LPAPA Signature Artist Member Jesse Powell of Carmel, California
LPAPA’s January 2019 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

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Jesse Powell was born in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in painting and drawing, and went on to study in the Republic of Georgia under the tutelage of Russian and American painters Nicholai Dubovik, Ilya Yatsenko, and John Wurdeman. His influences include many of today’s living artists, such as Matt Smith and Clyde Aspevig, along with many California and American impressionists. Jesse’s work has received numerous awards, including second place in the 2013 Plein Air Salon, and the Irvine Museum Award at the 101st annual California Art Club Gold Medal Show.  Jesse’s paintings have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including shows at The Fischer Museum at USC, The Autry National Center, The Irvine Museum, The Laguna Art Museum, The Pasadena Museum of California History, The Pasadena Museum of California Art, and The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Most recently, Jesse has become the first living artist to have a work accepted into the permanent collection of The Irvine Museum. He currently resides with his wife in Carmel,  California. 

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LPAPA Artist Member Erich Neubert of Dana Point, California
LPAPA’s January 2019 Artist Member of the Month

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Erich has been an artist since childhood.  In 1996 he graduated with a  Bachelor’s Degree in graphic design from Cal State Fullerton, upon which he promptly went into a career of computers.  After many years, and one too many meetings, he decided follow his passion and pursue his art career.  After taking a plein air class, he was hooked on painting California Impressionism and hasn’t looked back.

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LPAPA Signature Artist Member David Boyd, Jr. of Newnan, Georgia
LPAPA’s December 2018 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

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“I use my plein air work as a way to “capture a feeling.” I use my camera to record a moment. Back in my studio I like to combine these into large scale paintings of those things I wish I could keep forever… old signs, decaying building, old cars, trucks and tractors, and beautiful rural landscapes. My paintings are my memories, and accordingly, some of my paintings take the angle of a child’s viewpoint; lower to the ground.”  — David Boyd Jr.

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LPAPA Artist Member Kristen Olson Stone of Auckland, New Zealand
LPAPA’s December 2018 Artist Member of the Month

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“I work to create each painting in such a way that when viewed from a close distance, they are textural and almost abstract in nature. When seen from a further distance, the impressionist-style brushstrokes, lines, shapes and colors magically come together in perfect rhythm to reveal a particular  subject.” — Kristen Olson Stone

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LPAPA Signature Artist Member Aaron Schuerr of Livingston, Montana
LPAPA’s November 2018 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

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“A hiker moves through the landscape. An artist allows the landscape to move through them. From the fixed point of an easel, I become a crude conduit, through which the story of a moment is told. Sometimes I don’t listen very well, or I just don’t get it. Occasionally, I’m able to use pastels or paint to translate that feeling of deep longing into something worth sharing. Yes, I hope to sell paintings, to sell instructional DVD’s and to convince you to sign up for workshops. But, at the end of the day, I really want to convince you that there is more in a reflection than meets the the eye. Stay a little longer. Look again.”
— Aaron Schuerr

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