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	En Plein Air is French for "in open air" or outdoors. Painting landscapes on location rather than in the studio can be traced to the middle of the 17th century and earlier. The French impressionists called it "le sur motif" or "in front of the subject". American landscape painters started painting landscape studies in oil in the early 19th century and referred to them as "nature studies" or "painting on site" or "on location". It was not until the end of the 20th century that painting in nature became known as "plein air", although the term in modern day France refers to open air parks.
PLEIN AIR PAINTOUTS 2009

	January 25 Fletcher's Boathouse Washington, DC	February 10 Belle Haven Marina Alexandria, VA	February 22 C&O Canal Georgetown Washington, DC	March 29 Old Angler's Inn C&O Canal Potomac River
	April 26 National Arboretum Washington, DC	May Midweek Mrs. Thomas' Garden	May 31 Burkittsville, MD	June 28 Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Washington, DC
	July 26 Quiet Waters Park Annapolis, MD	August 14 Crooked Intention St. Michaels MD	August 30 Belle Haven Marina Alexandria, VA	September 27 Harpers Ferry, WV
	October 25 Patuxent National Wildlife Visitor Center	November 29 The Washington County Museum of the Arts Hagerstown, MD