The worlds of art and nature will collide in a four-part, plein-air drawing and painting workshop led by artist Maria Botti Villegas throughout 2026.

Health experts warn of long-term respiratory and neurological risks as smoke from burning oil spreads across the region.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The Quayside Art Gallery in Pensacola is set to hold the Pensacola Plein Air Paint-Out with events going through the whole month of April. According to a press release, ...

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Truth be told, I rarely wear foundation these days. Five years ago, I wore it religiously—mostly to veil hyperpigmentation, but also because I hadn’t yet moved on from my 2016 routine. We really wore ...

Elaine Mathews still has her first plein air painting, a junior high art project. “Our teacher let us set up in front of the school,” says the artist, who grew up in Compton. The scene she proudly ...

If you want oil paintings of aspen trees or cityscapes, Sparky Lebold is not your guy. But if you want traditional, richly textured landscapes of the sea, open spaces, rundown buildings, figures and ...

In the 1780s, French painter Pierre Henri de Valenciennes produced a landscape of the Channel coast. To do so, he painted not from memory or from a sketch, but directly from the source—by stepping ...

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.

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery, St. Meinrad, IN, will host an exhibit of oil paintings and pastels by Iris Gentry from October 17 to December 2, 2025. Gentry enjoys working in oils and ...

Students and professionals alike are showing their talent as they paint the Laguna Beach coastline this week. The Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational brings in 30 of the country’s best plein air ...