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 ...

The beauty to be found in the region’s landscape is well known by the Southern California Plein Air Painters Assn., which has organized countless plein air paint-outs throughout Orange County, ...

CAPITOLA — About 40 artists from around Santa Cruz County, the Bay Area and across the country set up their easels in the open air around Capitola Village on a warm and sunny Saturday for the 10th ...

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 ...

More than 50 original paintings created outdoors across Franklin and Adams Counties are expected to be featured in the Mountain Valley Plein Air Painters’ 9th Annual Exhibition, scheduled for Oct. 25 ...

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 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 Off Broadway Gallery.

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 ...

Students and professionals alike are showing their talent as they paint the Laguna Beach coastline this week. The Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational brings in 30 of the country’s best plein air ...

"Historic Impressions on a Modern Canvas," presented by the St. Johns Cultural Council and the St. Augustine Art Association, opens Oct. 9 at the Rotunda Gallery in the St. Johns County Administration ...

Park Place Mall swapped shopping bags for brush strokes Saturday as more than 40 artists gathered for Tucson’s first Plein Air Festival, hosted by the Southern Arizona Arts and Culture Alliance. The ...

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