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Winter Light (Juried Holiday Show)

Jul 8 - Aug 7 CaFÉ Submission Period
Nov 23 - Dec 31 Show at Legends of the West

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2024 Fall Color Passages Contest Now Open!

Fall Color Passages Album

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Aug 31 - Sept 30
Legends of the West Gallery Santa Fe
Opening Reception: Aug 31 from 6-8 pm

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Awards Album

Reception Slideshow:

"Galisteo Basin" by Peter Grab wins the Legends of the West Gallery Award

Left to Right: Barbara Coleman, Kristen Griego, Nancy Bea Miller, Kathleen Hudson, Clara, judge's assistant extraordinare, Alma Rosa Delgado

"The Walking Path" by Barbara Coleman wins the Joe Anna Arnett Memorial Award - 16th Nat'l Juried Show

"April Sky" by Kathleen Reilly wins the Louisa McElwein Memorial Award - 16th Nat'l Juried Show

"Peaceful Pond at the Wildlife Refuge" by Donna Barnhill wins PAPNM Founders Award - 16th Nat'l Juried Show

16th Nat'l Juried Show Awards

"Days End" by Carolyn Lindsey wins Artist Member Honorable Mention - 16th Nat'l Juried Show

"Cloud Rest Pool" by Lewis Williams wins Artist Member Award of Excellence - 16th Nat'l Juried Show

"Down by the River" by Nancy Bea Miller wins Best of Artist Members - 16th Nat'l Juried Show

"Warm Winters Day" by Dick Wimberly wins Best of Signature Members - 16th Nat'l Juried Show

"La Cueva Greens" by John Meister wins Best of Show - 16th Nat'l Juried Show

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PAPNM Members: PAAC Annual Juried Show

03 Nov 2024 12:41 PM

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PAPNM Members: AIS Online Show

01 Nov 2024 3:19 PM

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Karen Nelson: Newcomers Club of SF Show/ Nov 9.

01 Nov 2024 10:47 AM

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Belliveau and Inson: Fine Art Connoisseur: Full Page Featured Artwork

29 Oct 2024 8:59 AM

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Carole Belliveau: Signature Member of PAAC

27 Oct 2024 8:54 AM

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Albert Handell: Dec 4-7 Santa Fe Studio Oil Painting Workshop

04 Dec 2024 12:39 PM

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Bill Gallen, Cecilia Robertson: Ghost Ranch Nov 2024

17 Nov 2024 8:00 AM

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Weekend with Handell and Halbert Popup Workshops Nov 9,10 Bluebird Studio. Registration now Open.

09 Nov 2024 9:00 AM

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Michael Chesley Johnson Sedona Nov 3-9

03 Nov 2024 9:00 AM

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Michael Chesley Johnson Private Weeks Oct Nov Dec

14 Oct 2024 9:00 AM

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Past Year Awards

Beginning with 2024, all event awards are part of the slide show (changes gradually taking place).

16th Nat'l LEGENDS OF THE WEST GALLERY AWARD Peter Grab Galisteo Basin Oil 11" x 14" x 2" $900

16th Nat'l BEST OF SHOW John Meister La Cueva Greens Oil on Linen Panel 10" x 8" x 0" $1,100

16th Nat'l BEST OF SIGNATURE MEMBERS, Dick Wimberly Warm Winters Day Oil 12" x 16" x 0" $1,200

16th Nat'l BEST OF ARTIST MEMBERS Nancy Miller Down by the River oil on linen 8" x 8" x .16" $625

16th Nat'l ARTIST MEMBER AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Lewis Williams Cloud Rest Pool Oil 16" x 12" x 1" $950

16th Nat'l ARTIST MEMBERS HONORABLE MENTION Carolyn Lindsey Days End oil 12" x 12" x 1" $850

16th Nat'l PAPNM FOUNDERS AWARD Donna Barnhill Peaceful Pond at The Wildlife Refuge Oil 11" x 14" x .25" $950

