Congratulations to PAPNM members, Diane Buster and Paul Murray for their 1st and 2nd Place awards in the Embracing Our Muses' show at the Weems' Gallery, June 6-28.

Visit https://weemsgallery.com/collections/current-show?page=3 for more information.

First Place 2D Category, Diane Buster, Along the Arroyo's Edge 

Second Place 2D Category, Paul Murray, Chama River

PAPNM member, Natasha Isenhour, was the judge:

Embracing our Muses - Judge 

Natasha Isenhour is a New Mexico based, Contemporary American Realist working in oil, pastel and watercolor.  She was awarded an Honorable Mention as well as an Award of Excellence from Oil Painters of America in 2022 and 2023 and her oil painting Flat Earth won First Place (Signature Member Category) in the 2024 American Women Artists Show.  She is a 5-time Top 100 Finalist in Plein Air Salon and was also awarded honorable mention twice in 2023-24. 

In addition to her studio work, Isenhour has received numerous honors and awards for her plein air work in California, Texas and New Mexico. In late 2022 she was given a 5-week solo museum exhibition at the Taos Museum and Fechin Studio, and in 2023, Terry Ludwig Pastels LLC released her hand selected set, “Natasha Isenhour Essential Alchemy Set of 60 pastels.”

A sought-after Awards Judge, presenter and juror exhibiting throughout the southwest and she teaches 6+ sold-out workshops each year, both in plein air and in studio.  Natasha’s work is collected the world over.

Represented by Ventana Fine Art in Santa Fe, NM and others

 

Affiliations:

Oil Painters of America
California Art Club
Salmagundi Art Club NYC 2021-2024
American Women Artists (Signature)
Pastel Society of America (Signature)
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico (Signature)
Pastel Society of New Mexico (Distinguished Pastellist)