Member News Archives - Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

Featured Signature Artist: Hiu Lai Chong

October 2, 2019 by Toni Kellenberg

Hiu Lai Chong of Rockville, Maryland
LPAPA’s October 2019 featured Signature Artist Member of the Month.

Click these links for: LPAPA Plein Talk Q&As with Hiu Lai Chong & Artwork Showcase, plus more at HiuLaiChong.com.

Hiu Lai Chong is an oil painter who uses vivid colors and sensitive brushstrokes to express mood and feeling in her subjects. She received her early art training in Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her paintings have won numerous awards. In 2012, Hiu Lai received the Grand Prize and Artist’s Choice Award at Plein Air Easton, Maryland. She was featured in the November issue of Plein Air Magazine by Editor-in-Chief Steve Doherty. In 2016, She received Certificate of Excellence award from International Portrait Competition by Portrait Society of America. Hiu Lai is an artist member of the California Arts Club, Portrait Society of America, Signature Member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, the Oil Painters of America, the American Society of Marine Artists and Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painter Association, and member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters.

Click here to visit Hiu Lai’s website and learn more about the artist.

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Featured Artist: Richard Boyer

October 2, 2019 by Toni Kellenberg

Richard Boyer of Salt Lake City, Utah
LPAPA’s October 2019 Artist Member of the Month

Click the links for: Plein Talk Q&As with Richard Boyer & Artwork Showcase, plus learn more at RichardBoyerArt.net.

Boyer began painting at an early age, first showing his work while still attending high school in Williamsville, New York. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1981 after five years of study under the portrait and figurative painter “Alvin Gittins”. Gittins’ ability to render the figure so expertly intrigues and influences him to this day.

In 1981, Boyer moved to Germany to study languages at the Universität Kiel. With Kiel as a home base, he utilized the opportunity to travel and paint throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Richard met his Swedish wife, Karin, while studying at the University of Berlin. Since 1988, they have resided in Salt Lake City, Utah, where their three children were born. However, they continue to spend their summers with their extended family in Sweden.

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

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Plein Air Podcast with Rosemary Swimm

August 31, 2019 by Toni Kellenberg

PleinAir Magazine Publisher Eric Rhoads interviews Rosemary Swimm, the Executive Director of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA). Even if you’re not in California, you’ll want to listen to this podcast to see what they’re doing for the plein air community at large, and how you can be a part of it, too. Click here to listen!

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Order LPAPA’s 20th Invitational Book

August 1, 2019 by Toni Kellenberg

20 years ago a tradition was started – The Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. Each year the best of the best plein air artists are invited to come to Laguna Beach to paint and to celebrate the legacy of the early plein air artists who established Laguna Beach as an Artists’ Colony, founded the first Laguna Beach Art Association and opened the first Art Gallery in 1918.

The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) is considered the steward of Laguna’s artistic heritage, and our mission is dedicated to preserving the plein air legacy and painting tradition for future generations.

We celebrate our 20th anniversary of the Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational with the publication of our first hardbound book. This special 20th anniversary book, authored by Mr. Jean Stern, the leading authority on plein air art and Director of The Irvine Museum Collection at UCI Institute and Museum for California Art, is a recording of the Invitational history and showcases the top award-winning artists who have helped LPAPA further its mission to celebrate and preserve the plein air painting tradition.

Best of Show: Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational 1999-2018

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13th Annual “Less is More” July 2019

July 31, 2019 by Toni Kellenberg

LPAPA’s 2019 “Less is More” 13th Annual Juried Art Show
Celebrating small works of art with big impact!
Gallery Exhibit Dates: July 8-22, 2019 (plus DailyBrushwork online gallery show)
Location: LPAPA in Residence at Forest & Ocean Gallery, 480 Ocean Ave, Laguna Beach, CA
Gallery Hours: Sunday – Friday: 11am – 5pm | Saturday: 10am – 6pm | Closed Mondays

Award Winners:

1st Place: Susan Diehl’s “Waiting the Audience” 9 x 12 oil

2nd Place: Aaron Schuerr’s “Laguna Rocks” 9 x 12 oil

3rd Place: Jason Li’s “Summer Lake” 7 x 14 watercolor

Honorable Mention: Judith Cameron’s “Traffic Jam” 9 x 12 oil

Honorable Mention: Wendy Wirth’s “Laguna Glimmer, Main Beach” 10 x 5 acrylic

Facebook People’s Choice: Jeff Sewell’s “A Little Crash” 5 x 7 oil

Juried Gallery Artists:

Award Winners: (announced on July 13, 2019)

Five Cash Awards:
1st Place $500
2nd Place $250
3rd Place $125
Honorable Mention (2) $50 each
Plus new “Facebook Fans People’s Choice” Award $50

LPAPA presents its annual juried art shows and special events at its “LPAPA in Residence” gallery home located within 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 art colony, and provides LPAPA with the opportunity for our nonprofit art organization to celebrate Laguna’s plein air painting heritage and connect with our members, our community, supporters and art lovers, to further our Mission. The entry fees support the awards and show expenses, as well as LPAPA’s gallery presence; the sale of artwork benefits the artists, the gallery and nonprofit LPAPA.

LPAPA’s mission is dedicated to painting the landscape, preserving Laguna’s artistic legacy and promoting the plein air painting tradition. LPAPA strives to enhance the livelihood of its artist members and inspire the next generation of plein air painters!

Join LPAPA’s celebration, be part of the tradition!

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