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Rick J. Delanty

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LPAPA Signature Artist Member Rick Delanty

LPAPA Signature Artist Rick J. Delanty
San Clemente, California
DelantyFineArt.com

A California native, Rick has been painting landscapes and seascape for over three decades. Paralleling his painting career, he taught advanced painting and drawing in public education until 2006. He terms his style “expressionistic realism,” an exuberant calligraphy of color and brushstroke which conveys emotion and movement within a realistic setting. Delanty’s work has been included in invitational plein air events across the West, and has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the nation. Delanty has received awards at regional, national and international levels.

Collectors’ Choice Award – 25th Annual Laguna Plein Air Invitational
Lifetime Achievement Award – Laguna Plein Air Painters Association – October 2017
Spirit of Laguna Award – Laguna Plein Air Invitational – October 2017
Honorable Mention Award Winner – LPAPA’s Urban Landscapes – May 2016
2nd Place Award Winner – LPAPA’s Welcome to Spring – April 2016

Gil Dellinger

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LPAPA Signature Artist Gil Dellinger

LPAPA Signature Artist Gil Dellinger
Aliso Viejo, California
GilDellinger.com

Gil Dellinger is inspired by the sunlight on the ocean waves, the movement of horses at work, and nature’s beauty in all its glorious seasons — all of these subjects and more inspire him. Yet whatever he paints, this nationally renown award-winning artist strives to create “a pure path” between you, the viewer, and the subject so that you can experience the wonder of God’s creation and savor the gifts that we’ve been given.

American Art Collector Magazine Award – Laguna Plein Air Invitational – October 2018
The Revelite Lyn Burke Memorial Award – Laguna Plein Air Invitational – October 2021

Suzie Baker

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Laguna Plein Air Artist Suzi Baker

LPAPA Signature Artist Suzie Baker
Shenandoah, Texas
SuzieBaker.com

“I paint in oils and am motivated by color, immediacy of stroke, composition, the camaraderie of other artists, and ultimately the desire to evolve as an artist. I strive to create paintings that communicate confidence in execution and that exhibit a fresh, intuitive, and spontaneous quality. I will paint till I can paint no more. When I’m not painting, I’m thinking about what I want to paint next. I can’t not paint.” — Suzie Baker

2015 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Distinctive Merit Award Winner
2016 Laguna Plein Air Invitational OutdoorPainter.com Award Winner
2017 Laguna Plein Air Invitational Director’s Choice Award
2018 1st Place Award Winner – LPAPA’s Best of Plein Air

Joe Anna Arnett (1950-2024)

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LPAPA Signature Artist Joe Anna Arnett

LPAPA Signature Artist Joe Anna Arnett
Santa Fe, New Mexico
JoeAnnaArnett.com

Joe Anna is a master artist on “Passport & Palette” the art instruction and travel series airing on PBS stations across the country. She not only appears on the show, but also produces and writes for the program. In 1997, she became a Master Artist of the Artists in America Show at the Denver Historical Society Museum. She has also exhibited at museums around the country and in 2006 she was honored by the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK as one of their featured artists in the Rendezvous exhibition. Arnett exhibited in the Prix de West show at the national Cowboy Hall of Fame for 14 years. Arnett is also a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America and Plein Air Artists Colorado. — Joe Anna Arnett (joeannaarnett.com/biography)

LPAPA recognized Joe Anna with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 22nd Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational in 2020.

It was with a heavy heart that we had to say goodbye to Joe Anna Arnett who passed at her home in New Mexico on February 3, 2023 (OutdoorPainter.com).

Kathleen Dunphy

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LPAPA Signature Artist Kathleen Dunphy

LPAPA Signature Artist Kathleen Dunphy
Murphys, California
KathleenDunphy.com

Kathleen Dunphy designed and built her own studio in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California, where the pristine setting of her home provides endless inspiration for her work. Kathleen’s landscape paintings can be found in galleries from coast to coast. A much sought-after workshop instructor, her engaging style of teaching and one-on-one instruction garners high accolades from her student artists.