The deadlines to apply to annual plein air painting events usually come in the early months of each year, and many of the biggest 2011 festivals have already selected the artists who will participate this year. However, several other festivals with big prizes and eager collectors are still accepting applications. Here are a few you [...]

Plein air painting is indeed a community of enthusiastic collectors, dealers, artists, and suppliers offering encouragement and support to each other. We  at PleinAir™ magazine are especially pleased with the groundswell of support we have received for the relaunch of the beloved magazine, and that’s part of the reason we delayed the  original publication date [...]

Joseph McGurl, a member of the PleinAir magazine Board of Advisors, recently sent me an essay he wrote about the distinction between paintings based primarily on photographs and those he considered to be truly “realistic.” Although Joe was referring to studio painting, his remarks have particular relevance to plein air painting. ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY There [...]

Two of the artists I have been researching for PleinAir magazine created great paintings that were not valued when they were finished. One is William R. Leigh (1866-1955) who traveled to Africa to create plein air paintings that would serve as the basis of dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and [...]

What comments and questions have you heard from passers-by while you are painting outdoors? Here are few things said to me. Share your experiences so we can all have a laugh, or feel sorry for ourselves. Steve@pleinairmagazine.com “What are you painting?” “You covered up the numbers really well.” “My [uncle, sister, cousin, neighbor] is also [...]

I have an enormous amount of admiration for every member of the PleinAir ™ magazine Board of Advisors, and I am honored they quickly agreed to offer their  advice to subscribers. I want to introduce a few of those board members and encourage you to visit their websites. The first new issue of PleinAir ™ [...]

I will be one of three judges of a new art contest about national, state, provincial, county, and city parks that will result in a traveling exhibition. AMERICA’S PARK Through the Beauty of Art is a competition and exhibition open to all artists in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Original works of art depicting parks [...]

We are delighted to announce the relaunch of PleinAir ™ magazine! PleinAir ™ magazine was a favorite magazine of artists, collectors, dealers, and suppliers when it was published from 2004-2006. The quarterly print and digital journal is back by popular demand from the international community of people who love artwork based on direct observations of nature. [...]

B. Eric Rhoads, publisher of PleinAir  has announced the appointment of an advisory board for the magazine. “These people represent some of the finest professionals within the world of plein air. Though they are just a small sampling of the many great people they carry tremendous experience and clout and will be an invaluable asset [...]

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Artists, Collectors, Suppliers, Schools, and Dealers have been asking for the return of Plein Air magazine since it was converted to Fine Art Connoisseur magazine in 2006. Now it is back with the same respected publisher, B. Eric Rhoads, and a veteran editor, M. Stephen Doherty. The marketing manager for Plein [...]