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Building an Audience for Art — What Can We Do?
John P. Lasater IV, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, has been cooking up events to raise awareness about art -- his own, and art in...
The Moment Procrastination Hurts Painters
Are artists worse procrastinators than others? Perhaps. But all should take note that admission to the Plein Air Convention & Exposition (PACE) is going...
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...
Dallas Museum of Art Showcases Dust Bowl Landscapes and Social Issues
Alexandre Hogue (1898-1994) influenced plein air painters with his depiction of the Southwest landscape and the dire Dust Bowl conditions of the 1930s. His...
America’s Parks Names Winners
More than $6,000 in prizes were awarded in the America's Parks II competition recently, with a familiar name pulling in the PleinAir Magazine Juror's...
Half of Your Painting Relies on This Choice
What's the best white paint? Scott Gellatly says the answer is easy.
My Favorite Place to Paint: Bruce Katz
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Bruce Katz lives in San Francisco, but in less than an hour, he...
Up Close: Debra Joyce Dawson at Markay Cultural Arts Center
Debra Joyce Dawson's solo show at the Markay Cultural Arts Center in Jackson, Ohio, features scenes drawn from trips out West, in Ohio, over...
Now That’s Winning a Competition….
A lot of artists have positive experiences at plein air competitions, but few have the kind of big day James McGrew did recently at...
Paint a “Higher Sense of Reality”
Joseph McGurl wants to capture the human and spiritual dimensions of the landscape with his plein air and studio paintings. He explains how he...
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...
Artist +1
A recent event in Sonoma allowed collectors to view pieces by friends of established painters, enriching an exhibition, exposing new artists to potential buyers,...
Ten More Artists Qualify for Big $15,000 Prize
PleinAir readers were hard on juror Skip Whitcomb: The Colorado artist had a tough time choosing the finalists in PleinAir magazine's August/September contest, part...
The Best of This Year’s Impressionist Paintings
Who were the big winners at the 14th Annual American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition? Some new faces and some familiar ones. ...
Familiar Name Among Shorewood Winners
Tom Nachreiner took home the Best of Show award at the Plein Air Shorewood event, and a familiar name nabbed First Place. ...
Mendocino Loves Various Media
Most plein air events don't differentiate among media, or they show a bias toward oils. Not so in Mendocino, California. The Medocino Open Paint...
Painting on a Forbidden Island
What's it like to paint in one of the few spots in the world the U.S. government forbids (most) of its citizens from visiting?
In...
Celebrated Painter Judges Show in Vermont
A First Place award can make an artist feel good, and it looks good on a resume. But it's even better when an internationally...
Big Payoffs in Rockies Competition
With a top prize valued at more than $4,000, the Plein Air Rockies 2013 Competition attracted some strong painters. Who went home with awards?...