Michael Chesley Johnson - Landscape En Plein Air Painter in Pastel , Oil

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Michael has been juried into the Plein Air Southwest event for 2010/2011. Sponsored by the Outdoor Painters Society. For details, visit www.pleinairsouthwest.com. (7/22/10)

Paint Sedona: A Plein Air Painter's Field Guide to Sedona, Arizona is now available. Click here for details. (6/30/10)

Three of Michael's paintings will appear in Lois Griffel's upcoming new book, Painting Impressionist Color. The book is due out in 2010. (6/2/10)

Plein Air Essentials, a new series of videos for the plein air painter, is now available. Downloadable from Lulu.com, prices range from only 99¢ to $1.99. For more information, click here. (6/2/10)

Michael has agreed to be the Juror of Selection for the 2011 Pastel Society of New Hampshire National Show. (5/14/10)

Michael has a new winter studio, Pumphouse Studio Gallery. This also will serve as a studio space for students for PaintSedona. (Windrush Gallery will continue to represent Michael.) During the summer months, when he's on Campobello Island, Michael will have another artist in-house. This year, Gerry Quotskuyva, a nationally-known Hopi sculptor, will be in the studio. Visit www.PumphouseStudioGallery.com. (4/20/10)

Michael has been invited to the 2010 Sedona Plein Air Festival. This will mark his fifth year with the event. For more on the festival, visit www.SedonaPleinAirFestival.com. (12/29/09)

The Argosy Gallery in Bar Harbor, Maine, has invited Michael to be one of 30 nationally-recognized artists to participate in the 2nd Acadian Invitational Exhibition. (The first was in 2006.) The Exhibition will open August 7, 2010, with a gala reception at the Bar Harbor Inn. Other artists include W. Jason Situ, Elizabeth Tolley and more! For more on the Argosy Gallery, visit www.argosygallery.com. (7/2/09)

Prepare for Plein Air, Michael's new online program, is now available. If you've never painted en plein air before, this short, one-session course will give you a jump-start. (3/22/09)

Michael is now offering to take his oil and pastel landscape workshops to wherever you want him! If you would like to sponsor a workshop, click here for more information.

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