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"Chasing Light," by Kim Casebeer, oil, 36 x 36 in. Honorable Mention in the 2nd Annual PleinAir Salon |
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"St. John's Church, Richmond," by Stewart White, watercolor. Grand Prize winner in the 3rd Annual PleinAir Salon | Secrets of a Salon Judge The PleinAir Salon deadline for its April-May contest is May 31 at midnight, meaning that many artists are now finalizing their submissions for entry by Saturday night. But what happens once the images of paintings are entered into the system? Judge Jane Bell Meyer shared with us her line of thinking when it comes to selecting winners in a competition. [read more] |
An artist enjoys a day painting on easement property managed by the Merrill Linn Conservancy. |
Land and Art: The Merrill Linn Conservancy We'll occasionally take a look at how conservation organizations are partnering with artists to preserve land and waterways. First up: the Merrill W. Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. [read more] |
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A typical view of a ranch outside of Livingston, Montana, where Aaron Schuerr loves to paint |
My Favorite Place to Paint: Aaron Schuerr The rugged becomes familiar if you visit it and paint it enough. Montana artist Aaron Schuerr finds that a ranch about 10 minutes from his home in the Livingston area is a great mix of the familiar and the challenging. In fact, the landscape only opens up more, the more he goes there. [read more] |
Jack Broderick was one of the painters participating in the Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival. |
Winners in Wayne Familiar names were among the winners at the 8th Annual Plein Air Festival, sponsored by the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania. [read more] |
Century-old trees were an ideal canopy under which to paint the scenes in Webster Groves, Missouri. Photo by Jeane Vogel Studios | Plein Air in St Louis More than $2,000 in prizes were awarded recently in the Paint Webster event in the St. Louis area. [read more] |
"The Susquehanna," by Jill Peckelun, 2014, oil, 12 x 24 in. First Place and Artists' Choice at the 2014 Plein Air Camp Hill Competition and Arts Festival |
Jill Peckelun Nabs Top Prize at Camp Hill Ron Donoughe served as juror at the 4th Annual Plein Air Camp Hill Competition and Arts Festival, which ran May 16-18 in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. He awarded First Place to Jill Peckelun, who also won Artists' Choice, both for her oil painting "The Susquehanna." [read more] |
"Detour," by Jimmy Longacre, 2014, oil on canvas panel, 11 x 14 in. |
Why This Works: Light's Effect on Color 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, Jimmy Longacre's "Detour." [read more] |
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Jean-Pierre Jacquet's view and his painting of Robert Frank |
Painting History, Inadvertently When Jean-Pierre Jacquet set up in Greenwich Village recently, he wasn't trying to paint a culturally significant site. But that's what he did. [read more] |
"Back of the Wharf," by Aimee Erickson, 2014, oil, 14 x 11 in. First Place | Carmel Arts Festival Winners John Burton served as juror at the Carmel Arts Festival, which ran May 15-18 in Carmel, California. Aimee Erickson walked away with top honors for her oil painting "Back of the Wharf." [read more] |
A painting start so good it can make an artist croon to a cow | Parting Shot: Bovine Serenade Kentucky painter Diane Young isn't afraid of cows -- not really. But mama cows can be protective, and things were getting chummy ... so ... she sang to them as they approached her. [read more] |
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