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From Barbara: "Thrilled to announce that "Morning Shadows on the Sandias" has been accepted into the 2024 Western Regional Exhibition at the Phippen Museum in Prescott, Arizona from Oct. 12, 2024 through January 5, 2025! I am so honored by this news."
Congratulations. Exceptional painting.
Oil Painters of America’s 2024 Western Regional Exhibition
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.