Ahhhh! En plein air: making art "in the open air" is a simple concept....

Art Business News;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......People may get hung up on the verbiage en plein air when trying to understand this genre of...the concept is refreshingly simple. En plein air is a French term that means in the open air. Plein air in the painter's world refers to paintings...

Art in the here . . . the now: Plein air artists who leave studios for the...

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  May 20, 2006 ;     525 words ......Hofreiter has come into the light. She paints plein air, stepping out of the studio to fill her...the smell of a place -- as she paints. Plein air -- French for in the open air -- is a...never changes. It can be very boring. Plein air painting is taking place all over Central...

'Plein air' art event to open in Alameda

Oakland Tribune;  July 19, 2006 ;     650 words ......air," which means "in the open air" or "outdoor." Plein air painting became popular in the mid-1800s, especially...with the "Society of Six," a group of East Bay "plein air" painters. It's enjoying a modern revival. "(Artists...as it quickly moves and changes ... the magic of 'plein ...

L'Auberge de Sedona Hosts Renowned Artists and Plein Air Festival's...

PR Newswire;  October 13, 2005 ;     372 words ......Sedona Arts Center's Premiere Plein Air Festival, a Celebration of...34 of the nation's finest plein air artists on October 29, 2005...the artists in action. En plein air, French for in the open air...Terrace on the Creek. About the Plein Air Festival The 2005 Paint ...

Plein Air Pleasures.(Brief Article)

Art Business News;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Though it's been a century since plein air artists began dominating the California...ones heading to e hills, sand and surf. Plein air artists re dragging their canvases to...fresh air. Painting in open air, or en plein air was popularized during the late 19th...

Plein Air artists proud of their work as outsiders

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 26, 2004 ;     560 words ......with a group called the Plein Air Painters of Chicago. Bemus...Though both paint in the Plein Air style, they don't always...both agree on, it's that Plein Air painting can accomplish...each other." Though the Plein Air movement is particularly...winter here." Even ...

INCREASED VISIBILITY PLEIN AIR GROUP IS HOLDING ITS FIRST NATIONAL EXHIBIT

Albuquerque Journal;  December 9, 2005 ;     485 words ......was surprised to find no association of plein air artists. Back home, where she'd taken...art to practice law, she belonged to Plein Air Florida and participated in their outdoor...paint out," and just over a year later, Plein Air New Mexico is hosting its first national...

Pretty as a Picture; The Carmel Art Festival sponsors a plein air painting...

Coast Weekly;  May 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ......sculpture in the galleries, there will be a Plein Air Painting Competition, Silent Auction...festival, will pit the winners of the plein air competition, who will be announced Saturday...to Point Lobos, to paint a picture en plein air for the competition. Of these, fewer...

Last week to view 'Plein Air'

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  January 25, 2008 ;     554 words ......and studio styles at the third annual show of the Plein Air Painters of Chicago - Southwest (PAPC- SW). Event-goe...frequently, even by other artists, is "What exactly Is Plein Air Painting," they chose to answer by "showing." That...of these emerging artists is displaying not only plein ...

Plein air exhibit

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 13, 2008 ;     17 words ...Plein air paintings by Dean Bradshaw will be at the Pickett Fairbanks Gallery (39 I Street) through June 18.

Aritists invited to join Plein Air event

Redlands Daily Facts;  August 29, 2007 ;     555 words ......campus will be captured during the UR in Plein Air event this October. The idea for UR in Plein Air came during a brainstorming session for...artists who want to participate in UR in Plein Air. The deadline for entering is Thursday...

out in the OPEN Artist shunned '70s abstraction for plein air realism

Albuquerque Journal;  November 25, 2005 ;     458 words ......Joe Anna Arnett, who tonight presents plein air paintings made in the Central region...oils in this, her first show devoted to plein air work, were begun as teaching tools for...their daily business in the company of plein air painters. "I've never painted on the...

In Plein Air; Painter and art teacher Mark Farina puts his own stamp on...

Coast weekly;  January 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ...They seem to be everywhere these days: plein air painters whose buttery little works capture...art historical game playing. Instead, plein air painters opt for the familiar world of...Peninsula and La Jolla, has a community of plein air practitioners who can be seen under their...

Thomas Kinkade adopts new style in Plein Air Collection.(Up Front, Media...

Art Business News;  October 1, 2003 ;     173 words ......paintings from artist Thomas Kinkade in September. Titled the Plein Air Collection, it offers a different style of painting than...harbor, Hawaii, Arizona and Ellis Island. When I paint plein air images, I feet that there is a collaboration at work, said Kinkade. In a sense, that is true of all ...

Paint by numbers, then plein air

Redlands Daily Facts;  September 20, 2007 ;     348 words ...Patricia Rose Ford's plein air work is on display in the gathering...college which is when I started my plein air work. When I started they called it...been doing watercolors, mostly. The plein air work I've been doing is usually pastels...