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Robin Purcell AWS,NWS,MCWA Signatures. California Art Club Artist. Signature Artist Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. American Impressionists Society Signature Member California watercolor landscape painter. Plein Air and Studio Works. all images copyright the artist

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California Art Club 115th Gold Medal Exhibition “Good Morning Gunnar”

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

California Art Club 115th Gold Medal Exhibition “Good Morning Gunnar”



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Monday, February 16, 2026

LPAPA Best of Plein Air 2026 Two paintings Accepted

 



North Weir River 9 x 12 Finalist


Summer Meadow 12 x 12

  • Online Launch & Preview Auction: Monday, March 2, 2026
  • Gallery Opening: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 1PM
  • Public Reception (Art Walk):Thursday, March 5, 2026, 6-9PM (Free Entry; Awards Announced at 7PM)
  • Show Closes: Monday, March 30, 2026
  • Location LPAPA Gallery, Laguna beach
  •  https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/63853/auctions/196684/auction_items/6779749


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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Plein Air Easton 2026! thrilled!


 

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2026 Events

  • Lpapa Signature Showcase
  • Grand Canyon Celebration of Art through April
  • Copley Society of Art Exhibit
  • Lpapa Best of Plein Air
  • Plein Air Easton 2026
  • 115th California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibit

2025 events

  • California art club magnificent miniatures
  • CWA National exhibition
  • Fallbrook signature watercolor exhibit
  • California art club frost and blossom
  • California art club magnificent miniatures
  • Grand Canyon Celebration of Art

2024 Events

  • LPAPA Signature show
  • California Watercolor 54th National exhibit
  • Surfing Madonna Save the Oceans
  • California art club gold medal exhibit
  • National watercolor members exhibit
  • LPAPA best of plein air
  • SDWS plein air exhibt
  • California art club on location in Malibu

2023 events

  • Lpapa Signature Showcase
  • Borrego Springs Plein air invitational
  • California watercolor assoc 53rd National
  • Lpapa Strong and Positive fundraiser
  • Lpapa 7th Annual Waterworks
  • Oceanside Plein Air event select artist July 15 to 22
  • Less is More LPAPA exhibit
  • Paint San Clemente
  • California Art Club 112th Gold Medal Exhibit
  • SDWS PLEIN AIR EXHIBIT
  • LPAPA squared exhibit

2022 events

  • Signature American Watermedia exhbit
  • Lpapa Signature Showcase
  • Borrego Plein Air Invitational
  • California Watercolor National Exhibition
  • CAC 111 Gold Medal Exhibition
  • Lumiere de California CAC exhibit at Bonita Museum
  • Paint San Clemente
  • Juried Exhibit 2022
  • Monumental Miniatures
  • Lpapa Featured Signature Artist
  • SDWS 6th Plein air exhibit

2021 Events

  • 12 Annual Signature Watercolor Exhibit/ Fallbrook
  • 110th Gold Medal Exhibition CAC
  • 5th Waterworks exhibit/LPAPA
  • Mars An Artistic Mission/CAC exhibit
  • Ode to Spring/ Huse Skelly Gallery
  • On Location in Malibu/CAC/Pepperdine
  • Atmospheric Impressions/Randy higbee
  • Oceanside Museum Plein Air Exhbit
  • San Diego watercolor Plein air exhibit
  • Lpapa Squared

Contact Information

  • Prices $400 to $4000
  • Robin.Purcell@gmail.com
  • Southern California Artist's Studio at the Pacific Coast,Northern San Diego County open by Appointment

Where you can see my art

  • American Legacy Fine Art , Pasadena 626 377 7733
  • The Fairmont Gallery, Sonoma 707 996 2667
  • Nancy Dodds Gallery, Carmel 831 624 0346

2020 Events

  • California Art Club 109th Gold Medal exhibit May 16 to June 13th
  • AIS Small Works Mar 6 to Apr 4
  • 6 Squared at Randy Higbee thru Jan 10 2020
  • 11th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibit at Fallbrook Art Center Feb 9 to Apr 19
  • The Golden State, CAC exhibit Jan 14 to May 17

2019 Events

  • Fleeting Moments at American Legacy Fine Arts Nov 22 to Dec 15
  • Captured on Canvas, CAC at L A Arboretum thru Jan 2020
  • Laguna Plein Air Invitational Oct 5 to 13
  • CAC Summer Impressions 5/21 to 9/8
  • Lpapa 3rd Annual Waterworks May 6 to 20
  • Annual Juried Exhibit Front Porch Gallery Carlsbad Apr 28 to June 15
  • SD Maritime Museum Sea and Shore Exhibit Feb 22 to Sept 30
  • Southern California Inspirations NWS/OMA until Apr 21
  • 10th Annual World of Watercolor Signature American Watermedia Fallbrook Feb 9 to Apr 21
  • 108th California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibit until March 29th
  • California Watercolor Assoc 49th National Exhibit Jan 11 -Feb 16

