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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...
Painting a Manicured Landscape – Golf Courses
Yes, golf courses are heavily manipulated landscapes, but they also are catnip for artists. “They seem to have unique features,” points out painter R....
EXHIBIT: “Plein Air Painters Under 40,” in Ellicott City, Maryland
“Although young emerging artists are not rare in and of themselves, within the contemporary plein air community, we are not very common,” says Joanna...
What a Watercolorist Who Wants to Paint Underwater Does
Bonnie Richardson knew she couldn’t paint with watercolors underwater when she was snorkeling or scuba diving, but she dearly wanted to. Oils were not...
Anatomy of an Award Winner: John P. Lasater IV
What made John Lasater’s piece work? The artist and the juror tell all.
Lead Image: “Blacksmith Yard,” by John P. Lasater IV, 2015, oil,...
Painters Gather in Maine for First Fall Color Week
A group of 98 painters gathered in October 2015 for PleinAir magazine’s first annual Fall Color Week publisher’s invitational event in Acadia National Park...
More Painting in Parks on Public TV
Stefan Baumann spent a considerable amount of time and effort filming a TV series titled “The Grand View,” and the care he took in...
Artist as Collector: Randall Sexton
Randall Sexton had a hard time choosing which three paintings from his collection to talk about. “I have way more of other people’s work...
Minimizing Weight for a Backpack Painting Trip
Aaron Schuerr offered to share his preparations for a solo backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon. Here are the details and the issues he...
What the Rocks Tell Us: On to the Modern World
In this series of articles, Utah artist J. Brad Holt talks about what artists are seeing as they look at the landscape. Holt studied...
Using Architectural Elements for Contrast
San Diego artist Danny Griego finds that incorporating “urban line” in his paintings makes them much stronger — and mimics the way many of...
Featured Artwork: Lon Brauer
Lon Brauer
"Supply House"
Oil on panel
16 x 20 in.
2015 – plein air Cumberland, [email protected]://www.lonbrauer.com
Lon Brauer is a painter and photographer living and working in Granite...
Painting a Life Being Saved
George Kalwa had planned on painting more than just a jetty, but he was hoping to capture a fisherman pulling in a fish. He...
What’s a Plein Air Event Like in Ireland?
Leon Holmes reports about the specific character of Art in the Open, a plein air painting festival held recently in southeast Ireland.
More than 200...
When Events Benefit a Plein Air Artist
PleinAir magazine editor M. Stephen Doherty generally reports on the painting processes, motivations, and philosophical outlooks of plein air painters in his writing, but...
OPPORTUNITY: California Art League Gold Medal Exhibition
Daggi Wallace, the judge for the California Art League’s Gold Medal Exhibition, discussed what she’ll be looking for in the entries she’ll soon be...
Artist as Collector: Mike Manley
Does Mike Manley collect art by his friends, or does he become friends with artists whose work he admires?
It’s impossible to say, although the...
Change Your Brush, Change Your Look
Los Angeles artist Mike Hernandez switched brushes and found that the change in shape meant interesting brushwork and developments in his paintings.
Tim Kelly on Painting Bricks
Baltimore painter Tim Kelly loves to paint his city. That means knowing how to depict the building materials that make it up. Careful study...
From the Ground to the Plane
Minnesota painter Tom Maakestad has a solo show on view through June 6 in which paintings done from aerial photographs show the lessons and...