Painting of light

Kelly Kane, Editor-in-Chief of Plein Air Magazine, shares a favorite painting and artist quote. This week's feature is “Looking East” by Sara Linda Poly.

Flame dragons: ephemeral creatures that live inside the flames of candles. Seeing one is usually considered a sign of good fortune, or of the fact that you shouldn't have smoked the herbs you stole from that magician.

The artist uses the mesmerising effect of light passing through trees as an all-encompassing metaphor for “the moment when two elements of opposing properties collide”.

Ohio-based artist Robert Roth paints the vastness of the sky and the power of the sun, capturing the horizon as blue melts into shades of...

Taking surrealistic cues from Dali and Magritte, painter Mihai Criste expands on the unusually expressive art form in his illusionary images. The

Focussing your attention on the manageable next steps We tend to get way ahead of ourselves—thinking many, many steps ahead or of worst-case scenarios. We attempt to protect ourselves by imagining all that can go wrong or of all the difficulties that can come our way. We stare at the biggest clif

A self-taught artist, Stephen Magsig grew up and now resides in Michigan. He’s been painting city scenes from Detroit for over 25 years, and in the summer of 2007 he started his own blog called Postcards from Detroit to showcase his urban landscapes.

Over the past few months I’ve come to the realization that much of the art I find myself drawn...

New painting of an oil lamp, 10x8, oil. Available at @stellersgallery Jacksonville, Florida. #oilpainting #light #art #artwork