Aaron Schuerr
Aaron is an internationally recognised plein air artist who works in pastel and oils.
Livingston, Montana artist Aaron Schuerr has embarked on solo plein air painting treks across the Grand Canyon, over the Beartooth Mountains, and deep into the alpine wilderness areas of Montana and Colorado. He also makes regular trips to the coast, painting and teaching workshops in Maui and along the California coast.
“To be a plein air painter is to be nimble and ready to change plans based on conditions.”
He has been a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show, interviewed about his plein air paintings. His work has been featured in publications as diverse as The Daily Telegraph, The Times of London, Bored Panda, My Modern Met, Southwest Art, Art of the West, Big Sky Journal, Western Art and Architecture and Plein Air Magazine. Schuerr is a frequent contributing writer to The Pastel Journal and The Artist Magazine and has penned a cover article for Plein Air Magazine. He was awarded “Best Pastel” for the 2022 Plein Air Salon for a coastal plein air pastel and has won numerous awards for the Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational, including The Seascape Award in 2023. He is represented by The Legacy Gallery, Illume Gallery West, Montana Trails Gallery, and Huse/Skelly Fine Art Gallery. Schuerr resides in Livingston, Montana with his wife and three sons.
Master Class Information
Master Class “Fresh and Direct Plein Air Pastel”
Thursday 25 & Friday 26 September 2025 (plein air)
Peel Region, Western Australia
From thumbnail sketches to finished painting, we will explore the possibilities of landscape painting. Learn to paint it in a way that is direct, simple, fresh, and honest. Engage in fun exercises designed to focus on value, color, and shape. From that foundation, you’ll explore edges, atmospheric perspective, color and shape relationships, composition, and mood. We’ll talk about ways to get the most out of your colors. Most importantly you’ll learn to paint with greater intention.
Through demos, group discussions, composition walks, painting exercises, and plenty of individual instruction, you will learn to approach the landscape in enthusiasm and confidence. We will focus on plein air painting, but we will explore strategies to plan studio paintings from plein air studies. This workshop is open to pastel and oil, but demos will be in pastel.
Two Days $440– Registrations open 28 February 2025
Includes Morning Tea, BYO lunch
