Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

Plein Talk with Ned Mueller

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LPAPA Signature Artist Ned MuellerNed Mueller of Renton, Washington
LPAPA’s February 2019 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

Click links to learn more: LPAPA Plein Talk with Ned Mueller  & Artwork Showcase, plus at NedMueller.com

Born in Wisconsin and raised in Montana, Ned Mueller has been drawing and painting all of his life. He graduated from the prestigious Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles where he also taught drawing while still a student. His love for life and art is reflected in his superb paintings of a wide range of subjects including Portraits, Figures, Animals and Landscapes, both studio and plein air.

Ned worked as an illustrator for 25 years while building a solid foundation of professionalism and has worked as a successful full time artist since 1984. He continued to enhance his knowledge and skills by taking workshops with master artists Harley Brown, Richard Schmid, Bettina Steinke, Del Gish, and Sergei Bongart.

He has written several articles on painting for the Artists Magazine, is called upon to jury shows, and is a popular and enthusiastic workshop teacher around the country and abroad. .

Click here to learn more about Ned.

LPAPA Signature Artist Ned MuellerClick here for LPAPA’s Library of Archived Plein Talks

Open Studio: Jeff Horn

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LPAPA Signature Artist Jeff Horn is hosting his Annual Open Studio on Saturday and Sunday, November 18 and 19, 2017, 11 am to 5 pm. Come by, meet Jeff and other art lovers, and view his paintings that are available for purchase.

Details in the invitation below, or view paintings at HornArt.com

Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Jeff Horn Open Studio November 2017

Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Jeff Horn Open Studio November 2017

LPAPA’s New 2017 Signature Artists

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LPAPA is pleased to annouce and congratulate our new 2017 Signature Artist Members (left to right, starting top row):  Joe Anna Arnett of New Mexico, Suzie Baker of Texas, David Boyd Jr. of Georgia, Bill Cramer of Arizona, Jennifer Diehl of Oregon, Aimee Erickson of Oregon, Mike Hernandez of California, and Kathie Odom of Tennessee.

The designation of “Signature Artist” in any artists’ association is a recognition of high status, an acknowledgment by your peers that you are worthy of special distinction for your remarkable talent and capability in creating a work of art. It is a distinction that the majority of members of any art group do not have and in turn would love to receive. Your peers look to Signature Artists for inspiration and to set a high standard that they themselves strive to achieve.  — Mr. Jean Stern, Executive Director of The Irvine Museum Collection at the University of California, Irvine

Only a limited number of the highest scoring artists are juried to the status of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Signature Artist Member each year.

Many thanks to our 2017 Distinguished Jurors:
Mr. Jean Stern, Executive Director of The Irvine Museum Collection at UCI
Saim Caglayan, LPAPA Founder, Board Chairman & Signature Artist
Jim McVicker, LPAPA Signature Member & Laguna Plein Air Invitational Best in Show 2014 & 2016

 

Sweeping Parade

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LPAPA Signature Artist Member Carole Gray-Weihman‘s painting “Sweeping Parade”, painted on the property of Mountain Winery in Saratoga, was awarded the Artist’s Choice Award at the opening gala of the Annual Los Gatos Plein Air Exhibition, held at the Dio Deka Hotel, Los Gatos on June 16th. During the exhibition and sale held at the Los Gatos Town Plaza the following day, Gray-Weihman was additionally awarded 2nd Place for her 16×12 oil painting “Poetic Glimpse”, which she painted it in Almaden Quicksilver Park in San Jose.

Featured Image: Sweeping Parade, 12×16, oil