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April 2025 Featured Artist: Fay Wyles

March 31, 2025 by Bonnie Langner

April 2025 Featured Artist : Fay Wyles of San Clemente, California

Fay’s creative process is rooted in plein air painting, where she captures field studies and color notes from the seascapes and landscapes that inspire her. Working outdoors allows her to immerse herself fully in the scene, translating the natural light, atmosphere, and mood directly onto canvas. These smaller, spontaneous studies provide the foundation for her larger studio works, where she refines and amplifies the initial inspiration into powerful compositions. This balance between plein air exploration and studio refinement gives her art a dynamic energy, capturing both the raw beauty of the moment and a deeper, more considered interpretation.

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

Artwork by Fay Wyles currently on exhibit and available through the LPAPA Gallery…

Click to view more of Fay’s artwork at FayWylesFineArt.com

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Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Gallery: 414 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone (949) 376-3635, Email info@lpapa.org

LPAPA+LOCA: Mark Fehlman & Anthony Salvo Video Painting Lessons

March 17, 2025 by Toni Kellenberg

LPAPA+LOCA are pleased to present Laguna Landscapes Instructional Video Painting Lessons featuring LPAPA Signature Artists Mark Fehlman and Anthony Salvo. Both artists are multi-award winning Signature Artist Members of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA).

“Capturing Beauty at Big Bend” features Mark Fehlman taking you through his painting process from start to finish as he creates a beautiful Laguna Beach Canyon painting.

“Painting the Yellow Cottage” features Anthony Salvo as he creates an iconic Crystal Cove Cottage painting, demonstrating step by step his painting process.

Purchase individual instructional videos or save when purchasing both!

Individual Video Lessons:
$30.00* for LPAPA & LOCA Members; $40.00 for Non-Members

Both Video Lessons:
$50.00* for LPAPA & LOCA Members; $60.00 for Non-Members

MARK FEHLMAN PAINTING LESSON ANTHONY SALVO PAINTING LESSON

BOTH FEHLMAN + SALVO PAINTING LESSONS COMBINED

*LPAPA Members need to log in to receive the member discount; LOCA Members need to use the Promo Code provided by LOCA at the time of checkout to receive the member discount.

This program, and the instructional videos, is made possible through an education collaboration with LOCA Arts Education (LOCA) and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) with grant funding support through the City of Laguna Beach.

February 2025 Featured Artist: Amanda Fish

February 6, 2025 by Bonnie Langner

February 2025 Artist Member of the Month: Amanda Fish of Costa Mesa, California

Amanda enjoys creating still life paintings that have traditional look, but with a fresh painterly feel and delicate application. She retains a realistic yet lyrical quality by painting thin layers of transparent color. She follows the light with graceful movements allowing the viewer to wander and notice the nuances. She composes all of her still lifes, adding personal objects collected over many years with fruits and flowers. She likens her compositions as visual vignettes. luminescence.

“I am constantly inspired by the visual richness of objects. It’s about movement, elegance andI want to interpret the grace and beauty I see when bringing a variety of items together.”

-Amanda Fish

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

Artwork by Amanda Fish available for a limited time through the LPAPA Gallery…

Click to view more of Amanda’s artwork at AmandaFishFine Art.com

Plein Talk Archives

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Gallery: 414 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone (949) 376-3635, Email info@lpapa.org or gallery@lpapa.org

January 2025 Featured Artist: Hans Quinonez

January 9, 2025 by Bonnie Langner

January 2025 Artist Member of the Month: Hans Quinonez of Huntington Beach, California

Hans Quiñonez is a representational artist who works primarily in oil. He was born in California and was pulled toward the arts from an early age. During middle school he learned the fundamentals of oil painting at Bergeron Art School in Huntington Beach. He continued drawing and painting for fun and the enjoyment of getting lost and absorbed in the creative process. Although he often seeks quiet places in the world around him, he enjoys the fun and camaraderie of sharing the artistic process. “I see painting as a shared experience. I hope my paintings connect with others and reveal the experiences that inspire that journey through a vocabulary of light and color.”–Hans Quinonez

— Click here to visit Hans’ website to learn more about the artist.

Artwork by Hans Quinonez available for a limited time through the LPAPA Gallery…

Click to view more of Hans’ artwork at HansQuinonez.com

Plein Talk Archives

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Gallery: 414 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone (949) 376-3635, Email info@lpapa.org or gallery@lpapa.org

August 2024 Featured Artist Member: Kirsten Anderson

August 1, 2024 by Bonnie Langner

August 2024 Artist Member of the Month: Kirsten Anderson of Long Beach, California

“Raised in California, she has traveled with her palette and sketchbook on 6 continents and her paintings are a personal diary of her travels. “I have a wanderlust spirit that fits perfectly with an outdoor painter.” Kirsten ‘s favorite subjects are found along the coast, on the water, or in the water. “Sunlit figures, the ocean, the beach are especially inspiring. I love the sun hitting bodies—it’s like painting nudes, but with bikinis. And I like to paint boats.” Painting is an endless pursuit that touches my soul. My painting process always involves observing nature, providing me a stepping off point between realism, naturalism and abstraction. I prefer abstract areas and painterly textures and surprises in color palette and value. I want my painting to be better than the photograph or scene I am attempting to portray.”

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

Artwork by Kirsten Anderson available for a limited time through the LPAPA Gallery…

Click to view more of Kirsten’s artwork at KirstenAnderson.com

Plein Talk Archives

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Gallery: 414 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone (949) 376-3635, Email info@lpapa.org