For over 100 years Plein Air painters have enjoyed the natural beauty of Crystal Cove. California Impressionists painted outdoors ( en plein air in French) to capture the light, atmosphere and movement of nature. They were influenced by the broken brushstrokes and the theories of light and color of the French Impressionists, such as Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir, but the California Impressionists tended to paint in a more traditional and realistic...