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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.

David Marty

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LPAPA Artist Member David Marty

LPAPA Signature Artist David Marty
Edmonds, Washington
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David has been living in and finding inspiration from the Pacific Northwest for the last 30 years.  A Palo Alto native, his passion for art has taken him from the bay area, to Southern California, around the world, and ultimately Washington State.

Landscapes of the western United States are often the subject of David’s paintings.  However several tours throughout Europe, and in particular Italy, have inspired him to regularly paint scenes from European country and city life as well.  His work is a combination of plein air and studio paintings.  He loves to get outdoors and painting on location whenever he can.

Signature Member of the Month – November 2020
2020 Architectural Award – 22nd Laguna Invitational
Juried LPAPA Signature Artist designation in 2019

Daniel Marshall

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LPAPA Artist Member Daniel Marshall

LPAPA Signature Artist Daniel Marshall
Denver, Colorado
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Born in New Jersey in 1971, reared in Ohio and finishing his education in Connecticut at the Propersi Institute of Art, Dan is used to adapting to different environs. As a successful tattoo artist, he has been fortunate to extend his travel experiences all over the world. Providing him frequent opportunities to paint the scenes he finds there and allowing him to draw on his early experiences of adaptation. Dan is an avid Plein Air painter, producing the majority of his work en plein air. This has helped to develop a confident style with an immediacy and freshness infused into each painting.

1st Place Signature Member Award – 1st Annual LPAPA Squared – December 2020
Laguna Plein Air Invitational – Collectors’ Choice Award – October 2018
Laguna Plein Air Invitational – Director’s Choice Award – October 2018
American Watercolor: Developing a Personal Style – July 2018
3rd Place Award – LPAPA’s 2nd Annual Waterworks – May 2018

Kathie Odom

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LPAPA Signature Artist Kathie Odom

LPAPA Signature Artist Kathie Odom
Walland, Tennessee
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Kathie Odom is proud to be from the great state of Tennessee, and especially proud to live in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. “It’s hard to ignore beauty when it happens”, Kathie is fond of saying. So she keeps her car packed with all the painting supplies needed for the road. Kathie has received several awards over the last few years from plein air events across the nation. (kathieodom.com/about)

2nd Place Award – Town & Country 2019
The Boseker Award – Laguna Plein Air Invitational – October 2018 
3rd Place Award – LPAPA’s 13th Annual Best of Plein Air – June 2017

 

Fernando Micheli

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Laguna Plein Air Signature Artist Fernando MicheliLPAPA Signature Artist Fernando Micheli
Laguna Beach, California
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Fernando is a long time resident of Laguna Beach, California. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design in Landscape Architecture. After graduating he began a successful career as a Landscape Architect for over 36 years. In 2013, he decided to try oil painting. It was a life changing decision; one that he believes brought him back to his longing to be an artist. What attracts Fernando to painting is the immediacy of Plein Air painting.