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Animal Art Workshop with Suzie Seerey-Lester

Triple D Wildlife
This class is designed for students of all levels. We photograph wild animals in the field and then learn how to paint them. Mountain Lion, Snow Leopard, Wolf Packs, Grizzly Bear, Fox, Lynx, Bobcat. Nothing between you and the animal.

September 27-30, 2026

Kalispel, Montana

More Than Love: The Life & Art of Natalie Wood

Muckenthaler Cultural Center
An exhibition that celebrates Ms. Wood’s unrelenting curiosity and passion for art, design, literature, music, family & friends; with rarely seen artwork by Don Bachardy, Henry Jaglom, Margaret Keane, and Natalie Wood herself.

May 14 - August 21, 2026
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Fullerton, CA

Here Comes The Sun

JoAnne Artman Gallery
JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present Here Comes the Sun, a radiant summer group exhibition celebrating light, renewal, and the emotional warmth of the season.

June 15 - August 31, 2026
JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA

Andy Moses: Into the Light

Laguna Art Museum
This exhibition surveys Andy Moses’ work of the last two decades, evincing his increasingly expansive commitment to a kind of painting that at once displays and obscures imagery.

March 21 - September 20, 2026
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA

GRETCHEN BECK at SANDSTONE GALLERY

Sandstone Gallery Laguna
Gretchen Beck’s upcoming Guest Artist exhibition explores the shared beauty of Niger, West Africa and Laguna Beach, California — landscapes united by radiant light, vibrant color, and trees reaching toward expansive skies. Through paintings, drawings, collage, and mixed media, Gretchen creates lyrical abstractions that evoke peace, harmony, and reflection.

June 2 - 29
Gallery Row Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach, CA

LANCE CARLSON at SANDSTONE GALLERY

Sandstone Gallery Laguna
Known for his expressive abstract paintings layered with gesture, texture, and movement, Lance’s show explores the tension between structure and spontaneity through richly composed fields of color, mark-making, and line.

June 2 - August 3, 2026
Gallery Row Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach, CA

Côte D’Azur Artiste Retreat

Eli Cedrone Fine Art
Paint and explore the magic of the French Riviera with Eli Cedrone! We’ll explore creative techniques, learn fundamentals of landscape and figure painting, and spend time developing your artistic voice in a supportive, energizing environment.

September 20-27, 2026

French Riviera, Menton France

Figures in France, Plein air in Paris!

Mary Aslin Fine Art
Please join me for seven luxurious, soulful Parisian days and nights, as we paint the figure in France, in plein air, in the most beautiful city in the world!

September 18-25, 2026

Paris, France

North Carolina Retreat and Workshop

Katie Dobson-Cundiff
Embark on a week-long memorable artist retreat and optional 3-day plein air workshop with Katie Dobson-Cundiff at Little Pond Farm in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

August 22-29, 2026
Inn at Little Pond Farm
Vilas, NC USA

Carlo Levi & Aliano: Historic Itinerary Workshop for Advanced Painters

Etruscan Places
In this one-time collaborative effort with Museums of Aliano (MuA) advanced painters will have the opportunity to stay in MuA's artist residency spaces while working in the stunning landscapes of Aliano in Italy’s southern province of Matera.

October 1-10, 2026

Aliano, Province of Matera ITALY

Open Air Fundamentals

Etruscan Places
The challenges of open air painting require a specific technical approach. In this core program we introduce our method combining lectures, exercises & demonstrations that aim to teach participants to compose, develop and complete a painting in one session.

June 11-20, 2026

Buonconvento, Tuscany, Italy

Painting Voyage of Art and Culture – Cruise to Spain, Portugal & Morocco with Vladislav Yeliseyev

BonArt Voyage
Join a 9-night, 5-star painting cruise aboard Celebrity Equinox, beginning and ending in Barcelona and visiting Cádiz, Tangier, Lisbon, and Porto. Paint on location with expert instruction from Vladislav Yeliseyev.

June 11-20, 2026

Cruise: Spain, Portugal, Morocco

At Home in Sunlight: A State in Motion, 1897–1940

UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA)
At Home in Sunlight: A State in Motion, explores California during a transformative period of unprecedented growth, when its industrial infrastructure and cultural identity were rapidly evolving.

January 31 – May 16, 2026
UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA)
Irvine, CA 92612

Frank Cuprien: For the Love of the Sea

Laguna Art Museum
Frank Cuprien: For the Love of the Sea celebrates the enduring legacy of Frank Cuprien, a founding figure of Laguna Beach’s art community and one of California’s most devoted painters of the Pacific coast.

March 21 – September 7, 2026
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA

Collecting Impressionism at LACMA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)


December 21, 2025 - January 3, 2027
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CA
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Featured Artists

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(in random order)

Lynn Welker



Studio: Newport Beach, CA, USA


Specialty: Mixed media abstract landscape paintings on paper and canvas

Paula Swaydan Grebel



Studio: Wisconsin, USA


Specialty: oil painting

Leah Dockrill



Studio: Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Specialty: Painting (acrylic landscapes and abstract works) and Collage Portraits

Virginia Gott



Studio: Tucson, Arizona, USA


Specialty: Mixed Media, Oil and Water Based Materials

Kristen Olson Stone



Studio: Corona Del Mar, CA, USA


Specialty: Contemporary impressionist painting - oil, watercolor, gouache, acrylic 

Marianne Harris



Studio: Loomis, California, USA


Specialty: Pastel Fine Art specializing in animals, both domestic and wildlife

Susie Sprinkel Hudson



Studio: Orange County, CA, USA


Specialty: Textile Art

Kathleen Michele Williams



Studio: Orange County, CA, USA


Specialty: Painting - Oil

Dominique Mc Kenzie



Studio: Newport Beach, California


Specialty: Abstract - Mixed Media

Madlyne Woodward



Studio: Upland, CA, USA


Specialty: Mixed media - ink or pen as a base

N.C. Swan



Studio: Newport Coast, CA, USA


Specialty: Painting - Watercolor

Patricia Matranga



Studio: Orange County, CA, USA


Specialty: Painting - Oil

Susan Ashley



Studio: Chula Vista, CA, USA


Specialty: Mixed Media - Nature, Messages and Figurative

Judy Leasure



Studio: Williamsburg, Virginia, USA


Specialty: Animals and still life paintings in soft pastels

Bonnie McClure



Studio: Orange County, CA, USA


Specialty: Painting - Oil, Pet Portraits
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