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Jason Li

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LPAPA Signature Artist Jason LiLPAPA Signature Artist Jason Li
Yorba Linda, California
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Jason Li, a resident of Southern California, is widely recognized in the giftware industry throughout the United States and around the world.  His award-winning watercolor paintings have been enjoyed by millions through a variety of products.

Jason earned his bachelor degree from Guangzhou Institute of Fine Art, one of the most prestigious art institutes in China in 1989.  His major was Chinese Painting. One of his graduation paintings “Fallen” was collected by the school museum. With a desire to gain more knowledge in the latest trends and technologies in art and design, he moved to California in 1992. While he was attending California State University Fullerton to pursue his master degree in graphic design, his watercolor painting series was collected by the International Student Services Department. That series explored the transformation of eastern and western culture in modern society. 

Invited LPAPA Gallery Artist – The Invitational Legacy: Then & Now – June 2026
2nd Place Award – 22nd Best of Plein Air 2026
Best in Show Award – 27th Laguna Plein Air Invitational 2025
Quick Draw Award – 27th Laguna Plein Air Invitational 2025
3rd Place Award – Hotel Laguna Painting Competition 2025
1st Place Best Plein Air Watercolor Award – 9th Annual Waterworks 2025
1st Place Award – 21st Annual Best of Plein Air 2025
1st Place Signature Artist – 5th Annual LPAPA Squared 2024
Laguna Art Museum Award – 27th Laguna Plein Air Invitational 2024
Artistic Palette Award – 27th Laguna Plein Air Invitational 2024
1st Place Plein Air Award – 9th Annual Waterworks 2024
1st Place Award – 20th Annual Best of Plein Air 2024
Directors Choice Award – 25th Laguna Plein Air Invitational 2023
Honorable Mention Award – 19th Annual Best of Plein Air 2023
Featured Signature Member of the Month, March 2021
1st Place Award – Art & Nature 2020
1st Place Award – From Dusk to Dawn 2019
3rd Place Award – 13th Annual Less is More 2019
Learn more about this talented artist at JasonFineArt.com.

Judd Mercer

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LPAPA Artist Judd Mercer

LPAPA Signature Artist Member Judd Mercer
Englewood, Colorado
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Judd Mercer is a watercolor painter based in Denver, Colorado. After attending art school for industrial design, Judd pursued a career in digital design and user experience and is co-owner of Elevated Third, a Denver-based digital agency.

After committing to writing and illustrating a full-length fantasy novel in his spare time, Judd began watercolor painting around 2014, studying with teachers such as Alvaro Castagnet, Joseph Zbukvic and Herman Pekel.

After finishing the book, All That Will Burn, in 2017, Judd’s love for painting continues. He now spends his free time in his studio and plein air painting around Colorado, often with friend, fellow painter, and teacher, Dan Marshall.

Mike Hill

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Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Mike HillLPAPA Signature Artist Mike Hill
Escondido, California
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Mike Hill is a representational oil painter who specializes in urban and plein air landscapes. Most paintings are started in the field and finished in his studio. Mike holds a Masters degree in business administration and runs a successful business in San Diego. Mike has also trained extensively under Pat Kelly and Jeff Yeomans in San Diego.

Lisa Skelly

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Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Lisa Skelly

LPAPA Signature Artist Lisa Skelly
Balboa Island, California
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Lisa studied graphic design at Northern Illinois University, that started her lifelong career in art. Right out of college, Lisa decided to travel the world as a flight attendant, until her first child and husband grounded her and she started her first art business, Deux Brosses, a faux finishing and mural company. Lisa fell in love with fine art and especially Plein Air. She explored many different mediums and decided on pastels as her favorite.  She studied with colorist, Camille Przewodek, to take her skills and abilities to higher levels. She has studied with some of the best Plein Air Artists in the country, including Ken Auster, Debra Huse, Kim Lordier, Clark Mitchell and many more.  In 2017, Lisa relocated to Newport Beach, Ca, and resumed her longtime love affair with the ocean.

Ryan Jensen

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LPAPA Artist Member Ryan Jensen

LPAPA Signature Artist Member & Invitational Fan Supporter
Ryan Jensen
Eureka, California
RyanJensenArtwork.com

Ryan Jensen, born in the San Francisco Bay Area, moved around a bit growing up. But his earliest memories are of family and include his father, a painter, and his mother, a graphic designer, arched together over a drafting board in their in-home studio; or his father’s paint-covered hands on the steering wheel as he drove his son to school. On the mornings Ryan’s father left early for work, there would be a sticky-note sketch on the kitchen table, usually a comical depiction that always made Ryan laugh. Jensen began to sketch as a child and never stopped. Somewhere, “deep down,” he knew he wanted to be a professional artist one day, but throughout adolescence and young adulthood there were many other things that captured his interest. (RyanJensenArtwork.com/about)