Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

Featured Signature Artist: Ned Mueller

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LPAPA Signature Artist Ned MuellerNed Mueller of Renton, Washington
LPAPA’s February 2019 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

Click links to learn more: LPAPA Plein Talk with Ned Mueller  & Artwork Showcase, plus at NedMueller.com

Born in Wisconsin and raised in Montana, Ned Mueller has been drawing and painting all of his life. He graduated from the prestigious Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles where he also taught drawing while still a student. His love for life and art is reflected in his superb paintings of a wide range of subjects including Portraits, Figures, Animals and Landscapes, both studio and plein air.

Ned worked as an illustrator for 25 years while building a solid foundation of professionalism and has worked as a successful full time artist since 1984. He continued to enhance his knowledge and skills by taking workshops with master artists Harley Brown, Richard Schmid, Bettina Steinke, Del Gish, and Sergei Bongart.

He has written several articles on painting for the Artists Magazine, is called upon to jury shows, and is a popular and enthusiastic workshop teacher around the country and abroad. .

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LPAPA Signature Artist Ned MuellerClick here for LPAPA’s Library of Archived Plein Talks

Featured Artist Member: Frances Pampeyan

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LPAPA Artist Member Frances PampeyanFrances E. Pampeyan of Duarte, California
LPAPA’s February 2019 Artist Member of the Month

Click the links for: LPAPA Plein Talk with Frances Pampeyan & Artwork Showcase, plus more at FrancesPampeyan.com.

Frances is a California-based artist whose gift was noticed at an early age by her mother.  Her childhood memories include having a paint brush in her hand.  She studied drawing and painting at Pasadena Art Center College of Design and has continued to study and develop her skills through instruction by nationally and internationally known artists.

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LPAPA Artist Frances PampeyanClick here for LPAPA’s Library of Archived Plein Talks

Larry Cannon: In The Flow

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LPAPA Signature Artist Larry Cannon will be exhibiting Malibu Lagoon at the Oceanside Museum of Art in the  National Watercolor Society’s (NWS) Southern California Inspirations: Past and Present exhibition through April 21, 2019. In addition to paintings by current members of NWS, the exhibit will include works by many 19th Century past masters of the watercolor medium.*

Larry is also profiled in feature articles in the February issue of Southwest Art Magazine (<- click the highlighted link to read the full article Larry Cannon | In the Flow) and in the upcoming May-April issue of Watercolor Artist Magazine.

*Other LPAPA artists also exhibiting in the NWS Exhibition at the Oceanside Museum include: Rick J. Delanty, Robin Purcell, Shuang Li, Keiko Tanabe, and Wendy Wirth.

Cindy Baron: OPA Master Signature Artist

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LPAPA Signature Artist Cindy Baron

Congratulations to LPAPA Signature Artist Cindy Baron who has been elected to join a select group of Oil Painters of America Master Signature Artists. Cindy Baron is nationally recognized in both watercolors and oils, painting the grand landscapes of the western mountains and coastal shorelines. In 2018, Cindy received the coveted “Best in Show” Award, as well as The Irvine Museum Award, in LPAPA’s 20th Anniversary Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational.

Click to read the full article: Fine Art Connoisseur’s Fine Art Today.