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Plein Talk with Janine Salzman

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LPAPA Artist Member Janine SalzmanLPAPA Artist Member Janine Salzman of San Juan Capistrano, California
LPAPA’s October 2018 Artist Member of the Month

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“I believe art elevates the world.  While looking at art, we temporarily move away from our own reality into a larger perspective where we  experience a moment of  peace. I paint what I love with all my heart.  My hope is that my paintings will ring true and touch the lives of others in a meaningful way.”  — Janine Salzman
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LPAPA Artist Member Janine Salzman

 

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Plein Talk with Scott W. Prior

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Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Scott W. PriorLPAPA Signature Artist Member Scott W. Prior of Oceanside, California
LPAPA’s September 2018 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

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Scott is an award winning oil painter and Southern California native. He received his BFA from The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California, where he established his skills in design, drawing and painting, giving him a solid foundation with which to develop his own unique, artistic style. Scott draws inspiration from the beauty in ordinary, everyday scenes. Click here for Scott’s full bio.

“If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” –Kurt Vonnegut

Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Scott W. Prior

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Plein Talk with Mary Garrish

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Laguna Plein Air Artist Mary GarrishLPAPA Artist Member Mary Garrish of Merritt Island, Florida
LPAPA’s September 2018 Artist Member of the Month

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Mary’s major interest is Plein Air landscapes and other Representational Art.  She paints annually around the world.  Click here to learn more about Mary.

Laguna Plein Air Artist Mary Garrish

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Plein Talk with Thomas Jefferson Kitts

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LPAPA Signature Artist Thomas Jefferson KittsLPAPA Signature Artist Member Thomas Jefferson Kitts of Portland, Oregon
LPAPA’s August 2018 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

Click for Thomas’ plein air tips, advice, adventures & artwork: LPAPA Plein Talk with Thomas Jefferson Kitts & Artwork Showcase.

Thomas is both inspired and exhilarated by the way light plays across the landscape and he has devoted most of his life to capturing it in oil. He prefers to work directly from life for its honesty and immediacy, incorporating many alla prima techniques developed by 19th century master painters such as Sargent, Sorolla, and Zorn.
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“When people view my efforts I want them to see a painting, not a photograph. I want them to experience a surface made alive with color, texture, and the movement of my hand, yet also feel tethered to the reality that gave birth to the work. Up close, I want my surfaces to explode. From a distance, I want them to optically reassemble into a whole. But most of all, I want my audience to appreciate why I prefer to paint from life – and thus discover our common sense of wonder.” — Thomas Jefferson Kitts

LPAPA Signature Artist Thomas Jefferson Kitts

 

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