Tag: plein air painting

Reihaneh Shahali creates watercolor paintings filled with stillness, atmosphere, and emotional warmth, transforming everyday subjects into places that feel deeply familiar. Working between sketchbooks and larger compositions, she paints flowers, boats, quiet streets, and figures with a softness that allows the paper to breathe alongside the color. Although she works professionally as a software developer, painting has remained a constant part of her life, becoming more serious after university when she began focusing fully on watercolor. Influenced by mood more than perfection, her process centers on balance, leaving space within each…

Five women. Five different paths. One shared way of working through careful looking and steady practice. This feature follows Stephanie Birdsall, Amy Verhoeff, Lori Putnam, Robin Cheers, and Carolyn Lindsey as they move between studio and outdoor painting, teaching and exhibiting, and the everyday routines that shape their work.