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Making Things Difficult for George Van Hook
Why would anyone want to make life difficult for the amiable and energetic plein air dynamo George Van Hook? The painters at the recent Lighthouse ArtCenter Plein Air Festival did last week.
They Won in Maui? Wowie!
The Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational is a bright spot each February, and on top of the fine weather and colorful views, some artists leave the event with awards. Who wowed the crowd this year?
Winners in Door County
The Door County Plein Air Festival pulls artists from thousands of miles away — it’s one of the most beloved of the annual plein...
2016 Winners in Carmel
Hiuhan Liu had his hands full last week. He was charged with judging the Carmel Art Festival, a respected event that attracts top artists...
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...
Salon Winners Are In!
As we get closer to the April announcement of the $15,000 Grand Prize in the PleinAir Salon, more and more artists are entering the...
Winners at Grand Marais (MN)
Tom Nachreiner served as judge at Plein Air Grand Marais, a Minnesota event that just wrapped up its awards presentation in the picturesque area...
16 More Made Eligible for $25K PleinAir Salon Prizes
Bob Malenfant, owner of Southwest Gallery in Dallas, chose the top winners and the category winners for the latest installment of the PleinAir Salon....
Results From Telluride
The Sheridan Arts Foundation recently held the 12th Annual Telluride Plein Air event, hosting 31 artists for a weeklong paint-out culminating in a three-day...
July 25: Door County Plein Air Exhibition
Many of today’s most accomplished plein air painters will exhibit freshly painted works at the Door County plein air event.
The 2015 Door County Plein...
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?
Last Group Added to Pool in $21,000 PleinAir Salon Competition
Now all the entries are set in the 2015 PleinAir Salon, and the bi-monthly contest winners wait for the Plein Air Convention & Expo,...
Winners at Lighthouse Event
Palm Beach County was the destination for many top-flight plein air painters last week, when the Lighthouse ArtCenter hosted its second annual plein air...
Who Collects Art? Artists.
What's on your wall? Try to name an artist who doesn't have original art in his or her home. It's nearly impossible. But the...
City Scenes from the Midwest
In the paintings of Carl Bretzke and David Cunningham, the lively highways and quiet neighborhood streets of Minneapolis find fitting expression. A two-person exhibition featuring...
Salon Winner Has Trained His Eyes in Medicine
The winner of the October-November contest in the PleinAir Salon, sponsored by PleinAir magazine, is an interventional radiologist who chose his field because he...
How You Stack Up Against the Best of Your Peers
The PleinAir Salon is quickly becoming the place where the best painters are putting their best paintings next to one another to gauge their...
Laguna Event Enjoys Phoenix-like Rebirth
When the Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational lost its home at the Laguna Art Museum last year, saddened West Coast artists didn't know what...
7 Days, 250 Paintings
The North Shore of Lake Superior was painted by 70 artists recently, and their abundant output made it hard to choose winners. ...