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  • 30 Dec 2024 10:41 AM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Beth Cooper. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Beth below.

    Alright, Beth thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?

    Someone once told me “no,” and that turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to me! The story of Bluebird Studio is part of a plan that developed slowly over many years and finally came to fruition in 2022. We moved to Santa Fe in early 2018 after living in Denver for 30 years. We owned a second home in Santa Fe for over a decade and always had in the back of our minds the idea of moving permanently to New Mexico. Although retirement for my husband was years away, we both wanted to find a property where he could have horses and I could pursue my passion for art.

    One day, I casually mentioned to a neighbor in Santa Fe that I had an idea for an art workshop space—my exact words were “art barn.” She shook her head and said that won’t work, it’s been tried before and they always fail. As a student of many pastel workshops over a 10-year span, particularly in Santa Fe, I noticed that many of the local spaces were inadequate and didn’t offer a true Santa Fe experience. As a former event planner for a local Congressman in Colorado, I knew I had the skills to put together a successful event space, but I lacked business experience. The “no” I received from that neighbor spurred me into action and challenged me to make my dream a reality. I was like “watch me”!

    We searched for years to find the perfect property in the Santa Fe area and eventually decided to purchase a 50-year-old small ranch that needed remodeling from top to bottom. We made an offer, sold our home in Denver, and moved to Santa Fe full-time. I built this business from the ground up with the help of my husband, who is an attorney. I also hired a local business lawyer, a web designer, a business coach, a graphic designer, an architect, and a contractor. Most importantly, we constructed the studio after completing the main house.

    .........


    Read Full Article here.

    https://www.bluebirdstudiosantafe.com

    http://www.bethcooperart.com


  • 28 Dec 2024 3:50 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    2219 NM 68 Rinconada, NM www.marblespeak.com

    From PAPNM Member, Linda Santisteven: "This is a late announcement. My life drawing group, the Apodaca Drawing Group, is having a group show, "Nude Years Day", for one afternoon only, on Saturday, January 4, 2025 from 1pm to 4 pm at the Alluvial Gallery in Rinconada. 

    Each of us will show at least one drawing and at least one piece of our usual medium. There will be oils, pastels, sculptures and probably other media. I will have landscapes, portraits and still lifes, all in oil. 

    There will be coffee, tea, cookies and fun. If any of you will be up this way, I hope that you can join us!

    Enter the rear circle drive through the parking lot of Embudo Valley Vineyards."


  • 15 Dec 2024 8:11 AM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    Congratulations to Barbara Coleman, new signature member of AIS.

    AIS is pleased to announce our newest AIS Signature Members,

    a distinction achieved by only 14% of our entire membership.

    https://www.barbaracoleman.com/

    Signature Members are eligible for additional awards in our exhibitions and to serve as exhibition jurors.  They may sign their work with AIS after their name.

    AIS has 2,390 members and as of December 15, 2024 we now have 341 AIS Signature Members.  

  • 04 Dec 2024 5:44 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)
    John Meister Art


    Two Great Annual Holiday Small Works Shows!

    First Show:
    Manitou Galleries Annual Small Works Show - December 6-31, 2024

    Manitou Galleries (Santa Fe) hosts its popular holiday Small Works show each December. These pieces are 12"x16" or smaller and are a great way to collect a piece from a favorite artist. Act quickly by contacting Manitou Galleries if you see something you like - they can go quickly!

    The  Manitou Galleries Small Works show can be viewed online now here

    You're invited!!! 
    The show reception is this  Friday, December 6 -I hope you can join us!

    Second Show:

    Legacy Gallery (Scottsdale) Small Works Show - December 12-31, 2024

    Legacy Gallery (Scottsdale) also hosts its popular holiday Small Works show each December. Invited artists may submit up to three pieces that are 12"x16" or smaller. All pieces in this show are sold by fixed-price "draw auction". To put your name in the draw for a piece, or to understand how the draw auction works, contact Legacy Gallery - this show is very popular!

    The Legacy Gallery (Scottsdale) Small Works show can be viewed online now here

    You're invited!!! 
    The show reception and draw is Thursday, December 12 - I hope you can join us!

