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Desert Plein Air

Original Oil on Canvas Southwest Desert Plein Air Painting by Dorothy Glascow
Original Oil on Canvas Southwest Desert Plein Air Painting by Dorothy Glascow

Original Oil on Canvas Southwest Desert Plein Air Painting by Dorothy Glascow

Located in San Diego, CA

Gorgeous original oil on canvas southwest desert plein air landscape painting by listed artist

Category

Mid-20th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Burl

Rainbow Ridges, Original Painting
Rainbow Ridges, Original Painting

Rainbow Ridges, Original Painting

By Crystal DiPietro

Located in San Francisco, CA

textures and energy of the desert. Painted en plein air in the Rainbow Gardens area near Las Vegas, artist

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Desert Sunset, Oil Painting
Desert Sunset, Oil Painting

Desert Sunset, Oil Painting

By Mandy Main

Located in San Francisco, CA

>Words that describe this painting: plein air, desert, road, palm trees, sky, sunset, street, panoramic

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Desert Landscape -- Road to Death Valley
Desert Landscape -- Road to Death Valley

Desert Landscape -- Road to Death Valley

By Mike Wright

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous plein air California desert scene titled, "Road to Death Valley" by Mike Wright (American

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor, Maui
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor, Maui

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor, Maui

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

. Cosby was a founding board member of the prestigious “Laguna Plein Air Painters Association”, a

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Small Butte with Creosote, Original Painting
Small Butte with Creosote, Original Painting

Small Butte with Creosote, Original Painting

By Crystal DiPietro

Located in San Francisco, CA

worlds around them.Words that describe this painting: plein air, landscape, desert

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Untamed Ridge, Original Painting
Untamed Ridge, Original Painting

Untamed Ridge, Original Painting

By Crystal DiPietro

Located in San Francisco, CA

describe this painting: plein air, desert, landscape, southwest, west, western, mountains, rocks

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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JOHN COSBY "6:00 STOP" OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED LOWER RIGHT 24" x 24"
JOHN COSBY "6:00 STOP" OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED LOWER RIGHT 24" x 24"

JOHN COSBY "6:00 STOP" OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED LOWER RIGHT 24" x 24"

By John Cosby

Located in Sherman Oaks, CA

, Lahaina, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor

By John Cosby

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, Maui, HI 2001 First Place, Quick Draw Competition, “Third Annual Desert Plein Air”; La Quinta, CA

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Plein-Air Study, Desert Mountain
Plein-Air Study, Desert Mountain

Plein-Air Study, Desert Mountain

By Brian Cote

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

One of the emerging talents of abstract impressionism in the Southwest. "Plein Air Study, Desert

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bright Desert
Bright Desert

Bright Desert

By Larisa Aukon

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

"Bright Desert" is a plein air sketch Larisa painted in the American Southwest. This painting is

Category

2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Big Sky (Landscape, Colorado, spacious, sky, Coors)
Big Sky (Landscape, Colorado, spacious, sky, Coors)

Big Sky (Landscape, Colorado, spacious, sky, Coors)

By Kate Starling

Located in Basalt, CO

, she has spent years creating works en plein air, learning the way light plays on the land, sometimes

Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Category

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Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape

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$780Sale Price|20% Off

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By Dolores Martin

Located in Soquel, CA

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Category

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Category

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Materials

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Located in Soquel, CA

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Category

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Materials

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By Faith Dougherty

Located in Soquel, CA

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Category

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Find the exact desert plein air you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the contemporary style, while we also have 22 contemporary versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect desert plein air among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 19th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right desert plein air for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray, black and blue. There have been many interesting desert plein air examples over the years, but those made by Lily Prince, Robert William Wood, Laurence Sisson, John Cosby and Ulrich Gleiter are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, oil paint and fabric can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Desert Plein Air?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a desert plein air in our inventory may begin at $95 and can go as high as $45,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,720.