Michael Broshar of Buckingham, Iowa
LPAPA’s July 2021 Signature Artist Member of the Month

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“I have always been intrigued by watercolor as an art form, and how it captures light, unlike any other medium. For several years, my focus was on digital art, but in 2013, I focused my painting using watercolor as a medium. My subjects are based on the places I have visited in Iowa and throughout the United States and world.  My architectural background leads me towards painting architectural subjects, but I find interesting subjects in the landscape around me. I travel the countryside of Iowa and find the rural landscapes, small town and city structures, and the industrial areas of the rivers to be compelling.”    –Michael Broshar

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Valerie Collymore of Bellvue, Washington
LPAPA’s July 2021 Artist Member of the Month

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“Of the many contemporary plein air artist that I know, Valerie Collymore is the most devoted proponent of true French Impressionism. Her work idealizes the theme of everyday, ordinary scenes while benefiting from such techniques and approaches as broken color, loose, choppy brushstroke, and most importantly, a true and convincing effect of fluid, natural sunlight.  She would be right at home next to works by Monet, Sisley, and Pissarro.”
–Jean Stern, Executive Director, The Irvine Museum Collection at the University of California, Irvine

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