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Salon Winner Returns to the Scene to Get It Right
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
It took the winner of last month’s PleinAir Salon contest, Timur Akhriev, a week or more to...
Why She Painted the Barn From the Road
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Sometimes you formulate a great composition, and sometimes circumstances force a compelling composition upon you. Just ask...
Featured Artwork: Paul Kratter
“From on High”www.paulkratter.com
About the artist:
“From on High” is looking down at Garnet Lake and Mt. Banner & partly obscured Mt. Ritter. (Yes, this is...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: George Strickland
George Strickland knows what he’s going to talk about at the Plein Air Convention & Expo, coming up next month in Arizona: The importance...
Lighthouse ArtCenter Event Heats Up Florida
Kentucky artist Kathleen B. Hudson reports on the highly competitive and wholly enjoyable Lighthouse ArtCenter Plein Air Art Festival, which wrapped up recently in...
Spotlight on PACE Faculty: Vladislav Yeliseyev
Florida watercolorist Vladislav Yeliseyev found out quite a while ago that the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) would be held at El Conquistador...
Unsurprisingly Good Times in Maui
Every year, a lucky group of painters is juried into the Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, held in February in Hawaii. Every year, we...
Baumann on How to Prepare for the Plein Air Season
- Stefan Baumann reporting -
In this piece, California artist Stefan Baumann gives his advice on how plein air artists can keep their painting skills...
Handy Guide Helps You Sketch in Right Proportions
- Bob Bahr reporting, Editor PleinAir Today -
Kentucky artist Kathleen B. Hudson finds that preliminary sketches really help with her final paintings, but she...
Artist as Collector: Carol L. Douglas
The first painting on Carol L. Douglas’s list of favorite pieces in her collection is one she wanted to buy, but didn’t.
It’s an acrylic...
Pursuing Artful Simplicity
Ernie Dollman’s work shows an aesthetic that appreciates simplicity. We asked him how he achieves success in boiling down scenes to their essence. Here’s...
Why This Works: Making the Focal Point “A Subtle Delightful Discovery”
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Melding Chinese Arts With Portland Spirit
Nancy Klos is in rare spot, authorized to paint a cherished and protected Chinese garden in Portland, and she’s the perfect person to do...
Bears and Elephants, Painted En Plein Air
A wild animal won’t sit still for a portrait, but many of the best wildlife artists nevertheless do their most important work en plein...
Painting Florida in All Its Variety
Florida artist Sharon Osterholt decided she would spend 2015 visiting and painting every state park in the Sunshine State. Here's what she discovered.
Lead...
Rainy Day Exercise Opens Up Many Possibilities
Josh Adam has sold many California landscape paintings, and he has a reputation in Maine for his marine paintings, but sometimes the rain suggests...
Why This Works: Lyrical Feed, Strong Values
In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they...
Matt Smith to Conduct Pre-Convention Workshop at Plein Air Convention
World-renowned master plein air painter Matt Smith will be conducting a special 1 1/2-day pre-convention workshop starting on April 14, the day before PleinAir...
Of Course This Salon Winner Painted in the Rain…
James Kroner, the top winner in the October-November contest of the PleinAir Salon, took First Place with a rainy San Francisco scene. This wouldn’t...
Artist as Collector: Jean-Pierre Jacquet
For painter Jean-Pierre Jacquet, the pieces in his collection that are among his favorites are the ones that speak to him. What they often...