2025 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting
Invitational Artist Judd Mercer
Engleside, Colorado
“Plein air is like meditation. You have to slow 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 of it. You realize how amazing just being in the world is. All I’m trying to do is capture a little piece of it.“
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2025 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting
Invitational Artist Mark Fehlman
San Diego, California
“As an artist, I can’t wait to get up in the morning to paint. My wife and I travel extensively, and I always try to sneak in a few hours of painting. My work is filled with color, and energetic brushwork as I strive to capture the essence of a place. Field studies are the basis for creating larger and more designed work in the studio. Collectors often comment that I have tapped into their special memories of a place that makes them happy.”
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2025 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting
Invitational Artist Aimee Erickson
Portland, Oregon
“Color has emotional weight and is related to the shape of space. Drawing or painting, for me, means to look at the thing and transmit its vitality to the canvas.”
2025 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting
Invitational Artist Jennifer Diehl
Hendersonville, Tennessee
“I want to live in a world where travel is instantaneous, time at the easel and with my family are both limitless, and pots and pans dance their own way to the sink and back into the cupboards.”
2025 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting
Invitational Artist Scott Hamill
Scotts Valley, California
“I have developed a strong connection to the water and land while surfing along the Pacific coast and fishing, backpacking and canoeing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.. My goal is to share this connection with those who view my art.”
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