Events 2018

  • CAC 107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit June 10 to July 1
  • CAC Art Between the Lines APR 29 to July 8
  • CAC Signs of Spring: Day in the Garden Jan 16 to May 20
  • 151st American Watercolor Society International Exhibition April 4 to 28th
  • 2nd Annual AIS Impressions Small Works Showcase March 23 to Apr 21 Greenwich House Gallery
  • 9th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibit Fallbrook Feb3 to April 15
  • California Watercolor Assoc, 48th National, Jan 3 to 31st

Favorite Links

  • american impressionists society
  • american watercolor society
  • art of the landscape blog
  • Artist Daily
  • artist listing on askart
  • boooooom.com
  • brian blood
  • California Art Club
  • California Watercolor Association
  • carmel art festival
  • Chris Beck Blog
  • connect2artists.com
  • design observer
  • eric merrill
  • erin lee gafill
  • facebook page
  • geoffreywynne.blogspot.com
  • http://carolynlord.com/
  • http://www.anguswilsonstudio.blogspot.com/
  • https://jimmcvickerpaints.com
  • jonathon frank studio
  • kim lordier
  • Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
  • Making A Mark BLog
  • Nancy Dodds Gallery
  • national watercolor society
  • outdoorpainter.com
  • Paint Watercolor Create blog
  • pinterest
  • ray roberts
  • Saint Mary's College Museum of Art
  • Save Mount Diablo/artists
  • Sonoma Plein Air 2013
  • The Artist's Magazine
  • the chapman gallery
  • The Fairmont Gallery
  • the monthly cover
  • watercolor artist magazine, ones to watch
  • Women Out West Blog

Artist Statement

California has always been a mythic land of sunshine that stirred my imagination. A fortunate set of influences helped me arrive at my own style of interpreting the California Landscape. I was probably permanently warped by doing paint by numbers as a child. I fell hard for the work of the early California Impressionists, particularly Granville Redmond and William Wendt. Their work helped me to see the landscape as shapes. It is much easier for me to control hard edges with watercolor while painting outdoors. These factors led me to develop a style that simplifies what I see and organizes it into shimmering patches of color. I am a Plein Air Painter who goes outside to see colors and shapes from life so that I can change them in ways feel true to me and express my personal artistic vision.

Events 2017

  • Under a Vast Sky American Women Artists Exhibit, Tucson thru December 3
  • LPAPA salute our national parks July 3 to 31
  • Golden State Splendor CAC at Santa Paula Museum July 15 Nov 5
  • LPAPA Waterworks Exhibit, Laguna Beach May 2 to June 4
  • Carmel Art Festival May 19 to 21
  • Kern County Plein Air April 3 to 8th
  • 106th Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, The Autry, April 9 -30
  • 8th Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibit, Fallbrook Art Center, Feb 5 to Mar 19

Event Dates 2016

  • Small Treasures at Debra Huse Gallery, opens Dec 2
  • Randy Higbee 6" Square Exhibition Dec 3 to 23
  • LPAPA Signature Impressions Nov19 to Dec 17
  • CAC The Plein Air Perspective, Millard Sheets AC Nov 5 to Jan 28
  • American Women Artists 2016 National Juried Exhibition Sept 23 to Nov 13
  • A Walk in the Park, juried exhibit, Danville Aug 27 to Oct 15
  • Sonoma Plein Air Sept 5 to 10
  • Featured Artist, 4th Annual Mendocino Open Sept 19 to Sept 25
  • Watercolor USA Springfield Art Museum, June 4 to August 28
  • NWS/ China Small Image Exchange, July 30 to Aug 28
  • CAC Reflections in Water, St Mary's June 5 to Aug 28
  • Kern County Plein Air Invitational Exhibit April 18 to May 27
  • California Art Club Traversing the Globe Jan12 to May 15th
  • California Art Club 105th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition April 3 - 24, 2016 Autry National Center
  • National Watercolor Society Invitational Plein Air Exhibit Feb 4 to Apr 3 The Muckenthaler Culteral Center
  • 7th Annual Signature Watermedia Exhibit, Fallbrook Feb 7th to March 20th
  • California Watercolor Assoc. 46th National Exhibit Jan 4 to Feb 28

