Resources

www.AskArt.com - Extensive data base on historical and contemporary artists, auction records, where they appear in print, museums and galleries where shown. 

www.CaliforniaArt.com - Comprehensive research site on all facets of California art by art historian and author Nancy Moure.

www.tfaoi.com - Full service site for California and American representational art.  Includes column - “The Plein Air Scene,” by Sarah Beserra and article archives.

pleinairamerica.com - A series of PBS programs on plein air painting

Painting Groups

www.americanimpressionistsociety.org - Official site for the American Impressionist Society headquartered in Forestville, California. 

www.p-a-p-a.com  - Official site for the Plein Air Painters of America.

www.CaliforniaArtClub.org - Site for the California Art Club and the Oil Painters of America

www.lpapa.org - Site for the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. 

ipap.homestead.com - International Plein Air Painters Organization

www.lesratsdeschamps.org - French plein air painters association

mapapa.org - Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters

www.pleinairflorida.org - A network of Florida artists who paint on location.

www.TheOakGroup.org - A group of plein air painters out of the Santa Barbara area who donate 50 percent of their sales to preserve the environment.

www.nappap.org  - National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters - a national organization organized for the support of the professional artists and collaborative efforts.

www.NYPAPS.com  -  New York Plein Air Painters Society - To encourage and promote plein air painting among all outdoor painters in New York State. 

ohiopleinairsociety.com - Ohio Plein Air Painters Association

www.westrendart.com  -  Site for the Northwest Rendezvous Group of artists who hold a yearly show in Montana.

www.tpaps.com - Tucson Plein Air Society.

www.pleinairaustin.org - An Austin, Texas plein air group of artists

www.pleinairnewmexico.com - Site for the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico

verdeartistguild.com - San Francisco Bay Area plein air painters

www.snakeriverpleinair.com - Snake River Plein Air Painters Association

www.pap-se.com - Plein Air Painters of the Southeast

Museums

www.irvinemuseum.org - The only California museum devoted exclusively to early California Impressionism.  Located in Orange County. On-line bookstore.

www.lagunaartmuseum.org - Founded in 1918,  the Laguna Art Museum specializes in American art and focuses on California

www.museumca.org - The Oakland Museum is devoted exclusively to California art with an extensive collection of early California paintings. On-line bookstore.

www.ocma.net - The Orange County Museum of Art specializes in art from the 19th Century to the present. Locations in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa,

www.montereyart.org  - The Monterey Museum of Art has a significant collection of early California paintings including those from the Carmel Art Colony.  Two locations at Civic Center and La Mirada. 

www.sdmart.org - Founded in 1926, the San Diego Museum of Art specializes in American art and includes many American and California Impressionists.  On-line bookstore.