    The Manitou Galleries, 123 W. Palace Ave., Santa Fe, NM


  • 03 Dec 2024 3:26 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    PAPNM Members in the Karen Wray Gallery: Tom Blazier, Jaye Buros, Karen Halbert and Richard Prather

    Holiday Show: Dec 6 , 2024 - Jan 4, 2025

    Opening Reception: Dec 6, 4-6 pm

    1247 Central Ave, Los Alamos

    Across the Street from the Bradbury Museum

    Convenient Parking in front of the Gallery

    https://karenwrayfineart.com


  • 20 Nov 2024 12:41 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)



    Congratulations to PAPNM Members:

    Damien Gonzales: BEST OF SHOW.

    Congratulations Damien, http://www.damiengonzales.com second year in a row garnering the Best of Show Award!

    Cynthia Rosen's, Judge of Awards Statement

    "All three of this artist’s works are stand-outs. They all have an elegance rarely found in plein air painting and I could have awarded any of the three ‘Best in Show’.

    I chose this work for its incredibly subtle shifts of color which gives the mountain an almost sensuous human feel, albeit in repose.

    This particular palette reminds me of the muted colors that harken to Vuillard and Bonnard, an unusual sensibility for plein air.

    The darks of the bushes gently weave us through the painting while the lighter ground plane provides for solid footing. This is an ultra-fine painting with almost melodic undertones is rarely seen in a subject of such might."



    Lorenzo Chavez: THIRD PLACE

    David Mayer: FIRST PLACE ASSOCIATE MEMBER

    Michele Farrier: AWARD OF MERIT

    Carolyn J Lindsey: AWARD OF MERIT

    Michele Byrne: AWARD OF MERIT

    Lee MacLeod: BOARD AWARD


    View the paintings here:

    https://showsubmit.com/gallery/paac-27th-annual-national-juried-fine-art-exhibition-and-sale

    Congratulations to all the PAPNM members juried into this annual show.

    Belliveau, Carole
    Byrne, Michele
    Chavez, Lorenzo
    Churchley, Barbara
    Farrier, Michele
    Gonzales, Damien
    Jenemann, Ann
    Lindsey, Carolyn
    MacLeod, Lee
    Mayer, David
    Reilly, Kathleen
    Szkutnik, Richard
    Unseld, Virginia


  • 20 Nov 2024 7:00 AM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)

    From Natasha: "Very honored to be invited to participate in Round Top En Plein Air 2024! Hey Texas peeps, patrons and friends, hope to see you in a couple weeks! Gallery open to the public on the 8th, 11-3!" 

  • 16 Nov 2024 4:09 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)


    Marilyn Wightman's painting, "Water Play" was one of twelve works selected for the Pastel Society of America's Landscape Showcase in the Associate Members Division/

    Works by PAPNM Members in the other divisions:

    Beautiful Dream - 36” x 24”
    Katherine Irish PSA
    Placitas, NM


    Morning Light - 18" x 12"
    Albert Handell PSA-MP
    Santa Fe, NM




  • 16 Nov 2024 3:48 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)


    Tom Blazier: Misty Hills, FIRST PLACE 2024 Encantada! Rio Grande Art Association. Nov 9 - Dec 1.  Hispanic Art Gallery, ExpoNM 


    Tom Blazier, Misty Hills, 30x40, Oil, Standard Works FIRST PLACE



  • 16 Nov 2024 3:34 PM | Admin PAPNM (Administrator)


    PAPNM Signature Member, Carole Belliveau, was featured in a Plein Air Today's article on 17 Gorgeous Sky Paintings!!

    Congratulations, Carole.

    From Carole:

    "I was surprised and happy to see my plein air painting, Chicoma Mountain under a Blue Sky, featured in Plein Air Today. The painting is available from Breckenridge Gallery in Breckenridge Colorado. "

    https://ac.streamlinepublishing.com/p_v.php?l=2&c=15245&m=17906&s=d554ff561b935526291510d84055796b

    . Chicoma Mountain Under a Blue Sky

    Carole Belliveau
    2023, oil, 12 x 12 in.
    Plein air



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