Eagle Plein Air Festival

09/01/2026

08/31/2026

Meet Signature Artist Mary Corp.

For Mary, painting outdoors is a way of immersing herself completely in her subject. She loves exploring new places, meeting new people, traveling the backroads, and searching for landscapes and creatures that spark an idea for a new painting.

She has participated in plein air events throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Utah, and her adventurous spirit continues to take her farther afield.

Nature’s constant changes keep her work spontaneous and fresh. She describes the outdoors as a place of both silence and solitude and moments of vibrance and joy.

Read more: https://www.eaglepleinair.com/artist-registration/signature-artists/mary-corp/

Mary K. Corp Artist

08/30/2026

For just $75 you get an entire week of painting, learning, challenges, friendships and fun at the Eagle Plein Air Festival! PAPI members are only $65.

🖌️ Paint beautiful Idaho locations
🤝 Connect with fellow artists
🎓 Learn and grow
🏆 Compete for prizes
❤️ Be part of an incredible artist community

That’s a whole lot of inspiration for just $75!

Don’t miss your chance to be part of it. Register now!

08/30/2026

Cynthia Underwood is an award-winning landscape and wildlife artist whose love of the outdoors has taken her across the country in pursuit of subjects to paint. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised partly in Oklahoma and Texas, Cynthia now calls Star, Idaho, home.

An avid outdoor enthusiast, she travels extensively to paint and finds inspiration not only in the landscape but also in animals and wildlife. She works in three mediums—pastel, oil, and acrylic—using each to explore the beauty and character of the natural world.

Read More: https://www.eaglepleinair.com/artist-registration/signature-artists/cynthia-underwood/

08/29/2026

Meet our 2026 Juror Kim Lordier.
Working primarily in pastel, Lordier is known for her rich color, strong value structure, and tapestry-like mark-making. Her work reflects a deeply personal and spiritual connection to the outdoors, distilling the Western landscape into bold patterns of light, atmosphere, and mood.

Kim will be teaching a workshop Sept 30 - Oct 2 sponsored by the

Learn More: https://www.eaglepleinair.com/artists/meet-our-juror/2-day-plein-air-painting-workshop/

08/27/2026

Meet Signature Artist Peggy Akovenko

For 35 years, she worked as an early-education teacher, helping young children discover their own creativity. Retirement finally gave Peggy the opportunity to devote more time to her own artistic journey—and especially to plein air painting.

Today, she finds inspiration in both grand Idaho landscapes and quiet everyday scenes. Whether standing along a riverbank or painting a familiar Idaho street, her goal is to create artwork that feels alive and captures the emotion of a particular moment.

Read more: https://www.eaglepleinair.com/artist-registration/signature-artists/peggy-akovenko/


Peggy Ann Akovenko

08/27/2026

🎨WATCH ART HAPPEN IN REAL TIME!

The Quick Draw Competition kicks off the Eagle Plein Air Festival on Saturday, October 3!

From 10 AM–12 PM, watch as talented painters take on the challenge of creating a finished painting—in just two hours—along State Street in downtown Eagle.

It’s fast. It’s exciting. And you never know what these artists will create!

Come watch the painters, cheer them on, and see the finished works unveiled at the end of the competition.

Saturday, October 3 | 10 AM–12 PM
📍 State Street, Downtown Eagle

Bring a friend. Grab a coffee. Watch art happen!🖌️✨

08/26/2026

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08/26/2026

Meet Signature Artist Chieshenam Westin.
A longtime member of the Plein Air Painters of Idaho (PAPI), Chi E Shenam has spent more than a decade painting throughout Boise and the Treasure Valley. His work is not only a celebration of the landscape, but also a record of places and moments that are changing over time. Among his memorable subjects were the stables at Les Bois Park racetrack, which he painted before they were demolished and lost to memory.