Traveling home after presenting and attending the 3rd Annual Plein Air Convention in Monterey, it’s hard to believe it’s already just a memory! I’m California dreaming of plein air painting…
The event was a fun, energized week of networking with over 700 artists, vendors, art business professionals, and like-minded people from all over the world. On stage and in the field, 70 of today’s finest artists demonstrated and taught their inside secrets in oil, watercolor and pastel.
It was great to spend some time with Plein Air Magazine’s brilliant publisher, Eric Rhoads. We had fun brainstorming and swapping art business ideas.
Produced and hosted by esteemed Plein Air Magazine, the Convention ran like a well oiled machine. The days were filled with demonstrations and instruction by prominent artists then afterwards, painting in the field along the California coastline. Carmel, Monterey, Point Lobos, China Point and Big Sur were just a few of my painting destinations this week.
Traveling and working with my new Strada Easel made plein air painting so effortless. Created by artist Bryan Mark Taylor, Strada Easels are durable, well designed, sturdy and cool – a sell-out at the convention and a favorite with the artists.
…I even had a little spare time for some sightseeing with my friends and sponsors from Royal Talens/Cobra Water Mixable Oils, Kyle Richardson and Don Nederland.
I’m already looking forward to next year. Until then, the photos in this post will have to satisfy my California Dreaming!
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This is so so incredibly inspiring and amazing, Lori. Having freshly fallen deeply in love with Plein Air painting, I really really want to go to next year’s event. I’m on the Plein Air Convention website right now, and I’m trying to figure out how to sign up to get notified of the next event.