06/09/2026
Meet our newest artist. Alan Nowell!
Alan Nowell studied drawing and painting at the Art Center Collegeof Design in Los Angeles with Lorser Feitelson, John La Gatta and Audubon Tyler.
He has continued his painting education during the years in his advertising business in southern California studing Plein Air painting with Jeff Horn and Elizabeth Tolley and portrait painting with Daniel Green and John Howard Sanden.
Alans memberships and associations have included the San Clemente Art Association, Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters Association, So. Calif. Plein Air Painters Association, Plein Air Artists of Riverside and as a Charter Member of the Portrait Institute in New York.
He has had gallery representation in the Studio 7 Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA, Mission Fine Arts Gallery in San Juan Capistrano CA, the Crystal Cove Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA and the San Clenente Art Association Gallery, San Clemente, CA. The Riverside Art Museum owns three of Alans Plein Air pieces.
Alan and his wife Nancy moved to Napa to be closer to family and hope to enjoy a whole new culture and environment with new friends and new painting challenges and opportunities.
Alan has been teaching both private and group lessons in his studio or on location for over 20 years and would like to continue this in the Napa area.
Alan’s home and studio are at 13 Fountain Grove Circle, Napa CA 94558 where he lives with his wife Nancy and a very active mystery terrier named Daisy.
Contact him at 714-357-2525 or at [email protected] or [email protected],. His web site address is: www.pleinairwest.com.
Come see this exciting new addition to our collection of 53 local artists.
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