Dee Sanchez was featured in an article of OutdoorPainter.com.

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Peggy Immel accepted as PAPNM Master Signature Member

PAPNM founding member Peggy Immel has been recognized as a Master Signature Member.   A familiar and frequent award winner at PAPNM and PAAC (Plein Air Artists of Colorado) events, Peggy is quickly earning a national reputation.  She was recently the subject of a feature article in Southwest Art magazine (A Place Called Home, December 2014), has participated in numerous prominent regional and national shows, and won awards too numerous to list.  She is currently represented by Wilder Nightingale Fine Art in Taos, NM and Sorrel Sky Gallery in Santa Fe.  Please visit www.peggyimmel.com for a more complete description of this extraordinary artist.

Susan McCullough named as PAPNM Signature Member

PAPNM artist Susan McCullough has been recognized as a Signature Member.   A regular award winner at PAPNM events since she joined in 2011, Susan is also an active participant and award winner in numerous Colorado Plein Air events.  She is an active member of Plein Air Artists of Colorado, Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society.  Susan was featured in the Southwest Art magazine’s June 2014 article on Plein Air artists “In Open Air.”  She is currently represented by Wilder Nightingale Fine Art in Taos and four galleries in Colorado.  Please visit www.susanmccullough.com for more information on PAPNM’s latest Signature Member.

Punk Cooper Plein Air Artistt and PAPNM 2015 President

Save the date and shop local and support a very talented artist! Punk Cooper, New Mexico rancher and plein air painter is coming to Santa Fe for a show!   

Opening Reception 5-7 PM, Friday, November 28

Meet the artist and shop Saturday and Sunday, Nov 29 and 30

10AM-6 PM
Refreshments served, with Demo on Saturday.

Santa Fe Art Collector

217 Galisteo
Santa Fe,NM 87501
www.santafeartcollector.com

Congratulations to PAPNM Signature Members Peggy Immel and Damien Gonzales for earning awards at the Plein Air Artists of Colorado 18^th Annual National Juried Exhibition, held in August at the Abend Gallery in Denver.  Damien Gonzales was awarded the 1^st Place Signature Members award for his painting “Bobcat Trail,” and Peggy Immel won the Allen Award for her painting “Ridgeline.” 

MINIATURES & MORE. Congratulations to the following PAPNM Participating artists:

Tom Blazier
Damien Gonzales
Peggy Immel
Robert Kuester
Paul Murray
Nancy Silvia

Now in its 24th year, Miniatures & More is an exhibition fundraiser that provides valuable funding to The Museum while benefiting the artists whose work it features. The only selling exhibition at The Albuquerque Museum, 
Miniatures was created by – and is a program of – the Albuquerque Museum Foundation.

A range of artists producing traditional and contemporary paintings, photographs and sculptures are selected each year through a juried process in order to provide an exceptional collection for consideration. The “& More” was added to the 2007 Miniatures exhibition. Miniatures & More also features a few selected large-scale works.

Miniatures & More 2014 will open on Saturday, October 25, 2014 with a ticketed gala. Tickets are $75 per person and can be purchased by calling 505.842.0111. The exhibition will open to the public on Sunday, October 26, 2014.

For the serious art collector, the 4th Annual Collectors' Dinner presents a unique opportunity to purchase artwork from Miniatures & More and from artists who have created pieces exclusively for that evening. A delectable wine dinner in the Miniatures & More gallery is the highlight of this evening. Tickets are $500 per person and may be purchased by calling 505.842.0111.

Rarely is someone so talented that they are inducted into the Pastel Hall of Fame by the Pastel Society of America. Even more rare, at the time of this induction only three living artists had been given the honor, joining the company of greats like Mary Cassatt and Daniel Chester French. 

ALBERT HANDELL OPA AWARD

Albert Handell received the Bronze Medal Award from the Master Signature Division, at  the 23rd National Annual Exhibition of the Oil Painters of America, for his oil painting "In the Cedar Grove of Mendocino", 20x30. The Exhibition was held at the Bennington Center of the Arts, Benington, Vermont, June 7 - July 27, 2014.

PAPNM welcomes Rosie Sandifer as our newest Signature Member.  Rosie is a nationally recognized plein air landscape painter, and is also a talented figure and portrait painter and sculptor.  She has received awards for her painting and sculpture from the Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, Pen & Brush Club, Texas Fine Art Association, Western Wyoming Plein Air, Paint the Parks Association, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Society and American Artists Professional League and National Sculpture Society, where she is a Fellow member. Besides being featured in the Southwest Art (1991) and Western Art Collector (2012) publications, Rosie’s work was included in the 2013 book Art of the National Parks, in addition to many other publications.  Rosie currently exhibits with the Joe Wade Fine Art and Zaplan Lampert Gallery in Santa Fe, Total Arts Gallery in Taos, and galleries in Washington, Massachusetts and New York.   Learn more about Rosie’s distinguished life-long career in art at her web site www.rosiesandifer.com, or visit her at the upcoming Grand Canyon Celebration of Art/Grand Canyon Plein Air event September 13-21, 2014.