Member News

From Passion to Profession: Donna Barnhill

From Donna:

"Roswell Daily Record! I was interviewed recently. I kept it a little secret. Well my parents still read the paper and I haven’t told them yet. Love to surprise them. Just wondering what time they will pick up the paper from the front porch this Sunday morning and read this. My home town!"

For full article, click here.

Karen Nelson has 14 paintings on display at the Santa Fe Bridge Center at 3827 Thomas Rd. Santa Fe, N.M. 87507. The art work can be viewed prior to active scheduled games at the center. 

Congratulations to PAPNM members:

Michele Byrne, Damien Gonzales, Ann Jenemann, Lee MacLeod, Jay Parks and Spike Ress for their accepted Entries in the  9th-Annual-Small-Works-2025 Showcase.

View the Artwork here (Paintings begin on page 7).

As always, if your name should be here please notify karen.halbert@gmail.com.

From Natasha: "What a great day! I was beyond thrilled to open a letter from the esteemed California Art Club informing me I have been juried in as an Artist Member!! Thank you to the artist membership review committee and to President Michael Obermeyer for this designation. I am truly honored to be a recognized member of this distinguished organization. They raise the bar for excellence in art!"

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The PAPNM is well represented:

Congratulations to Belliveau, Coleman, Griffin, Handell, Lewis, Lindsey, MacLeod, Meyer,  all invited to the OPA show at the Phippen Museum.

For all painting Images and more details: 

https://www.oilpaintersofamerica.com/show-gallery/?show=96226

OPA’s 2024 Western Regional Exhibition is being hosted by Phippen Museum, located in Prescott, Arizona, October 12, 2024 through January 5, 2025. The Opening Reception will be held on Friday, October 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with the awards presentation at 7:00 p.m.

Founded as a gold mining town, Prescott, AZ is surrounded by mountain ranges and offers a variety of activities for visitors. Horseback ride on trails ridden by Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp, hike or motor bike in the Prescott National Forest, or pan for gold. Consider visiting the Sharlot Hall Museum, with the Governor’s Mansion, built of Ponderosa Pines, other historic buildings and gardens. Or visit one of the museums devoted to Western art and life as well as Native American history or take a walking tour of one of
the Victorian-era neighborhoods.

Our goal is to assemble approximately 100 of the finest display of representational oil paintings. The focus in the jurying process will be to select paintings that show the highest quality in draftsmanship, color, and composition, emphasizing a diversity in representational style and subject matter.

Click here to see whole article with all paintings.

Congratulations to Carole:

7. Carole Belliveau, “Autumn Color,” 2024, oil, 6 x 8 in., Available from Underwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Plein air

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Beth Cooper. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Beth below.

Alright, Beth thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?

Someone once told me “no,” and that turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to me! The story of Bluebird Studio is part of a plan that developed slowly over many years and finally came to fruition in 2022. We moved to Santa Fe in early 2018 after living in Denver for 30 years. We owned a second home in Santa Fe for over a decade and always had in the back of our minds the idea of moving permanently to New Mexico. Although retirement for my husband was years away, we both wanted to find a property where he could have horses and I could pursue my passion for art.

One day, I casually mentioned to a neighbor in Santa Fe that I had an idea for an art workshop space—my exact words were “art barn.” She shook her head and said that won’t work, it’s been tried before and they always fail. As a student of many pastel workshops over a 10-year span, particularly in Santa Fe, I noticed that many of the local spaces were inadequate and didn’t offer a true Santa Fe experience. As a former event planner for a local Congressman in Colorado, I knew I had the skills to put together a successful event space, but I lacked business experience. The “no” I received from that neighbor spurred me into action and challenged me to make my dream a reality. I was like “watch me”!

We searched for years to find the perfect property in the Santa Fe area and eventually decided to purchase a 50-year-old small ranch that needed remodeling from top to bottom. We made an offer, sold our home in Denver, and moved to Santa Fe full-time. I built this business from the ground up with the help of my husband, who is an attorney. I also hired a local business lawyer, a web designer, a business coach, a graphic designer, an architect, and a contractor. Most importantly, we constructed the studio after completing the main house.

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Read Full Article here.

https://www.bluebirdstudiosantafe.com

http://www.bethcooperart.com

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From PAPNM Member, Linda Santisteven: "This is a late announcement. My life drawing group, the Apodaca Drawing Group, is having a group show, "Nude Years Day", for one afternoon only, on Saturday, January 4, 2025 from 1pm to 4 pm at the Alluvial Gallery in Rinconada. 

Each of us will show at least one drawing and at least one piece of our usual medium. There will be oils, pastels, sculptures and probably other media. I will have landscapes, portraits and still lifes, all in oil. 

There will be coffee, tea, cookies and fun. If any of you will be up this way, I hope that you can join us!

Enter the rear circle drive through the parking lot of Embudo Valley Vineyards."