LPAPA Artist Member Dustin White is featured in the April issue of Western Art Collector Magazine as one of 12 featured emerging artists to watch… “Dustin paints in plein air, focusing on patterns in the landscape. Seeking out subjects suffused in natural light gives his paintings a high-key style that pushes he colors and creates an overall mood. White is influenced by Western painters of the early 20th century and he travels often to the deserts of California, Utah and Arizona for subjects and inspiration.“

One of the beautiful things about art is that if we pay attention, we can apply what we learn to almost any area of our life, and vice versa. Such is the case with the following advice that plein air artist and LPAPA Signature Artist Member Larry Cannon shares about failure, success, and the awe that is nature. Click the link to read full article: OutdoorPainter.com.

LPAPA Signature Artist Robin Purcell’s landscape paintings have been selected recently by four prestigious art organization’s juried exhibits. She shares “I am inspired by mountains and hills of very size. Looking up to a summit or down and across our beautiful bay lifts my spirit. Ever changing light, color and shapes present a constant challenge and make me grow as an artist. I feel lucky to live near the open spaces of Mount Diablo State Park.” — Robin Purcell

The Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibit in Fallbrook runs February 3rd to April 15th, 2018, and “Just Below Junction” painted on Mount Diablo was selected.

The California Watercolor Society’s Annual National Exhibit includes “Blue Ridge” painted on North Gate, Mount Diablo; the exhibit is at the Marin Society of Artists through January 31st.

The American Impressionist Society National Small Works showcase takes place at the Greenhouse Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 23 – April 21, 2018, and includes “Peak Near the Eiger”.

Robin describes The American Watercolor Society International Exhibit as the most important watercolor exhibit in the world and will be on exhibit at the Salmagundi Club in New York, April 4-28, 2018, and will include her Mount Diablo painting “Curry Point November”.

LPAPA Artist Member Maureen Blackhall is featured in a solo exhibition at the La Playa Gallery in La Jolla, California, titled “San Diego Inspired” – a group of oil paintings which exemplify back-country, beach and city settings and seascapes throughout San Diego County. The reception will be Friday, February 23, 2018, 5-8 p.m., and exhibition can be viewed until March 19, 2018. For more information visit LaPlayaGallery.com.