AMY JACKSON:  Amy Eidt Jackson is an artist of distillled light and interpreted environments. Her work reflects her love of nature and the inspiration of the natural landscape.She is a member of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA), Los Angeles Art Association, SoCal Papa, and participates in exhibitions throughout Southern California.Eidt Jackson has studied art and art history in Southern California and on the east coast, as well as at the Universita di Firenze, in Florence Italy and the Cotswolds of England. She has created multi media works, as well as exploring the meaning of time as it relates to the Japanese lute. 


 

 
CELESTE GILLIS:  Born and raised in Newport Beach, Celeste has lived in Laguna Beach for the past 25 years with her husband Graham. She is actively involved in the Laguna Beach arts community and serves as Vice President of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. She has served on LPAPA’s Invitational Planning Committee since 2013, joined the Board in 2014. Celeste is passionate about art and how it relates to our community. She graduated from the University of Southern California, and has been in luxury real estate along the Orange County Coast for over 20 years. Celeste, along with her husband and two sons, and like those early California painters, loves to enjoy the surf, sun, and outdoor sanctuary that is abundant in Laguna Beach.