Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Peggi Kroll-Roberts

Award-winning artist, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, was trained at Arizona State University and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.  Peggi worked as a fashion and advertising illustrator before making the transition into fine art. Using intense color and value to accentuate her subject, she moved into fine art with a bold palette, a love for small paintings and a very loose style that achieves a lot with a few very energetic brush strokes. She prefers to suggest reality than render it.

Peggi Kroll-Roberts
 Angels Camp, California
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Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Durre Waseem

Durre Waseem, a native of Pakistan, has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Punjab University and taught for 10 years at various colleges in Pakistan. Durre moved to the United States in 2001 and became a full time painter. She paints portraits and plein air in oils, pastels, watercolor, ink, and acrylics and captures the local color of both the people and the place of wherever she may be. Her bold, colorful brushwork and loose impressionistic style effectively capture the energy and feeling of her subject and establishes a direct line of communication with the viewer. Her inspiration is usually an ordinary object, how its identity is defined by its environment, and how it becomes apart of its surroundings. Durre has participated in many national and international exhibitions both in Pakistan and the U.S., and received the 2018 2nd Place Award in LPAPA’s “Best of Plein Air”.

Durre Waseem
 Corona, California
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Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Paul Kratter

“Painting outdoors has become a passion.“

Paul Kratter
Moraga, California
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Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Anthony Salvo

“Plein Air Painting is the catalyst that motivated me to paint again. For me, it’s meeting the challenge of the quick decision of color and brush stroke. Not to over-think, but to be deliberate, fresh and spontaneous in my approach. I want to convey that unspoken energy into every painting to tell my story.“

Anthony Salvo
Newport Beach, California
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Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Signature Artist April Raber

“Even at an early age I had a natural inclination for visual rendering. My favorite activity was to take my sketchpad and paints and head for the woods. I was fortunate to have a wilderness out my back door. I would spend hours there sketching and painting both small details from nature as well as large vistas.“

April Raber
Laguna Beach, California
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