Plein air painters at work. Photo courtesy of the Peninsula Outdoor Painters Association.
It was at a Thanksgiving dinner with my friends the Seymours several years ago that I heard the term "plein air" for the first time. I've always been interested in art--so this was a rather large gap in my knowledge.
En plein air is a French phrase which means "in open air." So, plein air painters are painters who, like Winston Churchill with his easel, like to sit outdoors and paint.
Three years after that Thanksgiving dinner, a light bulb went on over my head as I stared at Hangar One at Moffett Field.
