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Marc Dalessio

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LPAPA Signature Artist Marc Dalessio

LPAPA Signature Artist Marc Dalessio
Estremoz, Portugal
MarcDalessio.com

Marc describes himself as an American naturalistic painter.

He was born in Los Angeles in 1972. From the age of 6 to 10 Marc lived in the Fiji Islands where his father was a regional director of the Peace Corps. The beauty of Fiji and his native California instilled in him a love of the natural world.

Marc’s foundation in fine art began at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he originally studied biology. The excellent art instructors Patrick Ahern and Hardy Hanson introduced him to plein air landscape painting and academic drawing, respectively.

After finishing Phi Beta Kappa in 1992 he moved to Italy and trained at Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence from 1992 to 1996. Cecil Studios is a traditional painting atelier directly descended, via R. H. Ives Gammell and William Paxton, to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme. Today the school maintains a rigorous drawing and painting curriculum similar to the Academies of 19th-Century Europe.

Received LPAPA Signature Artist designation in 2019

Lyn Boyer

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Laguna Plein Air Artist Lyn Boyer

LPAPA Signature Artist Lyn Boyer
Durango, Colorado
LynBoyer.com

Carrying on the great traditions of representational oil painting and passing that torch to her students are Lyn’s two great passions in life. She is an award winning plein air and studio oil painter with works that hang in private collections across the United States. After returning from studying art in Melbourne, Australia, Lyn began a 25 year career as an American illustrator and painter, garnering awards from the Oil Painters of America, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Southwest Art, the Society of Illustrators, the Art Directors Club, the Illustrators Workshops, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

Lyn’s early inspiration came from the great Illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration and their contemporaries, the American and European painters of the late 1800’s and early 20th century.

Received LPAPA Signature Artist designation in 2019

Cynthia Britain

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Cynthia Britain

LPAPA Signature Artist & Founding Member Cynthia Britain
Laguna Beach, California
CynthiaBritain.com

Cynthia Britain’s favorite activities are twofold – painting and spending time in nature. It is the combination of these two passions that have resulted in her becoming an award winning plein air painter. “I can’t imagine a more gratifying experience than painting outdoors while listening to the birds sing and feeling the sun on my face.” Cynthia is a Founding Member of LPAPA.

Saim Caglayan

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Saim Caglayan

LPAPA Signature Artist & Founding Member Saim Caglayan
Kilauea, Hawaii
SaimCaglayan.com

In 1996 Saim Caglayan founded LPAPA, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. His goal was to revive the tradition of the early California painters who had lived and painted in Laguna Beach. Today LPAPA has become a vibrant force in the art community of California, as well as globally, with an impressive membership from Hawaii to Florida and several foreign countries. Saim Caglayan is a Founding Member of LPAPA.

2nd Place Award – Sorolla’s Legacy, LPAPA Inspired by a Master – January 2016

John Cosby

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John Cosby

LPAPA Signature Artist and Founding Member John Cosby
San Clemente, California
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As a painter, John Cosby travels extensively painting what he sees and feels.  Bold use of color and an energetic brush stroke, combined with the truth of the place, is what you will see and feel when viewing a painting by Cosby.  John shared the 2009 “Best in Show” award with artist Jill Carver during the 11th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. John Cosby is a Founding Member of LPAPA.

3rd Place Award – Sorolla’s Legacy, LPAPA Inspired by a Master – January 2016