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July 24, 2013
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"Roxane au Jardin," by Patricia Bellerose, oil, 20 x 16 in. Winner of the April/May contest in the PleinAir Salon. |
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"La belle s'enfuit," by Patricia Bellerose, oil, 12 x 10 in. | Painting the Figure Outdoors With Bellerose Patricia Bellerose was the overall winner in PleinAir magazine's April/May Salon contest for a piece that also won Best Floral -- but she doesn't see it as a floral painting. [read more] |
| Winning a $20,000 Fellowship Tom Nachreiner was busy when the news was announced that he had won the 22nd National Exhibition Dorothy Driehaus Mellin Fellowship for Midwestern Artists from the Oil Painters of America. And when he heard he had a call from OPA, he thought he was in trouble. [read more] |
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Richard Schmid, "Abbotsford House," 2012, oil on canvas, 30 x 50 in. © Richard Schmid | Richard Schmid Painting Presented to Queen Elizabeth II A recently completed painting by the renowned artist Richard Schmid received an impressive audience at its installation earlier this month: There to celebrate its arrival at the Royal Opening of Abbotsford was none other than Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. [read more] |
The Grand Prize winning painting, "A Buck Twenty a Bushel," by Garin Baker. Photo by Ted Mueller |
Plein Air--Easton Winners Announced Judge Don Demers chose the following winners from the 116 paintings submitted by 58 artists at Plein Air--Easton! last weekend in Easton, Maryland. [read more] |
The view from Tony D'Amico's favorite place to paint |
My Favorite Place to Paint: Tony D'Amico Preferred painting spots can have challenging elements, breathtaking views, or untamed stretches of wild nature. But for Tony D'Amico, more than anything, there's no place like home. [read more] |
"Orange Branch," by Julia Seelos, 2013, oil on panel, 6 x 6 in. |
Painter Picks Plan B The postcard view is often not the best one for a painting. Just ask Julia Seelos. [read more] |
"A Fall Winter," by Jeff Sparks, oil, 18 x 24 in. Sparks is a founding member of the MVIS. |
Last Call: American Vistas Competition The Missouri Valley Impressionist Society reminds artists that August 1 is the deadline to enter "American Vistas," a landscape exhibition slated for the Buttonwood Art Space in Kansas City. [read more] |
Atwater Park on Lake Michigan is one of the scenic spots painters can tackle at the Shorewood event. |
Last Call: Inaugural Plein Air Shorewood Event August 1 is the deadline to register for the first annual Plein Air Shorewood event, scheduled for Sept. 19 through 21 in Milwaukee. [read more] |
Marie Vlasic and friend | How to Talk to Artists Marie Vlasic wrote a blog post about the things people should and shouldn't say to artists at an art fair, and the response has been emotional. [read more] |
Painting from Lois Dodd's show "Nudes in the Landscape," which was on view in 2005 at the New York Studio School |
Peggi Kroll-Roberts on Lois Dodd We don't always have room to include all the great information we get in artist interviews, but online we can make sure these nuggets see the light of day, such as this quote from painter Peggi Kroll-Roberts on the work of veteran artist Lois Dodd. [read more] |
"Sonoma Farmhouse," by Bruce Katz, 2013, oil, 12 x 12 in. | Parting Shot: Bruce Katz in Sonoma San Francisco painter Bruce Katz saw a house on a hill in Sonoma County and painted it from afar, with good results. [read more] |
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