PleinAir Magazine

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PLEIN AIR Heritage

PleinAir Magazine

The Destination Was Never the Point - Until Now

Notes From the Back Roads

Studio Landscape

Midwestern Art Spotlight

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Homegrown Inspiration

Painting in Shorthand • From Degas and Sargent to today’s plein air painters, gouache has always rewarded artists looking for clarity and speed.

Parallel Play • A conversation with artist couple Kelley Mogilka and Mason Williams about the shared creative practice they’ve built from two solitary careers running side by side.

The Tyranny of the Ideal • A painter reckons with the impossible standards that kept him from seeing his own field studies dearly — and discovers what happens when he finally lets them stand on their own.

Five on the Rise • Meet the young plein air painters everyone is talking about. Learn what inspires them, the breakthroughs behind their growth, and why now is the perfect time to collect their work.

Painting Past the Fear of a Big Canvas • From toning the surface to choosing the right easel, this California artist walks you through the process that let him complete a 24 x 48-inch plein air painting in just two hours.

The Making of a Midwestern Style • A look at the artists, art colonies, and federal programs that have shaped more than a century of serious landscape painting across the American heartland.

Events

Salon Art PRIZE • MASTER ARTIST PEGGY IMMEL UNVEILS THE TOP PAINTINGS FROM THE JUNE COMPETITION.

Salon Art PRIZE • MASTER ARTIST BILL DAVIDSON ANNOUNCES HIS TOP PICKS FROM THE JULY COMPETITION.

Painting the Familiar • Jeremy Sams proves you don’t need a perfect view — you just need to really see the one you’ve got.

Postcards from the Road