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16th Annual California Landscape Exhibition
California landscape — especially en plein air — never gets old because the state is filled with an infinite variety of breathtaking views. For 16 years, collectors and enthusiasts have always eagerly awaited this fantastic exhibition.
Red Wing Recap
The Red Wing Plein Air competition in Minnesota recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a prolific display of artistic mastery between June 21-24, with juror and judge Joshua Cunningham charged with the task of determining winners in 2017. Who were they?
Buchs at the “Big Brown Barn”
Founding member of the Wisconsin Plein Air Painters Association and talented painter Thomas Buchs currently has his luminous plein air works on view at the “Big Brown Barn.” With a name like that, how could you miss it?!
FRESH! Results at Milford
First-time plein air events in 2017 abound, including Fresh! in Milford, Michigan, which featured 42 regional participants and an entertaining quick draw. Do you recognize the winners?
Featured Artwork: Brienne M. Brown
“Side Entrance”
Watercolor on Paper
10 x 14 in.
Available Through Artist’s Studio
www.briennembrown.com
Impressions in Watercolor
Bringing the Everyday to Life
About Brienne:
From a young age, Brienne Brown loved art...
“Paint Camp” Exceeds Expectations
Nestled by a beautiful lake with a mountain view and the smell of deep green pines high in the mountains of upstate New York near the Canadian border is a camp for painters, which occurs just once a year. Like a camp for kids, instead of making pot holders and lanyards, adult campers make art… lots of art. Two paintings a day minimum.
Featured Artwork: Eli Cedrone
“Early Morning Cape Ann”
Oil on Linen
36 x 24 in.
About the Artist:
"I've always been influenced by the power of images to express ideas and emotions....
An Eden in the ‘Concrete Jungle’
The New York Botanical Gardens recently hosted a paint-out invitational with more than 20 established plein air painters on hand. Beautiful settings + talented artists = worth your attention.
Painting Values and Your Design
Can anyone imagine doing a painting without using a number of values? Well, as an abstract design possibly, but it would be a weak design, depending solely on color for its strength. So strong are values in the painting process that the old adage is true that says: “In painting, values do all the work, but color takes all the credit.”
Eureka!
It was a proud moment for 10 painters as they took home a collective 14 prizes this spring in Arkansas during this second annual plein air event. Don’t blink, this could be the next big plein air competition!
There’s Still Time (and Spots!)
Who says summer camp is only for kids?! PleinAir magazine’s Eric Rhoads is inviting YOU to the Publisher’s Invitational Painters Camp in New York’s stunning Adirondack Mountains this June. There are only a few spots still available, so don’t wait!
The Winning Painting That Almost Didn’t Make It
2017 PleinAir Salon Grand Prize Winner Kathleen Hudson retells the remarkable story of how her winning painting was created in this exclusive video interview. The most shocking part? It almost never happened. How?
Sunday Morning Coffee with Eric Rhoads: Four Words to Live By
This morning as I sit here on the back porch, I’m watching a mama sparrow bringing food to her babies in a nest tucked into the rafters of our porch. The little birds are learning to fly. I’m watching them hop from the nest to the blades of our ceiling fan and then on to the branches of the stately oaks in the back yard. As they jump, they first fall before they engage their wings, which then propel them to the next branch. If they forget to use their wings, which they do from time to time, they hit the ground, then shake it off, hop to a branch, and start over. Birds learn like we all learn. Trial and error.
Featured Artwork: John Pototschnik
“Land of Abundance”
35 x 65 in.
Oil
$18,900
The paintings of John Pototschnik (Poe-toe-sh-nick) bring into focus an “America We All Love”…an America of small towns, farms,...
Featured Artwork: Thomas Jefferson Kitts
“Deadline Falls”
Oil on linen
12 x 16 in.
en plein air
$1900 US + shipping
Click here to purchase this painting…
“It was a perfect morning to paint outside...
Abundant Sunshine and Smiles in San Diego for #PACE17
Thousands of artists and plein air enthusiasts are living large in San Diego, California, this week for the 6th Annual PleinAir Convention & Expo, which opened with a spectacular celebration just a few nights ago.
Featured Artwork: Karen Ann Hitt
"Last Light- Forgotten Coast"
Oil on linen
30 x 40 in.
A reconnected inspiration: While painting a 6x8” Plein Air last year, two John Henry Twachtman paintings...
Giant New Zealand Mosquitoes?
A travelogue about the recent Publisher’s Invitational Painters’ Trip to New Zealand, by Eric Rhoads of PleinAir Magazine
Olmsted Winners Brave Tornado Warnings and Floods
Nature — and some miscreants who decided to set an interstate overpass on fire — seemed intent on discouraging the participants in the Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, but plein air painters are not so easily put off.
Big Winners in the Big State of Texas
The Plein Air Southwest Salon recently announced its awards, chosen by Kenn Erroll Backhaus. Who won in the Lone Star State?