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From Diane: "I’m so pleased my pastel painting “Wet Desert” was chosen to be included in Plein Air Magazine this month in the article “Mountain High Valley Low”! Thank you, Gina!"
Congratulations, Diane!!
PEGGY IMMEL TWO-PERSON SHOW
WINE, CHOCOLATE, PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE
A two-woman show with Peggy Immel and Star Liana York
Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 2023, 5:00-7:00pm
Sorrel Sky Gallery
125 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM
https://sorrelsky.com/ 505-501-6555
Peggy: " I'm excited about the Wine, Chocolate and Art shindig Sorrel Sky Gallery in Santa Fe is having to feature my paintings and Star York's sculptures. I love seeing everyone and catching up on your plans for the new year, so I hope you can join us at the reception at the gallery to check out the wine, the chocolates and our art.
"Plein air painter Peggy Immel and sculptor Star Liana York live, work, and explore in the New Mexico landscape that brings them unlimited inspiration. Whether it’s a cloudy sky or blue sky, golden aspens or green fields, Peggy’s paintings reflect the unique lighting of the Southwest with luminosity and atmospheric effect. At the start of each new piece, she asks herself, “Why are you painting this?” which helps her stay focused on her intent and goal. “I believe the ‘why’ of a painting matters more than the ‘what.’ The most exciting pieces to paint have both a visual and philosophical foundation.” – Peggy Immel. As she works in her studio Star patiently waits for her subject to make itself known in the clay. The range of her work reflects her interest in the people, animals, environment, and history of the region. A continuing source of inspiration for her bronze sculptures comes from exploring the native peoples of the Southwest and the mythology of ancient sacred sites. "When a character emerges from a work I am sculpting, I feel touched at a deeply intimate, subconscious level. It is the essence in a work of art that makes it intensely personal and entirely universal at the same time." – Star Liana York
From Michele: "Just received notice from FASO - Fine Art Studio Online that this piece "First Snow" was selected as part of the FAV15% for the December competition. That means it's one of the jury's favorite 15%. I always forget to enter this competition, which happens every month if you have a website through FASO. This will hopefully remind me to keep entering.
This piece SOLD on Christmas Eve Acosta Strong Fine Art! "
Congratulations. Exceptional painting!!
Carla Forrest Fine Art Studio & Gallery
PATHWAYS - CONTEMPORARY PAINTING SHOW BY CARLA FORREST
KICKSTAND CAFÉ
1127 Alameda Blvd NW, Suite A, Albuquerque, NM 87114
505.359.7566
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First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, February 3rd (2-5 pm)
Open 8 am-2 pm, Tuesday-Sunday
Kickoff February ARTScrawl with Michael Thomas Coffee, Chocolate Maven delights, and other treats at Kickstand Café! Carla Forrest Fine Art and Kickstand Café present Pathways, contemporary landscape paintings depicting Albuquerque’s splendid open space and trails. The show features works by Carla Forrest, which appeal to our mountain biking, hiking, and outdoor adventurists. Meet the artist at the opening reception on Friday, February 3, 2-5 pm. Explore Pathways from February 1st through April 30th with works rotated regularly.
https://americanwomenartists.org/
Congratulations to PAPNM Signature Member, Carole Belliveau, for her acceptance into this prestigious show. Carole is a Signature member of AWA.
A new exhibition titled American Women Artists: Pushing Forward Reaching Back, opens May 13, 2023, and continues through July 23, 2023, at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC. This juried show features 100+ paintings and sculptures by members of American Women Artists (AWA). Accepted works will be announced mid-January 2023. A Grand Prize of $10,000 and additional prizes of cash, merchandise, and media space will be awarded. The awards ceremony and opening reception take place May 12. All works will be available for sale.
Carole's painting: Face Forward
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https://pleinairsalon.com/category/awards/12th-annual/
PleinAir magazine presents the 12th annual PleinAir Salon $33,000 Art Competition. In the spirit of the French Salon created by the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, this annual online competition, with 11 monthly cycles, leading to the annual Salon Grand Prize winners, is designed to stimulate artistic growth through competition. The competition rewards artists with over $33,000 in cash prizes and exposure of their work, with the winning painting featured on the cover of PleinAir magazine.
The 12th Annual Awards will be presented live at the Plein Air Convention & Expo in May 2023.
PAPNM Members - Awards and Top 100 Finalists
Nov: Rickie Vios (Best Plein air Watercolor & Goauche), Carole Belliveau (Top 100 Animals & Birds), Deanne Kroll (Top 100 Floral), Liz Bonham (Top 100 Western), Jane Hunt (4 top 100-Vehicle, Nocturne, Floral, Clouds & Sky),
Oct: Jane Hunt (3rd Place Overall)
Sept: Jane Hunt (Honorable Mention Nocturne), Lanya Deeb (Top 100 Plein Air Pastel), Natasha Isenhour (Top 100 Building)
Aug: Jane Hunt (3rd Place Overall, Top 100 Plein Air Oil), Chris Morel (Top 100 Building)
July: Peggy Immel (Best Clouds and Sky, Best Artist over 65), Jane Hunt (Best Nocturne, Best Floral)
May: Deanne Kroll (Clouds and Sky Honorable Mention, Jane Hunt (Best Clouds and Sky, Western Honorable Mention, Top 100 Nocturne, Top 100 Plein Air Oil), Jean Kondek (Top 100 Artist over 65)
April: Peggy Immel (Best Artist over 65, Best Nocturne, Top 100 Plein Air Oil)
Congratulations to all!
