My Nova Scotia Plein Air Map is focused on only THREE outdoor art groups in Nova Scotia yet has now over 38,000+ map views. Imagine if this can be scaled to all art groups globally!
The Plein Air Art and Urban Sketching movements are described as the largest in art history, with participants ranging from casual hobbyists to professionals. A reasonable, though unverified, estimate for the combined global community of regular plein air painters and urban sketchers is likely in the hundreds of thousands (ref Gemini AI).
Since retirement, I have chosen to spend much of my time painting outdoors in watercolours — en plein air. Here is a selection of nine paintings I created in 2025.
TOP (l to r)
The Pink Piano (Lower Sackville, NS). The Hydrostone (Halifax, NS). Planters Ridge (Annapolis Valley, NS)
MIDDLE (l to r)
Farrell Estuary (Parrsboro, NS). Cochrane Rd Trail (Port Greville, NS). Fisherman’s Cove (Eastern Passage, NS)
BOTTOM (l to r)
Joshua Citrus (Arcadia, FL). Prospect (NS). Fox River Estuary (Fox River, NS)
My painting partner, Anne, has selected her nine oil paintings for this 2025 matrix.
Top (l to r)
Still Life (Lunenburg, NS). Planters Ridge (Annapolis Valley, NS). Manatee Mangrove (Palmetto, FL).
Middle (l to r)
Celery Fields (Sarasota, FL). Herring Cove (NS). Carmel (PEI).
Bottom (l to r)
Twin Oaks Road (Middleton, NS). Bear River (NS). French River (PEI).
As a plein air painter who is also interested in the geography of art and its related GIS opportunities, I await a benefactor (ESRI?) to join and help create a global map — a global map that, together, addresses regional interests and a map that bypasses the many limitations of Google’s My Maps.
My Google Maps (a work in progress):
Plein Air Map (updated annually)
Footsteps East (includes the geography of Canada’s “Group of Seven” artists)
See previous posts of our art geography in this blog:
Footsteps East our 5,000 km plein air journey (from NS to northern Lake Superior)
Mapping Nova Scotia Artists’ Plein Air Sites
Nova Scotia Plein Air Websites:
wedlerfineart.com
Plein Air Artists Annapolis Valley
Plein Air Artists HRM
Halifax Urban Sketchers
Urban Sketchers Halifax
Ernest Blair Experiment 
Let’s chat in the new year,
Heather
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