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Joseph McGurl

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2026 Laguna Invitational award winning painting by Joe McGurl
LPAPA Signature Artist Joseph McGurl
Cataumet, MA
JosephMcGurl.com

Joseph McGurl is one of America’s leading landscape painters.  He has been designated a Living Master by the Art Renewal Center, is a signature member of the Plein Air Painters of America, an elected member of the Guild of Boston Artists,  was a Copley Master with the Copley Society of Boston, a past fellow of the American Society of Marine Artist, and has won significant awards for his artwork.   He is represented by some of the finest galleries nationally, and his work hangs in prominent museums and collector’s homes.  Additionally, he has been the subject of numerous book and magazine articles, and he conducts workshops and presents lectures throughout the country.

Invited LPAPA Gallery Artist – The Invitational Legacy: Then & Now – June 2026
8th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational “Peoples’ Choice” Best in Show Award – 2006

Mark Shasha

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Laguna Plein Air Artist mark shasha

LPAPA Signature Artist Mark Shasha
Swampscott, Massachusetts
MarkShasha.com

“Painting is a calling for me. It is a longing for those moments when the poetry happens when a sun beam caresses a snowbank, peeks into a glade or spills diamonds across the sea. I’m compelled by something deep in me to seize that energy and to express it as paint on canvas using my own calligraphy and the brevity of a few accurate brushstrokes.  My reward is to have the viewer linger, to understand, to share as the canvas evokes and conveys a glimmer of that sublime natural beauty all around us.” — Mark Shasha (MarkShasha.com/about)

Robin Purcell

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LPAPA Signature Artist Robin Purcell

LPAPA Signature Artist Member Robin Purcell
Boston, Massachusettes
RobinPurcellPaints.blogspot.com

Robin is an award winning artist that paints watercolors in the plein air tradition. “I was probably warped by doing paint by numbers as a child,” quips Robin, alluding to the intriguing patchwork-like quality and bold colors of her engaging watercolors. “My painting style is all about editing the shapes I see in nature to make a statement about the movement. It’s important to observe them from life so I can choose which ones make sense to put in, and, just as important, which ones to leave out.” — Robin Purcell (ArtistsNetwork.com)