Plein Air Convention Leaves 700 Artists ‘Wowed’ in Monterey
Painters on the Monterey Peninsula in California, for the 2015 Plein Air Convention & Expo Event organizers were calling the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE) the “Woodstock of plein air...
View ArticleMcVicker Takes Top Honor, $15K in PleinAir Salon
If you feel one of your paintings is something special, don’t give up on it. That seems to be the message from Jim McVicker, the Grand Prize winner of the 2015 PleinAir Salon. McVicker made $15,000...
View ArticleYou Didn’t Win the PleinAir Salon Last Month?
Jim McVicker, the California painter who took the $15,000 Grand Prize last year in the PleinAir Salon, feels your pain. He entered his winning piece several times before the painting earned the...
View ArticleOPPORTUNITY: Easels in Frederick, MD
Paint in Downtown Frederick, Maryland, and in Frederick County at an event scheduled for June 13-18. CAP: Jason Sacran received the Grand Prize award from Wendy Poole at the 2015 edition of Easels in...
View ArticleStudio and Plein Air at Washington State’s National Park Show
The Plein Air Washington group held a show celebrating the National Park Service’s centennial, asking its members to submit a studio painting set in a park, and the plein air piece that inspired it....
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons to Enter the PleinAir Salon
Need a reason to enter the PleinAir Salon at the end of this month? We’ll give you 10. Publicity in PleinAir Magazine and Website. All the winners in the PleinAir Salon are featured in this newsletter...
View ArticleEXHIBITION: CAC Gold Medal Exhibition
The California Art Club’s 106th annual Gold Medal Exhibition is upon us, with the gala reception opening the show this Saturday, April 8. The exhibition, which will be on view April 9-30 at the Autry...
View ArticleEaston Impresses Again
One of the nation’s premier painting events, Plein Air Easton, witnessed another fantastic week of camaraderie, warm weather, and stacks of brilliant paintings. Both established and up-and-coming names...
View ArticleEXHIBITION: A Journey Along California’s Coast
The California Art Club (CAC) highlights one of the defining characteristics of the Golden State — its awe-inspiring shoreline — during a must-see exhibition titled “A Journey Along the California...
View ArticleInvitational Shines on Laguna Beach
The 19th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational was another resounding success. Each year, the event showcases the nation’s top plein air landscape painters, who compete for more than...
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