Published bi-monthly, PleinAir® magazine is focused on landscape paintings by historical and contemporary artists, art collections, events, and the process of creating plein air paintings. Beautifully designed with rich reproductions on high-quality paper, PleinAir features the top artists and artworks from around the world.
PleinAir Magazine, August/September ’24
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ON THE COVER: Camille Przewodek, “Sonoma Farm Vista,” 2019, oil, 9 x 12 in., private collection, plein air; The plein air world lost a beloved painter when Camille passed away, just before this issue was published. (See the article “We Say Goodbye to Camille Przewodek” here.)
COLUMNS:
- Plein Air Heritage
- Publisher’s Letter: What Will Your Storybook Life Be?
- Editor’s Note: Paint What You Know
- PleinAir Salon
- Postcards From the Road
FEATURES:
- 13TH ANNUAL PLEIN AIR SALON
Winners Announced - PLEIN AIR PORTFOLIO
The Poetry of Glass, Wood, and Steel: Seventeen artists glorify the beauty in the built environment. - CLARE BOWEN
A Special Brand of Light: Making her home in a fishing village with a rich artistic history, this UK artist finds infinite inspiration in the unique effects of water on the quality of light.
By Jenn Rein - SPECIAL FEATURE
The Science of Beauty: What’s with artists drawing elaborate grids on their canvases, and how does it spur rather than stifle creativity? The answers lie within a study of dynamic symmetry.
By Bob Bahr - ALEX HILLKURTZ
A Hollywood Ending: This watercolor painter found exciting work drawing storyboards for movies before a chance to live in Paris altered his career course and set him on an idyllic path.
By Bob Bahr - SPECIAL FEATURE
Women’s Work: A unique exhibition challenges preconceived notions of women’s contributions to the way of life in the American West.
By Kelly Kane - THE ELEMENTS
Pastel Fix-It Guide: Shawn Dell Joyce, Lyn Diefenbach, Kathleen Kalinowski, and Heidi A. Marshall offer practical solutions to three common problems pastel artists face when painting on location.
By Kelly Kane - EXPANDED DIGITAL EDITION CONTENT
Honoring Nature: An exhibition on display now shines a light on early Southern Appalachian landscape painting.
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