2019 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Artist Kathie Odom
“It’s hard to ignore beauty when it happens“
Kathie Odom
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Michael Obermeyer
2019 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Artist Michael Obermeyer
“When painting outdoors, en plein air, I must work quickly due to the changing light. Therefore I have a limited palette of four to seven colors. This orderly layout also enables me to mix clean, fresh color.
I try to find subject matter that fascinates me. Nature provides the perfect balance of shape, value and color – the three elements that I find most important in painting. It can be so satisfying and I feel blessed for that.”
Gregory Peck once said, ‘I love my God, my wife, my family, and my job. I am the damn luckiest man on earth.’ As someone who gets to paint for a living, that pretty much says it all for me.“
Michael Obermeyer
Laguna Beach, California
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Dan Mondloch
2019 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Artist Dan Mondloch
“It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that draws me to a scene. I’m sure it’s a number of both technical and intangible things, such as composition, large value shapes, light, and often that unexplainable spirit you feel from a space. I paint to re-create these connections, and, of course, if my viewers are able to see and feel that as well, it’s a great moment.”
Dan Mondloch
Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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Terry Miura
2019 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Artist Terry Miura
Miura’s evocative tonalist landscapes explore the relationship between memory, emotions, and identity. “Although they’re still very much representational,” says Miura, “they’re not about specific locations. Well, actually they are, but the locations are found in my and the viewer’s memories. Not out there in the physical world .”
Terry Miura
Fair Oaks, California
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Judd Mercer
2019 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Artist Judd Mercer
“Plein air is like meditation. You have to slow way down, pay attention. When you feel a place with all your senses, take your shoes off and touch the grass, smell the wind, you get a true sense for it. It’s then you realize how utterly amazing just being in the world is. And that’s the feeling I try to capture when I paint.”
Judd Mercer
Denver, Colorado
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