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Helping Art Survive Hurricane Harvey
PleinAir and Fine Art Connoisseur magazine have set up a temporary website for artists, galleries, museums, and auction houses to register and tell their stories about Hurricane Harvey. In addition, we’re offering them a chance to participate in a free ad spread that we hope will get spaces reopened and collectors buying.
Featured Artwork: Rick J. Delanty
“Boundary, Jeremiah 5:22”
2017
20 x 24 in.
Acrylic
Available
Rick J. Delanty has been loving and appreciating nature all his life, and has been painting for over forty...
Here Comes Jeremy Sams
Artist Jeremy Sams has had a great year, winning awards at every art competition he’s entered in 2017. In addition to being featured in PleinAir magazine, the artist has also recently mounted a selling exhibition in North Carolina.
21 Years of PAAC Brilliance
Mary Williams Fine Arts in Boulder, Colorado, is the proud host of a vibrant upcoming group exhibition of plein air paintings. If you’re a fan of outdoor painting and Western vistas, you’ll be disappointed to miss this.
OPPORTUNITY: Utah? Fall? Yes — Please!
Instruction, demonstrations, art sales, painting, and so much more are on the slate for a September 13-16 event in Utah. Registration is still open for this prized plein air opportunity. Details here.
Adirondacks Produce Winners, Naturally
The 9th Annual Adirondack Plein Air Festival recently wrapped up with a first-time participant taking home the grand prize valued at $2,200. Who joined this artist in victory, and what did they receive? There’s only one way to find out...
Floyd Has Knockout Power
The Floyd Plein Air Festival is an exciting new event that grew from the success of 2016’s Plein Air Crush in Floyd, Virginia. Featuring paint-outs at Apple Ridge Farm, the Chateau Morrisette Winery, and the Blue Ridge Parkway — could you expect anything other than greatness?
Beauty Reigns Supreme in Hudson
Twenty-three regional artists recently competed for ribbon glory in Hudson, Wisconsin. The depth, skill, and range of paintings left judge Scott Lloyd Anderson with some tough decisions. Who did he decide was the “cream of the crop”? Find out here.
Is This Collecting Opportunity Worth Your Attention?
Only you can be the judge! What ever happened to the expeditionary practice of journal painting? Did it simply evolve into the massive plein air phenomenon we’re witnessing today? One artist is keeping it alive through this extraordinary opportunity.
America: The Artists’ Colony
From the 1880s through the 1940s, many artist colonies sprang up around the United States, aiding the rapid development and appreciation of American Impressionism. One East Coast museum is delving into this story through more than 50 remarkable paintings.
An Area Worth Painting
The beautiful Columbia River Gorge is a plein air painter’s dream, which is why the Pacific Northwest Plein Air festival attracts many of the country’s most vaunted artists every year. In 2017, 42 artists scaled cliffs and hiked cavernous trails to capture that perfect vista in hopes of earning the top prize.
Art Is a Universal Language
It was just about a year ago that painter Donald Neff traveled to Japan for Thanksgiving to visit his son, Justin, and to paint. He returned home with paintings, memories, and a valuable lesson.
OPPORTUNITY: Painting in Africa Offers Unique Benefits
In September 2018, PleinAir Publisher Eric Rhoads will take a special group of 50 painters to South Africa for a once-in-a-lifetime plein air safari. Accomplished painter Katerina Ring, who offers a similar painting tour in Zambia, has some encouraging thoughts about why you need to take advantage of this opportunity.
If You Open It, Paintings Will Come
That’s what gallery owner Ralph Papa and Shawn Escott are experiencing in Boca Raton, Florida, as their newly opened gallery features works by many of the nation’s top outdoor painters.
A New Board
One of the foremost plein air organizations in America is getting a new board of directors at the first of October. Who are they?
EXHIBITION: Santa Fe Sojourn
There’s a reason PleinAir magazine has chosen Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the location for next year’s Plein Air Convention & Expo. For decades — if not centuries — the city has enthralled visitors and artists with its colorful views and extraordinary climate. An esteemed gallery will soon present a summer exhibition of Santa Fe subjects by this great American artist.
*Correction* Schaller’s Salon Selections
Did you or your friends win? The recent winners of the PleinAir Salon, selected by world-renowned watercolorist Thomas W. Schaller, have been revealed! Find out here who took home awards and is in the running for the $15,000 Grand Prize.
How Would You Paint the OC?
A variety of great plein air works were recently created in the small town of Ocean City Maryland last week, earning several artists ribbons and cash prizes. Details here!
Montague’s Success Grows
Now in its fourth year, the Montague International Plein Air Art Festival enjoyed huge success in June 2017 with a record-breaking 44 participating artists and over $2000 worth of prize money. Who caught the eye of judge Brian Lorimer?
How Do You ‘#PaintItForward’?
Outdoor painting is so much more than a creative outlet—it’s a way to connect with nature, form lifelong relationships, and expose passers-by to an exciting cultural phenomenon. Discover how one ascending watercolorist is using his talents to give back to the community he captures in so many beautiful ways.