Wherein the artist holds his breath wondering, will it all fit? Having shipped three large boxes off the the Sedona Arts Center earlier in the week, I still had one thing looming over my head: would I be able to fit my easel, paints, umbrella, and mediums into a single suitcase or would I become a victim of extra baggage charges!? For months now, I’ve researched every kind of plein air easel known to man. The Soltek, the Guerrilla painter, the Julian, Craftech, Pro Advanced, Easylite, Utrecht, Open Box M, Beauport, gloucester, French full box, French half-box, thumb-box pochades and […]

In which the artist pauses for a moment to savor the fevered preparation it has taken be ready to paint and paint well. For the past several weeks have been filled with preparation for competition in the Sedona Plein Air Festival. Plein air competitions are an amazing thing. When the competition begins there is nothing but potential. When it ends there is an amazing exhibition of fresh, wet plein air paintings, and a thousand intense experiences that have turned into memories. At the rate we are going, us plein air painters will fill every art museum in America with plein […]