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This painting by Kathleen Hudson won Best of Show at the Augusta Plein Air Festival in Augusta, Missouri. |
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Tammie Dickerson painted the redbuds. Photo by Greg Summers | Missouri Event Begins Plein Air Season in Earnest Plein air events happen year round, but things get very busy in the spring, peak in the summer, and stay humming through autumn. The Augusta Plein Air Art Festival is a definitive marker stating that the plein air painting season is underway -- more than 130 artists descend upon the Missouri town of 253 in early May for 11 days of painting and activities. [read more] |
"Afternoon Stroll," by Michele Usibelli, 2013, gouache, 12 x 12 in. Winner of the Allen Plein Air Award at the Women Artists of the West's 44th Annual National Exhibition |
Experimentation Wins in WAoW Show In confirmation that taking chances often pays off in art, the plein air prize at the Women Artists of the West's 44th Annual National Exhibition went to an experiment conducted by Michelle Usibelli. [read more] |
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"Poppy Mound," by Robin Purcell, 2014, watercolor, 16 x 20 in. |
Poppy Serendipity A viewer seeing Robin Purcell's new painting "Poppy Mound" wouldn't know just how special the view is, but the artist does. [read more] |
The Salton Sea, in California |
My Favorite Place to Paint: Andrew Dickson Strange, bleak, apocalyptic, with a narrow value range -- sounds like an ideal place to paint. [read more] |
"Alone in Warsaw," by William Schneider, oil, 20 x 16 in. First Place at the Artists Association of Northern Colorado's 22nd National Exhibition and Sale | Schneider On Color William Schneider has a reputation for being a good student of art. Since the 1990s, he has applied himself to understanding the whys and hows of painting, so the news that he is starting a blog is good. His first post gives an idea of what's in store. [read more] |
"Sun's Out, Eastpoint," by Leon Holmes, 2014, oil on board, 9 x 12 in. Winner of the Quick Draw competition at the Forgotten Coast En Plein Air event, held recently in Apalachicola, Florida. |
Catch It While You Can: Scenes on Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein air painters are sometimes reminded that they are unwittingly documenting a scene that may soon no longer exist. This works on the macro and micro levels. [read more] |
"Sharonville Chevy," by Margie Lakeberg, 2014, oil on panel, 6 x 6 in. |
Why This Works: Making a Square Format Work 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, Margie Lakeberg's "Sharonville Chevy." [read more] |
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"Moss Beach Cove," by Ed Terpening, oil on linen, 9 x 12 in. |
Theme and Variations, Plein Air Style Ed Terpening has been thinking about art, and about music. And he's noticing some similarities. [read more] |
Jean Stern, executive director of the Irvine Museum in Irvine, California, recently won an Independent Publisher Book Award for his tome Art of the National Parks: Historic Connections -- Contemporary Interpretations. | Jean Stern Wins IPPY Award Jean Stern, the art historian who serves as the executive director of the Irvine Museum, in Irvine, California, was recently given the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for his book Art of the National Parks: Historic Connections -- Contemporary Interpretations. [read more] |
How the head of WIPAPA looks in the sideview mirror on a chilly day. Photo by Atrayu Thompson | Parting Shot: Warm in the Car Grandma paints in all kinds of weather. I'll just take her picture from inside this cozy car. [read more] |
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