LPAPA Artist Member Debra Latham is interviewed on “Studio 512” TV KXAN in Austin for the Paint The Town Event in Marble Falls Texas. LPAPA Signature Artist Suzie Baker judged the show. Watch the interview through this link: Studio 512 Paint the Town.

LPAPA Artist Member Debbie Morines received 2nd place at the Mission Viejo Arts Alive Plein Air event for her plein air painting “At Oso Creek Trail”. LPAPA Signature Artist Ebrahim Amin was the show judge.

LPAPA Signature Artist April Raber is honored to be this year’s Featured Artist and Juror of the 42nd Annual Fine Arts Show of the San Dimas Festival of Arts. The show is open to the public for free on Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th. April will also be presenting a seminar entitled “Divided Light” on Sunday at 11:30. All events will be held at the San Dimas Civic Center Plaza, 245 E Bonita Ave in San Dimas. More details here. Preview April’s paintings that will be on display at the show.

Also, April’s Pathway to the Sea is in California Art Club’s show “Signs of Spring – A Day in the Garden” at the Old Mill Gallery in San Marino continues through May 20th.

Image:  Harbor Haze II , 8″ x 16″, Oil on linen by LPAPA Signature Artist April Raber

LPAPA Artist Member Vanessa Rothe has two of her plein air paintings created in Paris included in the Windows to the Divine foundation’s “Impressions, Markings & More” exhibition opening April 12th in collaboration with Space Gallery, and presented in conjunction with the Denver Art Museum’s current exhibition “Degas: A Passion for Perfection“.

Other LPAPA Members included in this exhibit are Kelli Folsom, Stephanie Hartshorn, Jane Hunt, Cheryl St. John and Susiehyer. Click here to preview the show: 2018 Art Catalog.

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Image: Plein Air oil painting by Vanessa Rothe, Walking in Luxembourg Garden, Paris

LPAPA Artist Member Ellen Howard shares how she got out of her comfort zone and improved her art while taking a workshop in Boca de Tomatlan, Mexico to study with LPAPA Signature Artist Member Jim McVicker and challenge herself to paint new subject matter and scenery. Ellen says “When you travel, you need to get out of your own way and comfort zone and be open to your place and environs”.  Click here to read the full article: OutdoorPainter.com.