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Featured Signature Artist: Ryan Jensen

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Signature Artist of the Month Ryan JensenRyan Jensen of Blue Lake, California
LPAPA’s September 2021 Signature Artist Member of the Month

Click to view Ryan’s artwork at RyanJensenArtwork.com
Click to read: Plein Talk Interview with Ryan Jensen

Majoring in Fine Arts, in a painting class, he began to work with color for the first time. Jensen realized that his life-long, drawing background had set a great foundation for him as a painter.  But it was his “deep down” desire to paint, rooted in family life experiences, that surfaced in the remembered words of his father: words about the importance of warm and cool light and broad brushwork. Now, the first things people notice about Ryan Jensen’s paintings are the way he handles light and his brushwork.

Click here to visit Ryan’s website to learn more about the artist.

Ryan Jensen Easel Shot

Click here for LPAPA’s Library of Archived Plein Talks

Featured Artist Member: Lisa Skelly

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Lisa Skelly Member of the Month

Lisa Skelly of Balboa Island, California
LPAPA’s September 2021 Artist Member of the Month

Click to view Lisa’s artwork at HuseSkellyGallery.com/Lisa-Skelly
Click to Read: Plein Talk Interview with Lisa Skelly

Lisa Skelly’s art is the culmination of the coast, waves, and love painted through her lens. Lisa is a Plein Air Pastel Artist. The paradox of power and serenity contained in the ocean and Lisa’s work have an energizing yet at the same time a calming effect that she wishes to share with everyone in the world. Surf’s Up!

Click here to visit Lisa’s website to learn more about the artist.Lisa Skelly Easel Shot

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LPAPA Gallery Open Thurs-Mon, 11am – 5pm!

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We’re excited to announce that LPAPA’s new gallery home is now open for business Thursday through Monday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm! The gallery is located in the historic El Paseo at 414 North Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, on Gallery Row between Jasmine and Myrtle (there’s a trolley stop on the corner of North Coast Highway & Jasmine).

The first gallery show featured LPAPA’s Founding Members: Ken Auster, Jacobus Baas, Cynthia Britain, Saim Caglayan, and John Cosby, August 19th through Monday, September 6th. The current show features LPAPA Invitational Artists, September 9th through Monday, October 11, 2021.

LPAPA’s gallery is made possible through the support of our Members, Patrons, and Collectors. The sale of artwork supports the artists and nonprofit LPAPA, and helps to further our mission of preserving Laguna’s century-old plein air legacy, promoting the plein air painting tradition, and connecting outdoor painters from around the world with Laguna’s artistic legacy! We hope you will plan to visit the gallery, join LPAPA as an artist or supporter, and help us assure that plein air painting — past, present, and future — will remain in our community for centuries to come! When you join LPAPA, you become part of the legacy and tradition!

Gallery hours will be Thursday through Monday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. We are available by appointment on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and alternative hours. Please feel free to contact us by email at info@lpapa.org or by phone at (949) 376-3635.

Thank you for being part of the Laguna Plein Air Painting tradition!

 

Sept 9-Oct 11: Invitational Catalog Art Gallery Show

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2021 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Catalog & Gallery Show

The LPAPA Gallery showcases the 2021 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Artists, with the annual Invitational Art Catalog Show opening Thursday, September 9th through Monday, October 11th. The works exhibited will be published in this year’s Invitational Art Catalog produced exclusively for this year’s event.

LPAPA’s new gallery home is located at 414 North Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, on Gallery Row between Jasmine and Myrtle. Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Join us Thursday, October 7, 2021, 6PM-9PM, when the Gallery is open extended hours for First Thursday Art Walk Laguna Beach!

The 23rd Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational will be presented the week of October 2 through October 10th, with the Annual Collectors Gala on Saturday, October 9th.

LPAPA’s gallery is made possible through the support of our Members, Patrons, and Collectors, and funds raised through the annual Invitational. Proceeds from the sale of artwork support the artists and nonprofit LPAPA, and helps further LPAPA’s mission to preserve Laguna’s century-old artistic legacy, promote the plein air painting tradition, and connect outdoor painters from around the world! We hope you will plan to visit the gallery, join  LPAPA as an artist or supporter, and help assure that plein air painting — past, present, and future — will remain in our Community’s heart for centuries to come! When you join LPAPA, you become part of the Laguna Plein Air legacy and tradition!

Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. We are available by appointment on Tuesdays and Wednesdays or alternative hours. Please feel free to contact us by email at info@lpapa.org or by phone at (949) 376-3635.

Thank you for being part of the Laguna Plein Air Painting tradition!

Your support is greatly appreciated!
Proceeds generated through ticket and art sales help support nonprofit LPAPA and its Education Programs.

VIEW LAGUNA INVITATIONAL ARTISTS

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*Note: Tickets for this event are included in the Invitational Sponsor Packages
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Bringing Order to a Riot of Colors

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LPAPA Signature Artist Robin PurcellFor a few weeks each spring, LPAPA Signature Artist Robin Purcell takes advantage of the opportunity when Mother Nature transforms the rolling hills of California’s North San Diego County into one of the most spectacular and coordinated displays of natural color and beauty anywhere in the world. With nearly 50 acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus blooms, the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch have helped usher in the season for more than 60 years.

Click to read the full article “How to Bring Order to a Riot of Colors” in America Watercolor Weekly.

LPAPA Signature Artist Robin Purcell