Please write to karen.halbert@gmail.com if your name was not included in any of these monthly awards (including top 100) or the award is incorrect.
From Natasha: "Never a dull moment! Thank you Art of the West Magazine for asking me to pen an article talking about “the gift of time” of artist residencies! It was an honor to write it and blows me away to see it in print! Nothing like holding a magazine in your hands Nov/Dec 2022 edition."
From Natasha Isenhour on Sept 1:
Yesterday my heart had to say farewell to one of the greatest people I have ever known. We traveled together, painted together and shared secrets we never imagined sharing with anyone. We commented repeatedly that we had never had a friend like the other, and it was true. The world won’t be the same without her in it.
Margi Lucena was a private person but her Art spoke loud and clear. She never painted a “thing.” Instead, she gave you a load of emotion you could feel in your bones. That is a gift people, and not one that can be learned.
We would drive down the road in tears over music on the radio during the 1000’s of miles of road-trips we shared. We didn’t have to say a word to each other, we just knew what the other was thinking and respond to that. It was a precious friendship built on the deepest of levels that transcended any disagreements. We knew those would pass, but our value of one another could never be upended.
I will cherish her in my heart for the rest of my days. And I will always look to my friend as a shining example of overcoming and pressing forward regardless, of standing up for anyone who was a victim of wrongdoing, all with that big, open heart that wrapped you in it and carried you along.
Nanu Nanu my best buddy. I’ll see you again. I love you.
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Read excerpts from a recent article about longtime Signature Artist Member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, Margi:
And be sure to watch the uTube Video, Painting New Mexico:
https://margilucena.com/page/31531/painting-new-mexico
Excerpts from article:
https://margilucena.com/
"White Dove (Peace Dove)," acrylic on board, 10 x 10 in. — Judith Howells
PAPNM member, Judy Howells, has organized a Colors for Ukraine exhibition with the Martha's Vineyard Art Association, May 27 - Jun 3.
You may read the article in the Martha's Vineyard newspaper here: https://www.mvtimes.com/2022/05/25/colors-for-ukraine/
Also visit Judy's website: http://judyhowells.com/.
Colors for Ukraine,” a benefit exhibit at Old Sculpin Gallery, May 27 to June 3. 58 Dock St., Edgartown. 508-627-4881, oldsculpingallery.org.
Sunflowers are currently in bloom at the Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown. Decorating the walls of the historic gallery, operated by the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association (MVAA), are dozens of images of the brilliant, bright yellow flowers whose image has come to represent support for the Ukrainian people.
The sunflower is not only the national flower of Ukraine, it has also come to be used as a symbol of peace. (In June 1996, ministers from the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine marked Ukraine’s nuclear weapon disarmament by planting sunflowers at the Pervomaysk missile base.)
As a show of support for the people of Ukraine, the MVAA chose to kick off its summer season with a fundraising show titled “Colors for Ukraine,” featuring work by 20-plus of the gallery’s members who, in keeping with the theme of the show, are offering work focusing either on sunflowers and/or the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
The artists will donate a minimum of 20 percent of their proceeds to an organization called World Central Kitchen, which has since the beginning of the war provided 25 million meals to the people of Ukraine. Their motto is “Food is a universal right.”
While many of the artists chose to represent sunflowers in their contributions to the show, others have used the color theme in a variety of creative ways. Theresa Yuan’s oil painting, “Stone Walls,” features a striated blue sky above the painting’s focal point, with a field of yellow daffodils below. Judith Howells, who came up with the idea and curated the show, chose another symbol of peace — a white dove — for her contribution. Standing in front of a golden orb against a vivid blue background — the image both represents an ideal and pays homage to the colors of Mother Nature to be found in the sky and sun.
Brian Kirkpatrick found a clever way to honor the theme and the cause. His painting “President Zelensky” shows the Ukraine leader sitting in a yellow chair in a blue room holding a white rabbit on his lap. The large painting, done in Kirkpatrick’s signature colorful whimsical style, provides a bold graphic art–influenced image.
The show includes photography and ceramics as well as paintings. Incorporated in 1954, the nonprofit MVAA is the Island’s oldest art organization. Its mission is “to increase facilities of art education, create interest in the arts, make an art center for the whole Island, establish a permanent collection, and preserve an old landmark.” Housed in a former boatbuilder’s shed, the gallery has been providing a space for exhibitions and workshops for almost 70 years. The MVAA also fosters art education, and provides scholarships for local high school students.
Howells (who is also the membership chairman) notes that the member artists responded enthusiastically to her call for participants. “It’s really about the members showing support, using art as a way to show a sense of support to people who are enduring a sudden displacement. We want our artwork to send a powerful message of hope and support to those suffering in this humanitarian crisis.”
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