Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

Signature Showcase: Debra Joy Groesser

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LPAPA Signature Artist Debra Joy Groesser

LPAPA Signature Artist Member Debra Joy Groesser of Ralston, Nebraska
LPAPA’s May 2018 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

Click for Debra’s plein air tips, advice, adventures & artwork:  LPAPA Plein Talk with Debra Joy Groesser & Artwork Showcase.

Debra is passionate about plein air painting in oils.  Her landscape paintings have garnered national recognition and awards. Being outdoors in God’s creation, whether in her perennial garden, in the mountains or by the sea, provides her endless inspiration for her work. Debra’s ability to capture mood, emotion, atmosphere and a sense of place in her work attracts collectors, both private and corporate, worldwide.
Click here for full bio.

“Painting is such a spiritual experience for me. Nothing inspires me more than being out on location, capturing the subtle nuances of color, light and atmosphere that can only be achieved by painting from nature.”   – Debra Joy Groesser

LPAPA Signature Artist Member Debra Joy Groesser

 

 

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“Waterworks” Watercolor Art Show: Award Winners

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The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association’s
2nd Annual “Waterworks” Watercolor Art Show
LPAPA’s Juried Art Show Dedicated to Transparent Watercolor Paintings is
Presented with the support of the Joe Hanks Van Cleave Foundation for the Arts
Art Gallery Reception: Saturday May 12th, 6-8pm (Awards 7pm)
Family Fun Watercolor Painting Event: Saturday May 12th
9am-11am or 11:30am-1:30pm, Click to Register
Art Exhibition Dates:  May 8-20, 2018
Location: LPAPA in Residence at Forest & Ocean Gallery
480 Ocean Ave, Laguna Beach, California
Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri & Sun 11am-5pm; | Saturdays 10am – 6pm | Closed Mondays

Click here to preview the expanded online gallery:  Dailybrushwork.com

Award Winners:

Dan Mondloch for "Balboa Sunset"
Best in Show Plein Air Watercolor: Dan Mondloch for “Balboa Sunset” (15 x 11 plein air watercolor)
Vladislav Yeliseyev's "Green Door"
1st Place: Vladislav Yeliseyev for “Green Door” (21 x 14 watercolor)
Cindy Baron's "Elegance"
2nd Place: Cindy Baron for “Elegance” (9 x 16 watercolor)
Daniel Marshall's "Bringing in the Sails"
3rd Place: Daniel Marshall for “Bringing in the Sails” (10 x 15 plein air watercolor)
James Keenan's "Coastal Trail"
Honorable Mention: James Keenan for “Coastal Trail” (22 x 30 watercolor)
Stewart White's "A Hong Kong Dawn"
Honorable Mention: Stewart White for “A Hong Kong Dawn” (14 x 18 watercolor)

GRAND PRIZE “Best in Show Plein Air Watercolor” $1,000 + Artist Invited to participate in the 2018 Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational. Five additional cash prizes to be awarded for plein air and studio paintings. Sincere thanks to our distinguished jurors: LPAPA Signature Artist David Damm, Curate Fine Art Founder Kirsten Hermstad, Forest & Ocean Gallery Owner Ludo Leideritz, and our Awards Judge Mr. Jean Stern, Associate Director of The University of California, Irvine Institute and Museum for California Art.

Participating artists: 

Cindy Baron
Carole Boller
Thomas Bucci
Larry Cannon
Tina Chong
Rick J. Delanty
Hans Groenveld
Margie Hildreth
James Keenan
Thomas Jefferson Kitts
Katarzyna Lappin
Rolf Lygren
Susan Lynn		 Daniel Marshall
Dan Mondloch
Deborah Newman
Gil Park
Randy Sprout
Barbara Tapp
Christine Thomas
James Turner
Marianne van der Veer
Steve Wang
Durre Wassem
Stewart White
Vladislav Yeliseyev

The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association presents juried art shows at its “LPAPA in Residence” gallery home located at Forest & Ocean Gallery in Laguna Beach. The gallery creates opportunities for our regional, national and international Signature, Artist and Student Members to show their work in our thriving art colony, and provides LPAPA with the opportunity for our nonprofit art organization to connect with our members, our community, supporters and art lovers, to further our Mission.

Laguna Plein Air Artists are dedicated to painting the landscape,
preserving Laguna’s artistic legacy and promoting the plein air painting tradition.

Celebrate the plein air legacy, be part of the tradition!

Click here for other Spring, Summer & Fall Laguna Plein Air Art Shows & Events

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For information about becoming a LPAPA Member, click here: Join LPAPA

Image: 2017 1st Place Award winning painting “Peaceful Dawn” by LPAPA Signature Artist Cindy Baron 

LPAPA receives Festival of Arts Foundation Grant

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Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) received a generous grant of $3,000 from The Festival of Arts (FOA) Foundation to supplement their educational projects. This generous grant will be used to partially fund LPAPA’s Educational Plein Air Project. Three portions of the Plein Air Project will once again be presented during the annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational to inspire our next generation of artists.

LPAPA’s Plein Air Project – Recent nominee at LBAA Art Star Awards Best New Arts Program – A program where LPAPA artist/mentors introduce students to the history of plein air painting through lectures, demonstrations and in field study (where students are given art supplies to create their works of art) along with a field trip to museums. Click here to read the full article in Stu News Laguna.

LPAPA Festival of Arts Foundation Grant
Board trustee John Campbell, LPAPA president Toni Kellenberg, & FOA Foundation trustee Scott Moore

 

Call for Artwork: “Best of Plein Air” Art Show

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The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association presents the
14th Annual “Best of Plein Air” Art Show – Call for Artwork
Artist’s Deadline to Submit: Monday June 4, 2018, before 11:59pm
Art Exhibition Dates:  July 10 – 22, 2018
Gallery Reception: Saturday July 14th, 5-7pm (Awards 6pm), Free Entry
Location: LPAPA in Residence at Forest & Ocean Gallery, 480 Ocean Ave, Laguna Beach, CA
Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri & Sun 11am-5pm; | Sat 10am – 6pm | Closed Mondays

Art and nature come together for LPAPA’s 14th Annual juried art show dedicated to the “Best of Plein Air” art with all paintings created outdoors in plein air by regional, national and international artist members of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.

Five cash awards will be presented, with the 1st Place award winning artist to receive a rare and highly coveted invitation to participate in the 2018 20th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational — considered to be the “powerhouse” of plein Air painting festivals & fine art shows.

Deadline to submit artwork: Monday June 4, 2018 (11:59pm)

Click here for show prospectus and online submission:  OnLineJuriedShows

The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association presents juried art shows at its “LPAPA in Residence” art gallery home located at the Forest & Ocean Gallery in Laguna Beach. The gallery creates opportunities for our regional, national and international Signature, Artist and Student Members to show their work in our thriving historic art colony, and provides our nonprofit art organization the opportunity to connect with our artist members, our community, supporters and art lovers, to further our Mission to promote and preserve the plein air painting tradition and our community artistic legacy… Laguna Beach was established as an Art Colony by plein air artists more than 100 years ago!

Laguna Plein Air Artists are dedicated to painting the landscape,
preserving Laguna’s artistic legacy and promoting the plein air painting tradition.

Celebrate the plein air legacy, be part of the tradition!

Click here for Spring, Summer & Fall Laguna Plein Air Art Shows & Events

Click here for Visit Laguna Beach Hotel Partners

For information about becoming a LPAPA Member, click here: Join LPAPA

Image: 2017 1st Place Award winning painting “Wailua River” by LPAPA Artist Member Pierre Bouret