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2024 Annual Members Meeting and Election of 2025 Officers

Saturday, Nov 23, 12-3 pm

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    Winter Light (Juried Holiday Show)

    Legends of the West Gallery
    102 East Water St, Suite 13 Santa Fe, New Mexico 

    • Nov 23 5-7 pm. Opening Reception and Awards
    • Nov 23 - Dec 31. Show


    Album of accepted entries

         2024 Fall Color Passages Contest Now Open!

      Fall Color Passages Album


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      MEMBER BENEFITS

      Beginners Welcome!

      1. Outdoor - Paint Outs
      2. Events - some with workshops and demos.
      3. Online Contests
      4. Member profile page 
      5. Share your work and Biography. 
      6. Announcements for Members.
      7. Member Goodies for Members.

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      Paint Outs and Paint Alongs

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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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      Mission

      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.

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      P. O. Box 20503
      Albuquerque, NM
      87154-0503

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      P.O. Box  1948
      Santa Fe, NM
      87504

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