Congratulations to PAPNM Members:

Damien Gonzales: BEST OF SHOW.

Congratulations Damien, http://www.damiengonzales.com second year in a row garnering the Best of Show Award!

Cynthia Rosen's, Judge of Awards Statement

"All three of this artist’s works are stand-outs. They all have an elegance rarely found in plein air painting and I could have awarded any of the three ‘Best in Show’.

I chose this work for its incredibly subtle shifts of color which gives the mountain an almost sensuous human feel, albeit in repose.

This particular palette reminds me of the muted colors that harken to Vuillard and Bonnard, an unusual sensibility for plein air.

The darks of the bushes gently weave us through the painting while the lighter ground plane provides for solid footing. This is an ultra-fine painting with almost melodic undertones is rarely seen in a subject of such might."

Lorenzo Chavez: THIRD PLACE

David Mayer: FIRST PLACE ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Michele Farrier: AWARD OF MERIT

Carolyn J Lindsey: AWARD OF MERIT

Michele Byrne: AWARD OF MERIT

Lee MacLeod: BOARD AWARD

View the paintings here:

https://showsubmit.com/gallery/paac-27th-annual-national-juried-fine-art-exhibition-and-sale

Congratulations to all the PAPNM members juried into this annual show.

Belliveau, Carole
Byrne, Michele
Chavez, Lorenzo
Churchley, Barbara
Farrier, Michele
Gonzales, Damien
Jenemann, Ann
Lindsey, Carolyn
MacLeod, Lee
Mayer, David
Reilly, Kathleen
Szkutnik, Richard
Unseld, Virginia