Artist and Collector Profiles

Help us congratulate this artist for winning Overall First Place in the May 2024 PleinAir® Salon, judged by D. Eleinne Basa, Artist and 1st PleinAir Salon Grand Prize Winner.

One look at the oil paintings of Martin Geiger and it’s evident where his artistic education took place ...

I am a big fan of Dutch art, and so I think I’m drawn to dark atmospheric canvases in general. Of course I know McSorley’s, but ...

Fine Art Connoisseur applauds collectors like this, who see art as far more than ...

Snowy scenes or dusk, early morning, or fog are a favorite of mine with the fading to nothing. The soft and subtle variations are an inspiration.

For the last several years, all of their fine art collection acquisitions have been through ...

A winner of the monthly PleinAir Salon shares how his stunning painting, "An Eagle's View," came to be.

To paint the radiant, stained-glass colors in flowers, I’ve discovered the intensity of acrylic inks on a white canvas. In oils, I start with saturated transparent color or apply it as a glaze at the end. I learned combining realism with abstraction in my compositions feels most natural.

Watch the PleinAir Salon awards ceremony filmed live from the 2024 Plein Air Convention and see who won top places.

With the passing of Roy Chief Rose, the plein air art world lost one of its most ardent advocates; A tribute by Joe Paquet.