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Ken Auster proudly standing next to his Best of Show painting in Maui. Photo: Pierre Bouret
Awards:
Left to right: Billyo O'Donnell, Mary Pettis, and Colin Page. Photo: Jim Lynch	The Big Winners in Maui  The 2013 Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational Best in Show Award was presented to Ken Auster for his painting "Maui Mosaic." Find out who the other award winners were at the recent event. [read more]
News:
D. Eleinne Basa, the artist who won the top award in the 2012 PleinAir Salon competition	March 15th Final Deadline for Salon Competition! There are just a few more days left to enter the PleinAir Salon competition and compete for $20,000 in cash prizes (www.pleinairsalon.com). [read more]
Allison Malafronte, editor of the free Fine Art Today e-newsletter	New E-newsletter From Fine Art Connoisseur Streamline Publishing is proud to announce Fine Art Connoisseur magazine's new online counterpart, Fine Art Today. This FREE weekly e-newsletter is designed to keep collectors, connoisseurs, and artists informed about the latest museum exhibitions, gallery shows, auction results, event news, and featured artists from the representational art world. Subscribe today! (http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/FAC-Email/10626896) [read more]
The cover of the May 2013 issue of PleinAir magazine	Potthast on PleinAir May Cover A major show celebrating hometown artist Edward Potthast (1857-1927) is about to open at the Cincinnati Art Museum. That's an opportunity to explain how he used innovative Impressionist painting techniques to satisfy a demand for charming paintings of vacation spots. Is there a lesson here for plein air artists who want to be innovative and popular at the same time? [read more]
Jerry Markham demonstrating during a recent workshop in Canada	Workshop Scholarship for Young Artists Artist Jerry Markham is offering a scholarship to his upcoming plein air workshop to anyone ages 17 to 25. Find out how and when to apply. [read more]
Maike Josupeit's easel set up for painting	Searching for Plein Air in Europe When Maike Josupeit finally found someone to teach her about landscape painting, she was so excited she couldn't eat for several days. "I couldn't find anyone in Germany who knew enough about plein air materials and techniques," she explains, "so I traveled to Italy and connected with several great teachers." [read more]
Tips:
Kyle Buckland's easel set up along Beaver Dam Creek	Keeping Bright Colors in Check Kyle Buckland recently painted along Beaver Dam Creek in the Backbone Rock National Forest in Tennessee and had to adjust his usual bright palette of colors in response to the gray, overcast  scene. He explains his versatile handling of oil colors here. [read more]
"A Place of Stillness," by Eric Merrell, 2013, oil on canvas mounted on panel, 24 x 26 in. Collection the artist.	Look Closely at the Surface We begin a new series of close-up details of plein air paintings that can suggest ways of handling oils, watercolors, pastels, and other media on location. In this issue, an artist allows us to get right up next to their paintings so we can get a better sense of how they were created. [read more]