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"Sombrero," by John Cook, oil, 16 x 20 in. Best of Show |
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"Early Morning Run," by Kathleen Newman, pastel, 12 x 12 in. Second Place | 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. [read more] |
"March Afternoon," by Peggy Root, oil, 36 x 40 in. First Place |
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 of the PleinAir Salon. Who did he pick? [read more] |
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"Open Gate," by Gayle Levée, 2010, oil on panel, 14 x 11 in. Private collection |
Getting Vibrant Light in Your Painting Gayle Levée was making a point in one of her classes, and it inadvertently led to a new style of painting for her, one in which color temperature is paramount in her underpainting, thus enhancing the sense of light. [read more] |
Andras Bality begins the oil painting that eventually helped him win the Artists' Choice award in the 1st Annual Bath County Plein Air Festival. |
Patrons Decided on Awards in Bath County, VA Members of the public voted for three of the awards presented during the 1st Annual Bath County Plein Air Festival, in Warm Springs, Virginia. The participating artists selected the winner of the Artists' Choice award. Find out which four artists took home substantial prize money. [read more] |
"Christina in the Shallows," by Kim Carlton, 2012, oil, 10 x 8 in. | My Favorite Place to Paint: Kim Carlton Texas painter Kim Carlton has named her upcoming show "Power and Peace," and that's just what she finds at her favorite place to paint. [read more] |
"Washington's Crossing Atmosphere," by Robert J. Simone, oil on linen, 10 x 16 in. |
Why This Works: "Washington's Crossing Atmosphere" In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they succeed as painted images. This week, Robert J. Simone's "Washington's Crossing Atmosphere." [read more] |
Detail of "Laguna Cliffs II," by Debra Joy Groesser |
Up Close: The Legacy of the West, at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum Debra Joy Groesser knew she had to depict the three palm trees in "Laguna Cliffs" to balance the composition. She also knew they shouldn't take over the painting. So here's what she did.... [read more] |
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"Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria," by Frederic Edwin Church, 1883, oil, 40 1/16 x 60 1/8 in. Collection the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO |
How the American Masters Painted the Landscape The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis is presenting a landscape show that illuminates how past American masters painted the land. Contemporary plein air artists would do well to stop in and see it. [read more] |
These artists gather yearly for an artist retreat in New Mexico. This year, they chose the Edward Sargent Wilderness Area, which is located northwest of Chama, NM. | Inspired by Sargent (Wilderness Area) Each year, six friends gather in New Mexico for an artist retreat, and this year they turned to Sargent -- the Edward Sargent Wilderness Area, 20,000 acres of wild country northwest of Chama. [read more] |
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David Forks and David Smith paint at Brooks Lake, located in the Absaroka Mountain Range in Wyoming. | Parting Shot: Purple Mountain Majesties David Forks (right) painted alongside David Smith, dean of the School of Professional Studies at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas, during the recent SKB workshop in Dubois, Wyoming. [read more] |
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