FREE LIVE ART DEMONSTRATION: Paul Strahm

EAA hosts a free and open to the public live art demonstration monthly. January 2025 will feature the live painting of this month's gallery judge, Paul Strahm. Come to EAA Gallery on January 9 at 2pm (121 W. Grand Avenue, Escondido CA 92025) to watch Paul paint live and speak on various topics including art tools, techniques, inspiration and more...

SAN DIEGO-based plein air painter, Paul Strahm, brings out the FINE in America’s FINEST City in his vivid, internationally collected paintings. Each image is thoughtfully painted to capture the landscape, lifestyle of the area, and its people. Viewing this fine artist’s work will pull you into the scene —again and again — offering you memories that last a lifetime.

Strahm’s passion for painting began when he was young, as did his love for the outdoors. His rural Ohio upbringing allowed him to intimately explore nature on his family’s country farm. After high school, Paul attended Youngstown State University where he studied art and became fascinated with the French Impressionist painter, Paul Cezanne. Cezanne’s study of nature — through his paintings — influenced Strahm and he began to emulate Cezanne’s natural hues and his love of “plein air” painting. Not long after receiving his fine arts degree in painting, Paul moved west to San Diego, a climate very similar to Cezanne’s favorite haunts in the south of France.

Paul Strahm's Honors and Awards:

Permanent Collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

2014 | Painting titled Cabrillo Bridge was acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, to be part of their Permanent Collection

Featured Artist / Solo Show at the San Diego Art Institute, Featured Artist at the 2013 Coronado Art Walk in Coronado, CA, California Art Club’s Diego Chapter Chairman, Featured Artist for Pacific Beach’s BeachFest Fall Festivals, Juror

• Idyllwild Plein Air Festival (multiple years)
• San Dieguito Art Guild (multiple years)
• North Park Plein Air Competition

Best of Show | Surf was awarded Best of Show

Huntington Beach Plein Air Competition •

Best of Oil or Acrylic

2010 | Fisherman’s Wharf was awarded Best of Oil or Acrylic Carmel Art Festival • Carmel, CA

Best of Show | North Park was awarded Best of Show

North Park Plein Air Painting Competition • San Diego, CA, Juror’s Award | Hacienda del Sol was given the Juror’s Award, Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational; Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit Award | Bow Bridge was awarded at the 36th Annual Painting & Sculpture Juried Exhibition

Salmagundi Art Club • New York City, NY

1st Place & Honorable Mention | Living Above On Granada St. & Flower Stand were awarded 1st Place & Honorable Mention, respectively; North Park Plein Air Competition • San Diego, CA 1st Place | Portico at the Mission was awarded 1st Place San Clemente Art Association Summer Judged Show.