The first time I saw plein air painters doing their thing near Traverse City, we were cycling the Leelanau Peninsula and were taking a break at picturesque Fishtown. A dozen painters had easels set up ...

PORT ANGELES — Gretha Lindwood’s not usually a coffee drinker, but she sips when she paints. The caffeine keeps her gloved, pastel-powdery hands busy. By now, the Portland, Ore., painter knows what ...

After a morning of plein air painting, retired engineer Walter Pasko, 86, packs up his handmade portable easel and tool box in downtown West Stockbridge. Pasko, who lives in Lanesborough, is a member ...

There are a lot of ways to enjoy nature in the Pacific Northwest. You can go hiking, mountain biking, or trail running. There’s kayaking, white water rafting and rock climbing. Or you can break out an ...

When plein air painters gathered along the Carmel coastline in the nascent 1900s, setting their easels in the sandy loam long before there was a scenic road or paved pathway, and well before the sea ...

The changing leaves ebbed and flowed in the wind as the sun shone down on the many painters participating in the 7th Annual Paint It Orange Plein Air Paint-Out, taking place Oct. 4-6, across Orange ...

With portable easels, paints and canvases in tow, more than 30 local artists filled various nooks and crannies in downtown Cary on Saturday to paint "en plein air." With portable easels, paints and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X As part of its 50th birthday celebration, Columbia hosted its first plein air art event where ...

There are challenges to painting 'plein air' any time of the year, but especially the autumn months. Yes, there are brilliant fall colors, but... Oct 21, 2020 — There are challenges to painting 'plein ...

Paint the town! Local artists registered in the Denver Plein Air Arts Fest have been taking their talents to the streets — and the foothills — painting locations around town.The artists “set up an ...