LPAPA Signature Artist Paul Kratter was the featured mentor at a LPAPA Plein Talk presented at the Forest & Ocean Gallery on Wednesday January 25, 2017. Paul interacted with the audience as he painted, answered questions and explained his process and the importance of sketching a thumbnail before starting your painting.
LPAPA Artist Member Kay Zetlmaier’s work is showing in Ventura at D.A.Davidson Gallery and will be up for viewing until the end of February, 2017. If you are in the Ventura area stop in between 8:00 am and 3:30 pm Monday through Friday. Kay has 30 pieces on exhibit in a show with 4 other artists. The gallery is located at 60 California Street, Ventura, CA 93001 (3rd Floor).
LPAPA Artist Member Kathie Odom of Tennessee received an honorable mention award for her oil painting “Aged Goodness” at the Fall OPA Online Showcase.
The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) website upgrade (lpapa.org) in 2016-17 was supported in part with Grant Funding provided through the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
THANK YOU CAC & NEA!
LPAPA Signature Artist  Cindy Baron
of Rhode Island
LPAPA’s January 2017 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month
Cindy Baron is nationally recognized in both watercolors and oils, painting the grand landscapes of the western mountains and coastal shorelines.  She received the 2016 “Artistic Palette Award” for the 18th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational for her watercolor painting “Miles to Go”.
“Art has always been a part of my life and the landscape has been a constant study for me. I’m drawn to vistas that show strength and peacefulness like the shoreline and the mountains.”
Cindy’s plein air advice & adventures:  Cindy Baron Plein Talk Q&As & Artwork Showcase
