A Landscape Painting Spotlight: Big Sky
Congratulations to Robert Niedzwiecki, whose work has been recognized in the PleinAir Salon. Here, Niedzwiecki tells us how his dramatic landscape painting, "Big Sky" came to be.
Painted Faces and Tradition Reborn
Although Teresa Oaxaca is largely focused on perfecting her techniques and aesthetic, her body of work already demonstrates her immense talent, eclectic taste, and unreal potential.
Representational Painting Subjects That Are … Radical
How Sean Cheetham brings a genuine element of cool — a unique and honest edginess — to contemporary representational painting, which can often seem like "the art world’s nerd corner."
On Winning with the Watercolor “Winter’s Reflection”
The winner of this recent PleinAir Salon round shares the challenges, inspiration, and techniques from her winning work.
Artist Spotlight: Nina Cobb Walker
After spending many years working at honing her skills, and living in El Paso Texas, Nina gets to see these brilliant sunset skies on either sides of the mountain, convey the beauty.
Artist Spotlight: Laurie Hendricks
There is beauty everywhere, even in the mundane, and my job as an artist is to interpret that beauty and reveal it to the world using color and light.
Artist Spotlight: Denise Antaya
Through art we can emotionally connect to others and see that we are not that different. Art brings hope in an ever-changing world.
Answering the Call: Nature Paintings by Bob White
Painters paint what they know, love, and understand, which for many means the infinite sources of inspiration found in nature. Deeply moved by his life experiences “running amok” in the rural Midwest, this artist has found his own creative way to answer the call of the wild.
Artist Spotlight: Peter Swift
Most of my work features circles, because I believe that the human brain has a deep psychological connection to circles.
Artist Spotlight: Brad Teare
Brad Teare finds the artist’s life is an adventure and despite the difficulties, he can’t imagine living any other life.