2015 Events

  • "16th Annual AIS Juried Exhibit Oct 1-29
  • 104th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition California Art Club USC Fisher Museum of Art
  • 11th Annual Best of Plein Air. LPAPA
  • 45th National Exhibition California Watercolor Assoc Harrington Gallery Jan - Feb
  • California Art Club Exhibit at Weisman Museum, Pepperdine On Location in Malibu, May 23rd to Aug 2
  • Carmel Art Festival May
  • Kern County Plein Air Painting Festival April
  • PleinAir Convention Watermedia Faculty Monterey Ca April
  • Sixth Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition Fallbrook Art Center Feb/ March
  • Sonoma Plein Air Festival Sept 14-19
  • Watercolor Artist Magazine June 2015 Feature Article
  • Watercolor Demonstration Alamo Danville Artists Society March
  • Where in the World is Plein Air Illume gallery of Fine Artl
  • Where the River Meets the Sea" in California Art Club "Point Lobos and Beyond" Exhibit,

2014 Events

  • Diablo Arts Magazine Cover, Lesher Foundation Award at Walnut Creek Turns 100
  • Miniatures En Plein Air California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill 1120 Old Mill Road, San Marino, CA September 9, 2014 – January 11, 2015
  • Saint Mary's College Museum of Art "By Invitation Only"
  • Sonoma Plein Air Sept 15 - 20
  • LPAPA's 10th Annual Best of Plein Air
  • "Poppy Serendipity "OutDoor Painter Online Article, May 2014
  • CALIFORNIA ART CLUB 103rd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition March 30 – April 20, Autry National Center, Los Angeles
  • "PASO ROBLES FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Plein Air Signature Exhibition May 22 - June 29, 2014 Studios on the Park Atrium
  • CALIFORNIA WATERCOLOR ASSOCIATION March meeting guest artist and demonstrator

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Selected Events and Exhibits

  • 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of the American Impressionists Society
  • American Watercolor Society 144th,143rd ,142nd Annual International Exhibitions
  • Annual Statewide Exhibit of Contemporary Landscape Painters: Third Prize Watercolor ,78th ,Jean Stern juror .First Prize Watercolor, 79th , juror Kevin MacPherson, 3rd Prize Watercolor 80th juror Richard Mayhew, 81st ,Scott A Shields, Juror
  • California Art Club's 103rd, 102nd, 101st and 100th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibitions
  • California Watercolor Association National Exhibitions 2013, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2004
  • Carmel Art Festival 2013, 2012, 2006 to 2010
  • On Location in Malibu :California Art Club Paintings at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Pepperdine 2012, 2009
  • Sonoma Plein Air 2007 to 2010

2013 Events

  • "2013 Sonoma Plein Air Art Festival Sept 15 to 21st
  • 102nd Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Juried Exhibition and Sale June 2 – 23, The USC Fisher Museum of Art University of Southern California
  • 14th Annaul National Juried Exhibition of the American Impressionists Society
  • 20th Carmel Art Festival and Plein Air Competition
  • 43rd National Exhibition of the California Watercolor Association
  • Along El Camino Real: The Missions of California, California Art Club Exhibit through January 12 2014
  • Finalist and Honorable Mention Award, 2nd Annual Plein Air Salon Competition 2013
  • Laguna Plein Air Painters Signature Membership 2013
  • On the Water at the CAC Gallery at The Old Mill May 7 – September 1
  • “83rd Annual Statewide Exhibit, Incredible Places: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California“ HONORABLE MENTION AWARD Juried by Michael Zakian

Labels

watercolor plein air mount diablo contemporary landscape painting california watercolor association mt diablo Carmel Art Festival contemporary landscape painters sonoma plein air Carmel Valley 6 x 6 fairmont gallery poppies studio painting california oak carmel danville point lobos the curve of the Earth Pacific Passage american watercolor society pacific ocean poppy hill scott shields 19th Carmel Art Festival 2nd annual plein air salon competition Autry National Center California Art Club 100th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition Charles Reid Wine Country Invitational california vineyards pacific meadow save mount diablo save mt diablo 3rd annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition 43rd National Exhibition 80th Annual Statewide Landscape A century of landscapes American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit California Art Club 101st Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition Master Signature Membership Saint Mary's Hearst Gallery artist profile artist statement atmospheric perspective carmel meadows carmel valley paintings

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2012 Events

  • The Wine Country Invitational Fairmont Gallery September 15th 2012
  • 3rd Annual Signature American Watercolor Society Exhibition Fallbrook Ca
  • California Art Club SAVING PARADISE: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting and Environmental Awareness Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, March 8 – May 6, 2012
  • California Art Club 101st Gold Medal Exhibition, the Autry, LA, April 1 to 22nd
  • Carmel Art Festival Carmel by the Sea May 17 20
  • On location in Malibu 2012: Paintings by the California Art Club at the Frederick R Weisman Museum of Art May 19- August 4
  • Save Mount Diablo Thomas Home Ranch Celebration and Plein Air Art Sale
  • Spaces and Places Juried Exhibit, Danville Village Theater Art Gallery
  • Statewide Painting Competition Triton Museum of Art

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