Artist Sandy Binger gets ready to add some green to her painting of the Swimming River Sunday. Binger was one of about 35 ...

In the last four days, we’ve seen all kinds of weather: rain, heat, clouds, winds, even hazy smoke. And artists from around ...

Below are 10 events to check out across the valley this week, and I hope you'll consider attending one to beat the heat and ...

April 25, 2025 (San Diego’s East County – The Anza-Borrego Desert ... it. Art aficionados can check out the Borrego Arts Institute, which hosts special exhibits as well as a plein air ...

The online listing for ART 198, Yavapai College’s Plein Air Workshop, describes the summer course as “classroom-based.” But ...

We're celebrating our 2025 graduates and emerging spring foliage with a plein air painting session at the Bunker Interpretive Center plaza. We welcome families of grads to join us for this workshop ...

The desert has a way of captivating artists and acting as a muse. For over a century, its wide-open spaces and distinctive light have drawn all types of creatives — from plein air painters to ...

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Baker is a disciple of plein-air — or open air — painting, an artistic tradition that spans centuries. "I paint in pouring rain, I paint in light misty rain — but I'm also not afraid of ...

a fine example of how artists in the Madras school interpreted the 19th Century European technique of Plein Air painting (derived from the French expression, en plein air, that translates to ‘in ...

Plein Air means “paint open outside”. With just a few hours to work each day, artists have to find a spot and turn a blank canvas into a unique piece of art depicting what they are seeing.

Mirra went on to travel across 21 states and 33 countries, practicing a concept known as “plein air” — the act of creating art outdoors, using one’s surroundings as a reference. Mirra emphasized the ...