Using small pieces of paper and a compact palette of paint, Remington Robinson paints mini plein air paintings that could fit ...

The Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. has proven its staying power over the years, its annual invitational event reminding the community of its roots as a colony of artists that gravitated to its ...

On a piece of rocky ground at the base of a steep bank along the mist-shrouded Little River, oil painter Olena Babak sets up her easel. It’s late in the day to be starting a new piece—less than three ...

A painting of the Brookville area by Sandy Hall, a Greenfield artist and retired art teacher. Hall is the guest artist at the Southside Art League in October, showing a collection of paintings in the ...

As for plein air painting, it's having a full-blown renaissance. A few years back, Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson told ...

Artists will brush Laguna Beach’s natural beauty onto canvas at the 16th annual Plein Air Painting Invitational, presented by the Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. The eight-day event, which kicked off ...

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In the 1780s, French painter Pierre Henri de Valenciennes produced a landscape of the Channel coast. To do so, he painted not from memory or from a sketch, but directly from the source—by stepping ...

UPDATE: JC Parks posted a notice Wednesday on its Facebook page that the Plein Air Art Competition scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, has been canceled. The post notes: "We hope to bring you ...