First Charleston Plein Air Competition (South Carolina): Organized by Dru and Silvia Blair of the Blair Center for the Arts and Mary Martin Fine Art Gallery, around 100 artists filled the Charleston peninsula with easels and oil paintings from sites like the Ashley River, St. Michael’s Churchyard, and Meeting Street. First Place/Best in Show went to Chip Hemingway.
Eastern Shore Art Center’s Plein Air Event (Fairhope, Alabama): Around 60 artists recently set up across the town for live outdoor painting from sunrise to sunset for Plein Air Fairhope. The judge was Cory Wright, who gave a lecture in the Whiting Gallery. (Winners to be announced.)
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HERE AT STREAMLINE: Realism Live 2026 kicks off Wednesday, featuring Joseph McGurl and many more.
And Eric Rhoads, Kevin Macpherson, and fellow artists are spending 16 days in China, painting the Great Wall, Guilin’s karst peaks, and ancient river villages together.
