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Available to view at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos thru October 16. 
Show: Sept 11 - Oct 16, 2026 Awards Announced: Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos Click here for Album of all Accepted Entries
Now showing at Amarillo Art Institute, Amarillo TX Click here for the album of entries and a list of winners.
The Members have spoken and the winners are: First Place - Carole Belliveau - Monsoon Arrival 2 Way Tie for Second Place: Kathleen Reilly for The Afternoon Buildup
and Stephanie West for Summer Promises Painting period Jun. 1 - Sep. 10, 2026
Visit the Signs of Spring Album The voting is over and the winners are... 1st Place - Lisa Flynn - Galisteo Gate 2nd Place - Madina Croce - A Stroll Through the Roses 3-way tie for 3rd Place- Rachel Pearson - Roots II Tom Brown - Out of Marlboros Jane Frederick - Warm Adobe Walls
Let's Go Fly A Kite Click here for Show Album Click here for Award Winners
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Past Year Awards
Beginning with 2024, all event awards are part of the slide show.
2026 Summer Contest FIRST PLACE -
Carole Belliveau
Monsoon Arrival, Oil, 6x12, painted in Nambe Badlands
2026 Summer Contest SECOND PLACE (tied)
Kathleen Reilly
- The Afternoon Buildup, 12 x 12, oil, Rocky Mt. National Park
2026 Summer Contest SECOND PLACE (tied) -
Stephanie West
Summer Promises, 9x6, Gouache, $90
FIRST PLACE 2026 Signs of Spring Contest - LISA FLYNN "Galisteo Gate", 9"x12" Oil on Canvas
SECOND PLACE 2026 Signs of Spring Contest - MADINA CROCE A Stroll Through The Roses, 14 x 11, oil on panel, Santa Fe
TIED FOR THIRD PLACE 2026 Signs of Spring Contest - TOM BROWN Out of Marlboros
10 x 14 Watercolor
Old abandoned gas station near Bonham, TX.
TIED FOR THIRD PLACE 2026 Signs of Spring Contest - RACHEL PEARSON Roots II, pastel, Santa Fe National Forest, 12"x12"
TIED FOR THIRD PLACE 2026 Signs of Spring Contest - JANE FREDERICK Warm Adobe Walls, 8x10, oil on panel, Santa Fe NM
2026 Winter Wonderland Contest
FIRST PLACE WINNER
Garcia-Loehr
Winter's Morn
14" x 11" Pastel
2026 Winter Wonderland Contest
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Carole Belliveau
Winter's Song, 6x8",Oil, Behind Museum Hill
2026 Winter Wonderland Contest
TIED for THIRD PLACE
Lisa Flynn
Chamisa Fiesta, Oil, 11" x 14", Santa Fe Preserve, NFS
2026 Winter Wonderland Contest
TIED FOR THIRD PLACE WINNER
Spike Ress
Winter Morning Riders
Oil on panel 11 x14''
Castle Valley East of Moab, Utah
THIRD PLACE 2025 Fall Color Passages Contest - Monika ten Bruggencate. Yellow Flowers, 8x10 oil on mounted linen, Santa Fe, NFS
FIRST PLACE 2025 Fall Color Contest- Chris Morel, "Upper Ojito Ruins" 9x12" oil Painted on High Road near Chamisal NM $2400 @ Chimayo Trading CO. Ranchos De Taos NM
SECOND PLACE 2025 Fall Color Contest Michelle Byrnes- Fall Colors - 12" x 9"
Oil on panel
East Alemeda Waterfalls
2026 Let's Go Fly a Kite Los Alamos
BEST OF SHOW
Trail's Edge, 12x9, Gouache, $560, Ginny Bracht
2026 Let's Go Fly a Kite Los Alamos
2ND PLACE
Jennifer Leon. “Deer Trap Mesa Morning”. Oil. 12”x 18”.
2026 Let's Go Fly a Kite Los Alamos
3RD PLACE
Quiet Dwellings, 6x12, Oil, $670, Stephanie West
2026 Let's Go Fly a Kite Los Alamos
HONORABLE MENTION
Tsankawi by Phyllis Gunderson
11x14” Oil on Linen; $725;
Tsankawi, NM
2026 Let's Go Fly a Kite Los Alamos
HONORABLE MENTION
Standing Against The Clouds
Jane Frederick
8x8 oil $260
2026 Let's Go Fly a Kite Los Alamos
BEST OF TINY TREASURES,
Deanne Kroll, Pastel Scapes, oil SOLD
2026 Let's Go Fly a Kite Los Alamos
FULLER LODGE STAFF KITE FESTIVAL AWARD
Kite Fest,
Rachel Pearson
12"x9", multi-media collage (acrylic, paper, and found materials).
2026 National Members Show
THE ARTIST STUDIO AWARD (funded by John Meister)
Ginny Bracht
Safari Nights
Gouache
10" x 8"
$475
2026 National Members Show
JOANNA ARNETT MEMORIAL AWARD
Wendy Ahlm
The Mission
Gouache & Watercolor
12" x 16"
$949
2026 National Members Show
FOUNDERS AWARD
Monika ten Bruggencate
Among the Yellow Flowers
Oil on linen
8" x 10"
$595
2026 National Members Show
ARTIST MEMBER HONORABLE MENTION
John Meister
Winter Chamisa
Oil on Linen Panel
16" x 8"
$1600
2026 National Members Show
ARTIST MEMBER AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Tom Brown
Mountain Shadows
Watercolor
10" x 14"
$850
2026 National Members Show
BEST OF ARTIST MEMBERS
Karen Halbert
Ghost Ranch Tapestry
Oil
9" x 12"
$550
2026 National Members Show
BEST OF SIGNATURE MEMBERS
Dick Wimberly
Smokin' Chimney: Ghost Ranch
Oil on panel
12" x 16"
$1500
2026 National Members Show
BEST OF SHOW
Liz Culp
Checkers Anyone?
Oil on canvas panel
12" x 12"
$750
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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.
