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  • 26 Apr 2023 5:41 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    Congratulations to PAPNM Members, Lanya Deeb, Peggy Immel and Jane Hunt - semifinalists in this year's Plein Air Salon. 

    More information: https://pleinairsalon.com/envira/12th-annual-semi-finalists/

  • 21 Apr 2023 5:00 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)



    Opening reception: Friday, April 21, 5-7 pm.

    For more information, visit https://www.losalamosartscouncil.org/fuller-lodge-art-center

  • 19 Apr 2023 6:28 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)


    From Peggy: "Thank you Streamline Publishing and Judge Timothy Standring, artist and Curator Emeritus of the Denver Art Museum, for honoring two of my paintings, "Solstice Sunrise" and "Kolb's Cradle" with a spot in the top 100 finalists in the March, 2023 Plein Air Salon Competition. I'm thrilled to have had these paintings recognized in a field with so many great paintings. You can see all of the finalists at the Plein Air Salon website link: https://pleinairsalon.com/march-2023-winners-finalists/"

    Kolb's Cradle was announced on 4/21 as the Best Western for March 2023.

    Carole Belliveau's painting, Face Forward, was also in the top 100:


    There were 1096 paintings entered by 403 artists from 30 countries.

  • 01 Apr 2023 10:23 AM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    Reception, Saturday, Apr 1
    3-5 pm

    Show catalog

    View works by PAPNM members, Janet Shaw Amtmann, Lyle Brown,  Tobi Clement, Marilyn Drake, Charles Edmondson, Katherine Irish, Natasha Isenhour Mike Mahon, MaryAnn McGraw, Lee McVey, Paul Murray, Nancy Silvia., Janice St. Marie, Betty Tichich and Marilyn Wightman.

    Margi Lucena was a long-time signature member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico.

    In Margi’s “Artist Statement” for Rob Nightingale, owner of Wilder Nightingale Gallery in Taos, she wrote: “For me, being a landscape artist in New Mexico is like living pure joy. I only need to step outside my back door to find inspiration. And, although panoramic mountain and desert views and beautiful skies are in every direction, it’s often the little things…a chamisa in bloom, the shadow it casts across the ground, or the irrigation waterways that pass through the farm and ranchlands, that send me to my easel. I have painted in different mediums over the years, but something special happened when I picked up pastels for the first time. This was truly a “hands on” experience. Everything changed. I had finally found a way to express what my heart was trying to say. The most rewarding thing is when that expression touches someone else’s heart. I can’t really ask for more than that.”


    Natasha Isenhour, PSNM/DP who was a longtime friend of Margi’s wrote: In the quarter century we knew one another, we enjoyed a depth of friendship a person is fortunate to have even once in a lifetime, if that. We finished each other’s sentences, communicated without words, shared our deep passion for art, beauty, music, poetry and great food all while making room for our differences, and loving and supporting each other through hardships and triumphs. Margi wore many hats throughout her lifetime…she was a fiercely protective mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend. When we became friends in the late 90’s, she was at a place in her life where she could begin wearing her “art” hat more and more. Children grown and thriving, and settled into a landscape she loved, Margi turned her passion toward her lifelong love of art. She had painted all her life in the spaces where she could, but now she was able to devote a larger part of her days to her work. I was already settled into giving an art career a go, so early on she would come and paint at my house when she was still only painting in oil and watercolor. Soon, we would be sharing studio space and she was introduced to pastels. Her work was forever changed. Margi’s work showed, not only incredible natural talent for mark-making, but her sense for local color was legendary. Margi is the one who taught me to “see”. I hadn’t been a landscape painter when we began painting together, but on our many roadtrips, traveling 10’s of 1000’s of miles together over the years, she would point out the “blue” or “violet” in the distance. At that point, as observant as I thought I was, I had never really “seen”. Once it clicked for me, I understood what a profound gift she had shared. Not only were we best friends, but she was a mentor to me and I believe that was a two way street for us in a variety of ways over the years. Her work is an honest, spontaneous, and personal journal into her unique view of the world around her. She could truly take something that would never give you pause, and make you look at it and fall in love with it. That’s because Margi told you exactly how she felt about it with every stroke of color. She painted emotion and love like no one else I know. Margi was a survivor and a constant inspiration on how to keep moving through adversity. She would be so incredibly proud of the recognition here with her pastel family as the medium was, hands down, her greatest passion. I hope all of you will take a moment to look at her work and let it light a little fire in your heart to carry with you. She lit a raging inferno in mine decades ago and I will never let anything put that fire out, in equal parts for myself and for the best friend I have ever had.

  • 31 Mar 2023 11:09 AM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    Kevin MacPherson was honored at the OPA Awards Ceremonyon Mar 30, 2023. He received the "Have a Heart Humanitarian Award for his work as the Art Ambassador for a Colorful World, http://wwww.artambassaror.org.

    "We are a global organization of artist ambassadors led by internationally recognized artist Kevin Macpherson, staff, supporters, and thousands of children sharing their joy in making the world a more colorful place and building communication across cultures the world over. We use art to engage kids in their education, to ignite their creative spark and to unite communities around their children."



    Richard Prather, Master Signature member of PAPNM,  received the Ted Goerschner OPAM Memorial Impressionist Award of Excellence for his painting, Timeless, oil, 24x36.


  • 30 Mar 2023 11:39 AM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)


    Congratulations to the following PAPNM members for their acceptance into this prestigious Exhibition: - taking place Mar 31 - Apr 30 in Charleston, SC.

    The awards and recognition ceremony will take place March 30 at Charleston Music Hall from 8 to 10 p.m.  EST. The next day, March 31, from 5 to 9 p.m., Reinert Fine Art will host the opening reception.

    You may watch the ceremony live on Facebook at 8 pm EST. (search FB for Oil Painters of America).

    Ellen Buselli OPA
    Michele Byrne
    Albert Handell OPAM
    Jane Hunt OPA
    Carolyn Jeanene Lindsey
    Kevin Macpherson OPAM
    Chris Morel
    Richard Prather OPA

    For more information, visit OPA's Full Acceptance List page with paintings.

  • 27 Mar 2023 1:00 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)


    Congratulations to PAPNM Members for their awards: Blazier, Chanchani, Clement, Drake, Edmonson, Handell, Meister, Murray, Wimberly.

    For larger images and more paintings: 

    https://masterworksnm.org/standard-gallery-2023/




  • 26 Mar 2023 12:36 PM | Karen Halbert (Administrator)


    Painting on cover of ABQ Journal and in the Masterworks show.

    See article for Tobi's other painting that won an award.

    ABQ Journal:
    https://www.abqjournal.com/2584843/masterworks-of-new-mexico-show-hits-25-years-of-art.html

  • 16 Mar 2023 12:43 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    Plan at trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico! The NEW issue of Inside Santa Fe magazine is out, which is a premier resource for fine art, shopping, spas, real estate, dining activities & events. https://bit.ly/3gQYZHj Painting by Tobi Clement; Last Light My Love, pastel on paper, 19” x 26.” Artist represented by Canyon Road Contemporary Art. View her art on https://bit.ly/3W2zRSd

    On the stands now:



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