"Plein air" painting is a French expression that means "in the open air." It refers to the act of painting outdoors. Plein air painting was made possible through the invention of paint tubes that ...

The passion for plein-air painting is alive and well in Astoria and surrounding areas. Plein-air art provides the viewer with a window into natural wonders, captured in the moment by the artist.

On a picture-perfect morning at Crocker Park, students in a plein air painting class set up their easels and got to work capturing the idyllic harbor scene in front of them. “It’s just heaven here,” ...

Come Paint with Me, the free, non-instructional en plein air program, will celebrate its 20th anniversary Thursday at the place it all began: Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford. The ...

Over the rainy weekend, thirty-seven oil painters, watercolorists, pastelists and acrylic artists descended on Northbrook to paint the town as part of an annual four-day painting festival. The Plein ...

On a piece of rocky ground at the base of a steep bank along the mist-shrouded Little River, oil painter Olena Babak sets up her easel. It’s late in the day to be starting a new piece—less than three ...

A painting by Sandy Hall, a Greenfield artist and retired art teacher. Hall is the guest artist at the Southside Art League in October, showing a collection of paintings in the Off Broadway Gallery.

If the sky is blue and the weather is warm, chances are Peter Plant can be found with a box of painting supplies and a canvas in tow. The 69-year-old from Middletown is one of 35 plein-air artists ...