Voices of Experience - Frank LaLumia

The Beaches of Catalina Oil 12 x 16”

John first had the opportunity to meet and paint with Frank LaLumia when he was living north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. His in-depth book, Plein Air Painting in Watercolor & Oil had recently been published (2000). Frank, at that time, had already been painting en plein air for over twenty-five years. For him, oil painting and watercolor painting have equal importance. When asked which is his favorite, he says, “It’s an impossible choice, like choosing between one’s children.” In addition to painting extensively in New Mexico and California (where he lived in the 1970s), he has traveled and painted throughout the United States and the world, including China, Greece and Mexico. Frank’s credentials include signature membership of the Plein Air Painters of America, the American Watercolor Society, the Oil Painters of America, the National Watercolor Society and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. He was f…