How To Ship Paintings
Jul 22, 2016
Written by Dan Mondloch
Filed under 2016, Build, Career, Plein Air, Process, Shipping

How To Ship Paintings

Detailed article with product links describing how artists safely and affordably ship paintings using glass

Perpetual Search Exhibition ~ One Year Of Painting Outside
Oct 15, 2015
Written by Dan Mondloch
Filed under 2015, Adventure, Artist's Life, California, Career, Exhibit, Grand Marais, Hudson, Inspiration, Local, Mallory, North Shore, Perpetual Search, Plein Air, Plein Air Convention, Plein Air Festival & Competition, Ruby, Travels

Perpetual Search Exhibition ~ One Year Of Painting Outside

What's it like to paint outside for a year? Here it is, by the numbers...

12 months
225 paintings
57 value sketches
26 paintings sold
120 minutes per painting
27,000 minutes spent painting =
450 hours spent painting =
19 straight days spent painting....read more

5 Ways For Painters To Gain National Exposure
Jul 28, 2015
Written by Dan Mondloch
Filed under Artist's Life, Career, Plein Air, Plein Air Convention

5 Ways For Painters To Gain National Exposure

The daydream goes something like this: sitting back and relaxing in your comfy studio chair with a big cup of coffee; planning out your next masterpiece while an assistant ships paintings off to galleries all over the world and then heads to the bank to cash big checks...

Painting On the Beach and the “Perpetual Search”
Jul 28, 2015
Written by Dan Mondloch
Filed under Adventure, Artist's Life, California, Career, Inspiration, Mallory, Perpetual Search, Plein Air, Plein Air Convention, Travels

Painting On the Beach and the “Perpetual Search”

“Perpetual Search” is a mini-dream of mine; to learn from some of the best painters in the world and then go on a painting binge where you “find” your voice as an artist while crisscrossing the beautiful backroads of MN…

The Adventurous Life Of An Artist
Jul 28, 2015
Written by Dan Mondloch
Filed under Adventure, Artist's Life, California, Inspiration, Perpetual Search, Plein Air, Plein Air Convention, Ruby, Travels

The Adventurous Life Of An Artist

The dream always was, and still is, to be an artist.

If I think about what that ideal life looks like, I daydream and envision myself with my painting gear, set up next to a perfectly still pond on a beautiful fall day. My dog Ruby is by my side and my wife’s lounging in a camping chair reading a book. I’m so lost in the spirit of the place and busy capturing the amazing light that at first I don’t see...

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