Daniel Aldana
Daniel Aldana is an artist living in California. He believes that the most exciting painting is painted Alla prima – in one session.
He majored in art in college, but like most representational painters, he has sought to learn painting from painters. Especially influential were a couple of intensive painting workshops in Philadelphia’s Studio Incamminati under Nelson Shanks in 2002 & 2003, and then an outdoor painting course under Jeff Horn in 2005.
Education
La Sierra University, Riverside, CA 1985-1989; Degree: BA Art, BA Biology
Awards:
- Door County Plein Air 2010 – First place
- Laguna Beach “Less is More Spring 2010- Honorable Mention
- Balboa Island “Just Plein Fun-Debra Huse Gallery” 2009– First Place
- Balboa Island “Just Plein Fun-Debra Huse Gallery” 2008 -Award of Special Merit & People’s Choice Award
- Laguna Beach “Less is More” 2008- Third Place
- Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival 2007- Second Place
- Laguna Beach “Best of Plein Air “ Spring 2007- Honorable Mention
- Laguna Beach “Less is More” Winter 2006 – First place
- Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival 2006- First place
- Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival 2005- First place
Books/ Articles:
California Light: A Century of Landscapes. Published by Rizzoli. April 2011
Southwest Art magazine December 2007: Artist to Watch
Scholarships:
Cyndee van de Walker Scholarship 2006 (LPAPA)
Juried Shows/ Competitions :
2012 Golden West College Fine Arts Gallery, Plein Air Painting, Group Show, Feb 9 – Mar 1, 2012. Curator: Professor Darrell Ebert
2011 Laguna Beach 13th annual Plein Air Painting Invitational 2011
2010 Laguna Beach 12th annual Pleain Air Painting Invitational 2010; Door County Plein Air 2010; Laguna Beach “Less is More” Spring 2010
2009 Laguna Beach 11th annual Plein Air Painting Invitational 2009; Balboa Island “Just Plein Fun-Debra Huse Gallery” 2009; California Art Club 98th Gold Medal Show 2009
2008 Balboa Island “Just Plein Fun-Debra Huse Gallery” 2008; San Luis Obispo Plein Air September-October 2008; Sonoma Fairmont Gallery Group Show September 2008; Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival September 2008; Balboa Island “Just Plein Fun” Debra Huse Gallery July 2008; Laguna Beach (LPAPA) Best of Plein Air 2008; California Art Club 97th Annual Gold Medal Show 2008
2007 Laguna Beach “Less is More” Winter 2007; San Luis Obispo Plein Air Festival, October 2007; Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival September 2007; Sonoma Plein Air Festival –September 2007; Laguna Beach (LPAPA) “Go Figure” Summer 2007; Laguna Beach (LPAPA) Best of Plein Air 2007
2006 Laguna Beach “Less is More” Winter 2006; Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival- October 2006; Sonoma Plein Air Festival- August 2006; Telluride Plein Air Festival-June 2006; Laguna Beach (LPAPA) Members show, Spring 2006
2005 Laguna Beach (LPAPA) “Paints the figure”, Winter 2005 Huntington Beach Plein Air Festival (2005)
Membership:
California Art Club (Artist Member) 2007-present
Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters Association (Signature Member) 2005-present
