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"Mt Carillon," by Mike Hernandez, gouache on illustration board, 5 x 5 in. |
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One of the breathtaking scenes near Lone Pine, California | My Favorite Place to Paint: Mike Hernandez Mike Hernandez has moved around a little bit through the years, but he keeps coming back to one spot. It used to be his choice for outdoor sports, but these days, he goes there for painting. [read more] |
"Garnet Lake," by Randall Sexton, 2009, oil on panel, 14 x 18 in. |
PACE Faculty: Randall Sexton Randall Sexton stopped painting purely abstract paintings decades ago (for the most part). But his background in abstraction continues to strongly inform his work -- a topic he plans to address in his presentation at the Plein Air Convention & Expo in Monterey, California, April 7-11. [read more] |
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"Las Palmas Beach," by Robin Weiss, 2014, oil on panel, 12 x 9 in. |
Next Winter's Getaway: Baja California Sur, Mexico Robin Weiss discovered another spot in Mexico that beckons to plein air painters: the southern half of the narrow peninsula of Baja California, on the coast of the Pacific. He did encounter some trouble one night, though... [read more] |
Painting on location on Wekiva Island, north of Orlando |
Artists Gather at Florida Marina Plein air painters converged at a nature-oriented resort in Central Florida March 3-8 for an event held in the headwaters of the Wekiva River. [read more] |
"Dreamland," by Mike Rooney, oil, 5 x 7 in. Private collection | Why This Works: Shadows to Lead the Viewer 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, Mike Rooney's "Dreamland," still just a work in progress when photographed. [read more] |
"Bernal Ranch, San Jose," by Andrew Ballantyne, 2015, oil |
Boldly Painting What Many Omit Many artists omit things like fences when they compose a scene. Not Andrew Ballantyne. [read more] |
The Cache La Poudre River, site of the Paint the Poudre Plein Air competition in late July in Colorado |
OPPORTUNITIES: Colorado, California, Texas, and Florida Four events beckon to artists with deadlines in the next few weeks -- from California to the Florida coast. [read more] |
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Esther Williams' setup on her "flying saucer." |
A Rock With a View Esther J. Williams likes a few rocks at Crystal Cove, on the Southern California Coast, because they elevate her above eye level and provide a flat place to set up her easel above the rising tides. She also likes that they look like flying saucers. [read more] |
"Morning Delivery," by Stewart White, watercolor, 14 x 10 1/2 in. | Exhibition: "Quadrants" at Chesapeake Fine Art
Studio Four noted plein air artists in the Mid-Atlantic states will have work on display in "Quadrants," an exhibition at Chesapeake Fine Art Studio in Stevensville, Maryland, March 22 through April 5. [read more] |
What does plein air painting look like to other species? Heather H. Coen wonders. | Parting Shot: Commenting Cow Heather H. Coen thought she heard a cow snickering. [read more] |
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