After such gloomy posts about the death of the plein air movement, I thought long and hard about a solution; it seems like complaining without offering a solution is wrong. So I spent months ruminating over the issue and began developing a new concept for plein air competitions. It is a concept I call “La Pintura”, a new way of creating and running plein air competitions that reduces the negative effect of market forces and puts the plein air artist at the center of all considerations. You can read the full details on the website where I have posted a […]