Painting En Plein Air with Maria Josenhans

Opus Resource Library

North Vancouver artist Maria Josenhans takes us along as she dives into what painting en plein air does for her and her art. Get inspired to go outside and see what painting in the great outdoors can do for you!

About Maria Josenhans:

A passionate landscape painter, Maria Josenhans creates oil paintings both outdoors on location and in her North Vancouver studio. As an artist for nearly four decades, Maria's work plays back and forth between representational and abstract as she allows each painting to find its own unique path. Her career has been shaped by long periods of immersion in large format photography, working as an illustrator, training, competing and adjudicating Highland dance, teaching, and travelling the world by bicycle. Maria holds a BFA with Honors from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, and continues to take part in Invitational Plein Air events both nationally and abroad.

Watch an Opus Visual Podcast featuring Maria Josenhans, Explore with Plein Air Artists to learn more about what inspires her to paint outdoors.

See more of Maria Josenhans' work on her website at mariajosenhans.com and on Instagram, you'll find her as @mariajosenhans