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Date: 7/23/2025
Subject: SOCALPAPA JULY 2025 Bulletin
From: Anne Kupillas

JULY BULLETIN

What's Inside:

- Another Successful Back Bay Festival!

- Congratulations to our Juried Show winners

- Schedule of July Paint Outs

- New Hortense Miller Garden dates

BB 2025 group photo weekend show and sale

Many thanks to everyone involved in the 2025 Back Bay Plein Air Festival

It was a total success and seems to have been fun for everyone.

So many people worked on it, SOCALPAPA, OC Parks, Newport Bay Conservancy, all of our sponsors,

and - most of all - every single artist who showed their work.

What a delightful week it was!

THANK YOU!

Congratulations to all the winning artists

at this year's "Best of OC Parks Juried Show"

1st Place

Karen Wadsworth, Beautiful Big Bend

2nd Place

Andrew Cortez, Safe Haven

3rd Place

Anne Kupillas, Misty Morning at Upper Back Bay

Honorable Mention

Melissa Annis, Back Bay Newport Beach Cliffs

Winner's Circle

Kevin Davidson, Horse Trail by the Bridge

Best Figure in a Landscape / Person/Animal/Bird

Sung Su, Painting on a Foggy Day

Best Nocturne/Twilight

Steve Kell, Early Moon

Best Sunrise/ Sunset

Helle Urban, Twilight Glow Over Back Bay

Watercolor West Award

Fletcher Dice, Back Bay Misty Morning

Teri Ludwig Award

Judith Nentwig, Caspers Wilderness

Randy Higbee Gallery Awards

Andrew Cortez, Safe Haven

Nick Martello, Back Bay Magic Hour

Diane Snyder, Serenity

OC Parks Award

Mary Christie, Headlands

Robinson Award

Helle Urban, Twilight Glow Over Back Bay

Hortense Miller Painting Dates for August

Thursday August 14

Saturday August 30

Contact Diane Lannon at diane.lannon@gmail.com

to reserve a spot and get parking information

Link here for more information to the beautiful gardens:

httphttps://www.hortensemillergarden.orgs://www.hortensemillergarden.org

PAINT OUTS

Friday, July 25

9am

Salt Creek Beach

Dana Point

Go South on PCH a mile from Crown Valley Parkway. On the right see the sign by the Ritz Calton Resort driveway, and look for the entry way by the fake lighthouse. Park in the lot down close to the pay kiosk and walk down under the tunnel to the beach.

Views South towards The Ritz Carlton cliff or North down the beach. Restrooms by the path near the beach.

Did you know there are several ways to find out about the paint outs?

• Weekly Bulletin

• MeetUp group online

• Website events calendar

• Facebook & Instagram

ALSO

Occasionally our group gets approached for plein air painter referrals.

If you would like to be included on a roster, please email info@Socalpapa with your name and phone number.

Make sure to put "Referrals List" in the email subject line.

SOCALPAPA ZOOM

Zoom Group invites you to join us

every Thursday, from 10am -11am

This is a time for members to share their art, get feedback and connect with other artists over the web. All levels are welcome.

If you are not ready to share, join us anyway and get inspired!

Follow link below to join.

The passcode is 229461

Zoom

Discover the SOCALPAPA Meetup Group and join our thriving community of plein-air painters in Southern California.

Get the latest updates, find out who is joining (we have 279 members now!) and connect with other artists on events such as our weekly paint outs, paint aways, Zoom meetings, special events and showcases!

If you haven't already joined, head over to the MeetUp website and join the group - it's free!

Your artistic community awaits you.

https://www.meetup.com/socalpapa/

GET SOCIAL!

Tag us in your paint out posts

#socal_papa & @socal_papa

on Instagram!