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Dan Mondloch

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Laguna Plein Air Artist Dan Mondloch

LPAPA Signature Artist Member Dan Mondloch
Cold Spring, Minnesota
DanMondloch.com

Dan Mondloch is a third-generation painter of landscapes in watercolor, following in the footsteps of his parents and great grandfather. In his hometown of St. Cloud, he graduated from SCSU with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing in 2007.

He operates a studio in his home, where he balances his professional life between studio art, commission work, murals, and teaching. He became a rostered teaching artist for the Central MN Arts Board in 2012. He teaches studio and plein air workshops, K-12  Artist Residencies, and beginner classes at the Paramount Visual Arts Center in St. Cloud. In 2013 he was awarded a McKnight Emerging Artists Award from the Central MN Arts Board (CMAB), and a Career Development grant from them in 2012 & 2014. Dan was also awarded a prestigious Artist’s Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts board in 2013.

1st Place Award – 4th Annual Waterworks – July 2020
OutdoorPainter Award – 21st Laguna Plein Air Invitational – October 2019
American Art Collector Award – 21st Laguna Plein Air Invitational – October 2019
1st Place Award – 3rd Annual Waterworks Juried Art Show – May 2019
The Architectural Award – 20th Laguna Plein Air Invitational – October 2018
Best in Show Plein Air Watercolor – 2nd Annual Waterworks – May 2018

Mark Shasha

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LPAPA Signature Artist Mark Shasha
Swampscott, Massachusetts
MarkShasha.com

“Painting is a calling for me. It is a longing for those moments when the poetry happens when a sun beam caresses a snowbank, peeks into a glade or spills diamonds across the sea. I’m compelled by something deep in me to seize that energy and to express it as paint on canvas using my own calligraphy and the brevity of a few accurate brushstrokes.  My reward is to have the viewer linger, to understand, to share as the canvas evokes and conveys a glimmer of that sublime natural beauty all around us.” — Mark Shasha (MarkShasha.com/about)

Dan Graziano

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LPAPA Signature Artist Dan Graziano

LPAPA Signature Artist Dan Graziano
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
DanGrazianoFineArt.com

Dan Graziano is an award winning, nationally exhibited artist whose paintings capture the hidden beauty found in the unexpected places and fleeting moments of everyday life.  His work has been featured in numerous publications and is in the collections of private and corporate collectors throughout the world.

His artistic vision began taking shape in the 60’s, during America’s explosive political, cultural and artistic awakening.  His first formal training focused on advertising and illustration, but a career opportunity in architecture and urban planning altered his original direction.

3rd Place Signature Member Award – 1st Annual LPAPA Squared – December 2020
Received Juried LPAPA Signature Artist designation in 2019

Shuang Li

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Laguna Plein Air Painter Shuang Li

LPAPA Signature Artist Shuang Li
Escondido, California
ShuangLiWatercolors.com

Born, raised and classically trained in China, Shuang Li received her BA Degree in Graphic Design and Master Degree in Art History. After moving to the United States, Shuang Li received her MFA (Master of Fine Art) Degree from The Department of Art, University of Oregon in 1991. Following the traditional “En Plein Air” Impressionism approach, Shuang paints watercolor both on locations and in her studio, portrays the extraordinary variety of life with her unique perspective.

Jove Wang

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Into the Woods by Jove WangLPAPA Signature Artist Jove Wang
Alhambra, California
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Jove Wang was born in China. As a youth, at age seven he apprenticed with the master painter Gang Gu, subsequently studying at Jilin School of Art for three years and graduating in 1982. In 1984 he was accepted into the most prestigious art institute of China, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now named the China Academy of Art) and graduated as an honor student in 1988. He also received professional training from the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1990 Jove immigrated to the United States where he soon met with success, the beginning of a career that has garnered him national recognition and awards. In addition, paintings by Jove Wang are in the permanent collections of several important California art collections including those of the Bowers Museum, the Bakersfield Museum of Art and the art collection of Mission San Juan Capistrano, as well as in the art collection of the Museum of Jilin, China.

Jove Wang also maintains a busy schedule teaching art classes and workshops to a wide circle of students eager to learn from a master artist. He has been invited to teach oil painting workshops at various art schools and galleries including the Scottsdale Artists’ School in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition, he has been invited to give demonstrations and lectures at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena and at the Autry Museum. Jove Wang is also a guest professor at several academies of fine art in China.

Jove Wang has received numerous awards for his work including the 1997 Best of Show Award at the California Art Club’s 88th Annual Gold Medal Show, 1998 First Place Award in the 89th Annual Gold Medal Show, 1999 Best of Show at the 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America, 200o First Place at the Viewpoint 2000 Cincinnati Art Club Exhibition, and in 2001 he won the Best of Show and the Artists’ Choice Awards at the 2001 Carmel Art Festival. Jove has participated as an invited plein air painter in the prestigious Laguna Plein Air Painters Association ten times. He received the Laguna Invitational 2001 Honorable Mention Award, the 2017 Collectors’ Choice Award, and the 2022 Artists’ Choice Award. Jove’s work was featured in “The Great American West” a solo exhibition at the LPAPA Gallery in 2022, and he is an invited master artist in the LPAPA Gallery’s 2025 special exhibition “LPAPA Beyond the Landscape” featuring works by Jove Wang, Scott Burdick and Dan McCaw.