16th Nat'l LOUISA MCELLWAIN MEMORIAL AWARD Kathleen Reilly April Sky Oil on cradled panel 8" x 8" x .5" $525

16th Nat'l JEFFREY POTTER MEMORIAL AWARD Ed Zorensky Last Light in Early May Gouache on paper 6.75" x 9.00" x .0625" $1,050

16th Nat'l JOE ANNA ARNETT MEMORIAL AWARD Barbara Coleman The Walking Path oil 9" x 12" x .25" $1,400

2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - HONORABLE MENTION Madina Croce, “View Toward Black Mesa”, oil on linen, 16"x20", $2000

2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - BEST OF TINY TREASURES Colleen Z. Gregoire, "Shadow's Edge", oil on tiny canvas, 2" x 3", White Rock Overlook, $60

2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - HONORABLE MENTION Gwen Ethelbah, East Jemez Rd. #2, 12" x 12", oil, $775

2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - SECOND PLACE OVERALL Jennifer Leon, Deer Trap Mesa, Oil on board, 12”x18”. Painted on the east end of the northwest lobe of Deer Trap Mesa. $775.

2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - THIRD PLACE OVERALL Wendy Ahlm, "Midsummer's Day" - Gouache, 10" x 8", painted off the trail behind the Camp May picnic area in Los Alamos, $485

2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - BEST IN SHOW Rachel Pearson, "Into the Woods", 20"x16", pastel

Paint NM! BEST OF SHOW Ellen Buselli, Patterns at Acequia Madre House, 10x12, oil, $1,600

Paint NM! ARTISTS CHOICE AWARD. Rachel Pearson, Sun Salutation, 12x12, oil, $375

Paint NM! MAGDALENA AWARD OF DISTINCTION. Deborah Paisner, Josie's Abode, 11 x 14, oil, $1,475

Paint NM! AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. Arlene Tugel, Behind First Street - Magdalena NM, 9x13, watercolor, $500

Paint NM! SPECIAL JUDGE'S RECOGNITION Karen Halbert, Ghost Ranch Cabin, 9x12, oil, $500

Paint NM! THIRD PLACE Kat Hansen, Monestary Road Turn Off, 11.75 x 15.6875, pastel, $750

Paint NM! SECOND PLACE Jane Frederick, Santa Fe River 2, 11x14, oil on panel

1st Place - 2024 Summer Skies. 21. Tobi Clement, Shine on Me, Pastel, 11x14, Abiquiu, $800

2nd Place - 2024 Summer Skies. 31. Kelly Pennington, “Air Philosophy” oil on linen, 6x8” oil on linen, North of Taos en plein air, $300

3rd Place - 2024 Summer Skies. 7. CS Tully, El Prado Sky, Oil. 9" x 12"., Painted at El Prado, NM, NFS

40. FIRST PLACE 2024 Spring Contest- Michele Byrne, Gardening on San Pasqual , Oil, 11"x14", Santa Fe, $1,500

SECOND PLACE 2024 Spring Contest - Michael Meyer, Arroyo Vista, 9x12, Oil on panel, Elena Gallegos

First Place Favorite - 2024 Winter Wonderland - Lisa Flynn, "Warm Winter Day" 12x16 oil

Second Place Favorite - 2024 Winter Wonderland - Gwen Ethelbah, "Land Forms - Winter" 8x10 oil

Third Place Favorite - 2024 Winter Wonderland - Donna Barnhill, "Where the Wind Blows" 11x14 oil

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June - Sept 20, 2024

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2023 Annual Members Meeting and Election of 2024 Officers

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The Plein Air Painters of New Mexico (PAPNM) is a professional association of artists dedicated to the business of preserving and promoting painting "en plein air" - in the open air or outdoors.

PAPNM provides regular opportunities for members to paint together during frequent "paint outs" and hosts juried and open exhibitions of members' work.