Plein air painting is a unique art form that has been around for a long time. With a new insurgence throughout the nation in groups participating in this field connecting with them is an essential way to further its interest. In order to accommodate artists who enjoy painting in our beautiful state but may live outside of its borders or those Idahoans who have relocated to another state, a category of Associate Membership has been developed. We welcome their perspectives and input!
We plan to host exchange paint outs and exhibits with other groups on a national and international basis and so another category for groups in other states as well as those in Idaho who wish to maintain their own original identity has also been created. Uniting fellow artists with similar interests is a win win situation.

For more information contact PAPI at:
pleinairpainters@msn.com
 

R. (Bob) Stem

R. (Bob) Stem was raised and educated in a small rural town in northern California. He received his B. A. degree in art from California State University, San Jose in 1968. After three years of service in the army, which included a year in beautiful southeast Asia, he attended California State University, Fresno, and received an M.A. degree in art in 1972. Bob spent the next few years operating his own pottery business in Phoenix, then moved to Montana in 1980. He was the art and photography teacher in Deer Lodge, Montana, for twenty years. During that time Bob became interested in horses and worked five summers for an outfitter, taking people into the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
In recent years Bob has started offering limited edition prints of his drawings and has shown his paintings in national shows including shows with the Oil Painters of America, Montana Watercolor Society, Salon Internaional 2002 and others.

E-mail: rwstem@yahoo.com
Website: www.rstem.com