, new collectors, and folks just interested in seeing intrepid...
What the Early Bird Gets at PACE
There's no better way to learn about the process of painting than by watching and doing, and the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE)...
EXHIBITION: “Plein Air to Studio,” Jackson, Mississippi
The Mississippi Library Commission is the host for "Plein Air to Studio," an exhibition spotlighting 13 members of the Plein Air Artists of Mississippi....