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Featured Signature Artist: Gil Dellinger

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Gil Dellinger of Aliso Viejo, California
LPAPA’s January 2022 Featured Signature Artist Member of the Month

Click to view Gil’s artwork at GilDellinger.com

“Dellinger follows in the tradition of early California Impressionists who were also captivated by this coastal expanse, such as Jack Wilkinson Smith and William Ritschel. Like them, Dellinger is intrigued by the way the colors reflecting on the water change depending on the seasons and the shifting light. Something about the eternal mystery of the ocean keeps him coming back for more, the artist says.”–Southwest Art Magazine

A selection of available work by Gil is currently featured at the LPAPA Gallery located at 414 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, California. Gallery hours are 11 am to 5 pm, Thursday through Monday, with extended hours of 6 pm to 9 pm the first Thursday of each month for Art Walk Laguna Beach. Available Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and alternate hours, by appointment; email info@lpapa.org or call (949) 376-3635 for an appointment or to make inquiries.

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

Gil Dellinger Easel Shot

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Featured Artist Member: Lynn Berkeley

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Member of the Month Lynn Berkeley

Lynn Berkeley of Oak Glen, California
LPAPA’s January 2022 Featured Artist Member of the Month

Click to view Lynn’s artwork at LynnBerkeleyArt.com

“Lynn is a life-long artist, showing promise at an early age; winning local, national, and international awards by the age of 15.  Artist John Collier, was Lynn’s first mentor, providing encouragement and guidance early on.  After his retirement, she went on to take the helm of Mr. Collier’s weekly workshops and continued to develop and show her works. In 2016, encouraged by her family and friends, she immersed herself back into oil painting with the help of new teachers and mentors; Kevin MacPherson, Colley Whisson, Josh Clare, among others.  Lynn is the Artist in Residence for The Wildlands Conservancy Oak Glen Preserve, working to develop a visiting artist’s plein air program and painting full time.

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

Lynn Berkeley Easel Shot

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LPAPA’s New Gallery Home!

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LPAPA reached a milestone in LPAPA’s 25+ year history with the opening of our first independent gallery home last August in Laguna Beach! The LPAPA Gallery is open Thursday through Monday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, and extended hours (6-9 pm) the First Thursday of each month for Artwalk Laguna Beach!

LPAPA reached a milestone in LPAPA’s 25+ year history with the opening of our first independent gallery home last August in Laguna Beach! The LPAPA Gallery is open Thursday through Monday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, and extended hours the First Thursday of each month for Artwalk Laguna Beach!

The gallery is located in the historic El Paseo at 414 North Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, on Gallery Row between Jasmine and Myrtle Streets (there’s a trolley stop on the corner of North Coast Highway & Jasmine). To learn more, click to read the article published in Stu News Laguna.

LPAPA’s gallery is made possible through the support of our Members, Patrons, Donors, and Collectors. The sale of artwork supports the artists and nonprofit LPAPA, and helps to further our mission to preserve Laguna’s century-old plein air painting legacy, promote the plein air painting tradition, and connect 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, supporter, or donor, and help to 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 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!

 

PleinAir Salon December 2021 Competition Winners

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Congratulations to the LPAPA Members who received award recognition in the December 2021 PleinAir Salon Competition…

PleinAir Salon Best Vehicle "Shootin' the Breeze" by Debra Huse
PleinAir Salon Best Vehicle “Shootin’ the Breeze” by Debra Huse (16×20 oil)
PleinAir Salon Best Watercolor & Gouache "Spring Song of Malibu" by Robin Purcell
PleinAir Salon Best Watercolor & Gouache “Spring Song of Malibu” by Robin Purcell (18×24 watercolor)
PleinAir Salon Best Western "New in Town" by Suzie Baker
PleinAir Salon Best Western “New in Town” by Suzie Baker (12×16 oil)

Learn more at PleinAirSalon.com

Jason Sacran: 2nd Most Award Winning Artist

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"Off North Ponce" by Jason Sacran Oil, 20" x 16"
“Off North Ponce” by Jason Sacran
Oil, 20″ x 16″

LPAPA Signature Artist Jason Sacran has been named the 2nd most awarded artist across USA-based art contests, over the last 13 years (15 Most Awarded Artists in the US). To make this elite list of artists, a company called ARTDATAintel considered different high-profile art competitions over a period of 13 years.

Here’s a detailed overview of Jason’s standing, according to ARTDATAintel’s recent Post:

Sacran ranks: 5th at American Impressionist Society competing against 302 award-winning artists; 7th at BoldBrush Art Contest against 1329 award-winning artists; 2nd at National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society against 479 award-winning artists; 6th at Oil Painters of America against 700 award-winning artists and 6th at PleinAir Salon against 563 award-winning artists.

In this post, one of the paintings ARTDATAintel used to highlight Jason’s overall ranking position #2 amongst 5,903 award-winning artists.

In addition, LPAPA Signature Artists Jim McVicker ranks 7th, and LPAPA Signature Artist Jane Hunt ranks 12th, in the overall top 15 most awarded artists across USA-based art contests, over the last 13 years.