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"En Plein Air" is a French expression that means in the open air. It's used to describe the work and process of painting outdoors, immersed in the landscape. In the last few decades, painting on location has become very popular.

  Red Ribbon Rock by Page Holland

Location: Kane Springs Road (5 miles past the end of the pavement on Kane Creek Drive, where it turns to gravel 

Date: April 19, mid-day

Painting on location gives the artist a plethora of great information about the scene, sometimes even too much. Plein air painting gives the artist knowledge of how colors shift in nature and allows the artist to predict how shadow and light conditions might change the landscape.

    Cedar Breaks  By Peggy Harty

Location: Cedar Breaks national Monument, Southern Utah.

"Summer 2014, Sarah and I went to Cedar Breaks, Utah to do some Plein Air Painting. It was a day when the sky was filled with dark clouds that let bits of sun light up certain features of the landscape. I am a sucker for wild flowers, so often find a scene with flowers in it. I did this almost entirely outside sitting on a hillside. When I heard thunder, I decided it was finished!" - Peggy Harty

Gallery Moab Plien Air Artists: Peggy Harty, Page Holland, Victoria Fugit, Phil Wagner, Robin Straub, Thea Nordling, Margie Lopez Read and guest artist Carolyn Dailey