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David Marty

May 6, 2017 by Toni Kellenberg

LPAPA Signature Artist David Marty
Edmonds, Washington
DavidMarty.com

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.

Received LPAPA Signature Artist designation in 2019

Daniel Marshall

May 6, 2017 by Toni Kellenberg

LPAPA Signature Artist Daniel Marshall
Denver, Colorado
DanMarshallArt.com

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.

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 Winner – LPAPA’s 2nd Annual Waterworks – May 2018

Kathie Odom

December 13, 2016 by Toni Kellenberg

LPAPA Signature Artist Kathie Odom
Knoxville, Tennessee
KathieOdom.com

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

Ronaldo Macedo

November 3, 2016 by Toni Kellenberg

LPAPA Signature Artist Ronaldo Macedo
Lahaina, Hawaii
MacedoFineArt.com

Ronaldo Macedo was born in Rio de Janeiro and has resided in the U.S. since 1981; on Maui since 1989. Having earned a degree in Illustration from Cal State Long Beach, this adventurous artist feels painting is his life work, always changing, always learning.

James McGrew

November 3, 2016 by Toni Kellenberg

LPAPA Signature Artist James McGrew
Lake Oswego, Oregon
JamesMcGrewFineArt.com

From his earliest childhood memories, LPAPA Signature Artist James McGrew remembers his inspiration to draw/paint and photograph the beautiful world of the Western U.S. His family camping/backpacking trips to Yosemite, Tahoe, Trinities, Southern Oregon and the Coast were a major influence. Though he began with watercolors, gouache, pencils and crayons, he quickly picked up pastels at the age of 8 and oils by age 10. He grew up with a love of nature, sports and performing arts.