PleinAir Magazine

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PleinAir Magazine

EXPRESSIONS OF THE GRAND CANYON

You Are Enlisted

Making Connections

MARSHA HAMBY SAVAGE

Did you know

SALON

Art Criticism (What Is It Good For?) • Do critics really have the power to make or break careers? The answer may surprise you.

City Sights

King of the Mountains • Among the first to capture the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada, Edgar Alwin Payne would become known as one of the country's greatest Western landscape painters, inspiring generations of artists with his approach to composition, brushwork, and color.

PAYNE'S LEGACY

Undercover Beauty • For this New Mexico painter, pastel is the ideal vehicle for capturing the oft-hidden details of the desert.

DEMONSTRATION: THE FINE ART OF FINE-TUNING

Risk Leads to Discovery This Missouri acrylir painter • This Missouri acrylic painter strives to depict beauty with a mix of simplicity and just enough detail.

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah • The week before the Plein Air Convention & Expo, nine top artists — Daniel Marshall, Jane Hunt, Aaron Schuerr, Kathleen Hudson, Mark Shasha, Brienne M. Brown, Stephanie Hartshorn, Mark Fehlman, and Chula Beauregard — shared a house in the heart of red rock country to capture the iconic views and enjoy the camaraderie of friends and like-minded contemporaries. Here's their story.

WHAT TO KNOW IF YOU GO

Varietyt is the Spice of Life • Soft and hard edges, opaque marks on a transparent underpainting, thick and thin strokes, darks and lights, all work together to make a scene come alive in pastel.

DEMONSTRATION: CAPTURING A SENSE OF LIFE

SALON • ARTIST CAMILLE PRZEWODEK NAMES HER TOP PICKS FROM THE APRIL COMPETITION.

SALON • KAREN HAGAN, ARTIST AND OWNER OF HAGAN FINE ART GALLERY, GIVES HIGH MARKS TO THESE PAINTINGS FROM THE MAY COMPETITION.

PLEIN AIR Events

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Postcards from the Road

11TH ANNUAL PLEINAIR SALON FINALISTS • FROM MORE THAN 250 ENTRIES IN THE 11TH ANNUAL PLEINAIR SALON, 25 FINALISTS WERE SELECTED TO BE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE GRAND PRIZE. THE 15 PAINTINGS FEATURED HERE ROUND OUT THAT GROUP.