MEMBER NEWS

Jeanean Martin's 24x36 oil painting "Black Hill Park in Autumn" has been accepted into "WATER WORKS", a landscape show in Annapolis, MD.  
Exhibition dates: September 16-November 1, 2015
Reception:  September 27, 3-5pm. Awards presented at 4pm.
Location: Annapolis Maritime Museum (AMM), 723 Second Street, Annapolis MD. To view the exhibition, including her painting, see the website below, scroll down to her selection (the list is alphabetical by artist), then click on the image box:

http://mdfedart.com/mfaentry/sales/salesgallery.php?exhibit=49

Judge Damien Gonzales awarded 1st place to Rosie Sandifer, who also won the "Quick Draw" (as shown in the first photo below), and 2nd place to Dick Wimberly (second photo below) at the Starry Night Plein Air Festival.

"Another Day", by Thomas Wezwick, was an award winner in the July 2015 BoldBrush Painting competition. His 3rd Place was awarded by James Crandall.

Recent shows for Signature member Rosie Sandifer this year include:

Allied Artists of America: 100 Years, an invitational show held at the Canton Museum of Art in Ohio, April 24 - July 19, 2015

Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, a juried show held at the Salmagundi Club in NYC, September 3 - 13, 2015

Rim to Ruins Exhibition & Sale held at Kent Denver School in Denver, CO, November 7, 2015

The Albuquerque Art Business Association each year honors area artists who not only excel in the arts, but who have given back to their communities. PAPNM member Carla Forrest was selected as a Local Treasure for 2015, nominated by Purple Sage Gallery in Old Town, Albuquerque. You are invited to the recognition ceremony on Sunday, September 6 from 1-3 pm at the Albuquerque Museum of Art, and an artist’s reception will be held at Purple Sage Gallery on Saturday, September 19 from 3-5 pm.  For further information, see the attached announcement.

Local Treasure.pdf

Congratulations to the 2015 Award Winners at Plein Air Artists Colorado's 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition, held July 30 to August 30, 2015 at Mary Williams Fine Arts in Boulder, CO, chosen by show judge Lorenzo Chavez!

Master Signature Award
Albert Handell, “The White Pine”

1st Place Signature Award
Damien Gonzales, “Anasazi Ruins in Canon Del Muerto”

Please join the PAPNM Board in welcoming Suzanne Morris and Thomas Wezwick as PAPNM's newest Signature Members, and Bill Gallen as our newest Master Signature Member.  The PAPNM Board approved applications and nominations for these three memberships at its 3rd quarter 2015 meeting.  Congratulations to Suzanne, Thomas and Bill on these hard-earned and well-deserved advancements!

Suzanne Morris  resides in beautiful Nags Head, North Carolina, and paints in New Mexico at every opportunity.  She is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists, and is represented by several galleries in North Carolina and elsewhere.  Her work has been represented in shows by Women Artists of the West, American Impressionist Society and the Laguna Plein Air Association.  Suzanne was featured in American Art Collector magazine in 2013 and 2014, and Southwest Art in 2013.  She participated in the Salmagundi Club non-member's juried show earlier this year, and will join fellow PAPNM Signature members Lee MacLeod and Richard Prather, and Master Signature member Peggy Immel at the Plein Air Rockies event in Estes Park in August.  Please visit her web site at www.suzannemorrisstudios.com for additional information.

Thomas Wezwick  is based in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and has lived and painted in the southwest for the past 30 years.  Well-known in PAPNM for his bold and dynamic brush work, he has participated and won awards with the Oil Painters of America and Arts for the Park shows and competitions, and many others.  He has twice been a featured artist in Art of the West magazine, and conducted one-man shows at galleries in Santa Fe and Jackson, Wyoming.  Learn more about Thomas at his website:  atwez.fineartstudioonline.com.

Bill Gallen  is a well-known New Mexico award-winning painter and instructor, and has been a PAPNM Signature member and occasional judge and juror in PAPNM shows and competitions since 2005.  Bill has won awards in the prestigious Plein Air Southwest and Salon International shows in Texas, and participated in several national museum shows.  He has been a featured artist in American Art Collector and Southwest Art magazines, and his work has been included in the 2006 book "Landscapes of New Mexico," and 2009's "Art Journey New Mexico."  Bill is represented by Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe;  Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona; and the Oh-Be-Joyful Gallery in Crested Butte, Colorado.  More information on this exceptional artist is available at www.billgallen.com.

My 18x24 painting, "Sunny in Northern New Mexico", was accepted into the Oil Painters of America (OPA) Western Regional Exhibition opening August 7th at Wild Horse Gallery in Steamboat Springs, CO.

www.oilpaintersofamerica.com/2015western

www.wildhorsegallery.com

Rosie Sandifer’s group of paintings for Rim to Ruins, Mesa Verde Foundation Show & Sale in Denver, November 2014 - January 2015. The Plein Air exhibit was opposite this photo.

From Holly Grimm, PAPNM Member and a Quick Draw winner at the 2015 Santa Fe Plein Air Festival:

I’m excited to be a recipient of the 2015 SWAIA SFAI Residency Fellowship. I’ll be in residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute during August and September. Also, I’ll have a booth at this year’s SWAIA – Santa Fe Indian Market. Now it’s time to stretch some canvases!

Holly will be producing several plein air pieces as part of this fellowship. See http://swaia.org/About_SWAIA/Press_Release/index.html