LPAPA is pleased to announce and congratulate our eight newly juried 2025 Signature Artist Members who have been added to our prestigious LPAPA Signature Artist roster:Â Anne Blair Brown (Nashville, Tennessee), Danny Folkman (West Hollywood, California), Mark Jacobucci (Laguna Niguel, California), Amit Kapoor (New Delhi, India), Nancie King Mertz (Rockford, Illinois), Carolyn Lord (Livermore, California), Derek Penix (Laguna Beach, California), and Mason Williams (Laguna Beach, California). Click on the artist’s name to learn more about the artist.
“The designation of ‘Signature Artist’ in any artists’ association is a recognition of high status, an acknowledgment by your peers that you are worthy of special distinction for your remarkable talent and capability in creating a work of art. It is a distinction that the majority of members of any art group do not have and in turn, would love to receive. Your peers look to Signature Artists for inspiration and to set a high standard that they themselves strive to achieve.”
 —Mr. Jean Stern, Director Emeritus of The Irvine Museum.
Only the highest top-scoring artists, based on the combined scores by our distinguished panel of four jurors’ review of the artists’ submitted body of work representing their best plein air and studio work, receive the designation of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Signature Artist Member.
Many thanks to our distinguished 2025 panel of Jurors:
Jeff Horn, LPAPA Signature Artist Member
Bonnie Langner, LPAPA’s Executive Director
Mr. Jean Stern, Emeritus Director of The Irvine Museum & LPAPA’s Artistic Advisor
Rosemary Swimm, LPAPA’s Emeritus Director
Click here to view the full prestigious roster of LPAPA Signature Artists.
