Larry Cannon is a watercolor artist whose work is focused primarily on the landscapes and seascapes of California and the American West.

His work has been exhibited at the San Diego Museum of Art,  USC Fisher Museum of Art (Los Angeles), Autry Museum of the American West (Los Angeles), Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art (Malibu), Laguna Museum of Art, Muscarelle Museum (Williamsurg, VA), Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Mystic Seaport Museum (CT), Oceanside Museum of Art, Bennington Center for the Arts (VT), Haggin Museum of Art, Santa Paula Museum of Art, Saint Mary’s Museum of Art, Pasadena Museum of History, and in multiple exhibits at the Triton Museum of Art and the Napa Valley Museum.

Larry has a strong love for plein air painting - the practice of painting outdoors and completing a painting in a relative short period of time. He has been selected on numerous occasions to participate in prestigious plein air painting events including those in Laguna Beach, Sonoma Valley, Carmel, Telluride, Borrego Springs, Estes Park, and Sedona.

He is an Artist Member of the California Art Club (CAC) and a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA), California Plein Air Painters (CPAP), and the California Watercolor Association (CWA). He formerly served as a Commissioner on the San Francisco Art Commission under two San Francisco mayors.

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