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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
A big congratulations to Natasha for her new status: IAPS Master Circle.
From Natasha:
"What an honor to wake up to this amazing news today! Thank you Richard McKinley and the IAPS (International Association of pastel Societies) team for this letter received this morning. I am now recognized as a Master Circle Member of IAPS!! I’m so happy I can hardly sit still!
I hope you’ll keep reading….. It started with a nest. The evolution of an artist. The validation of following my heart, of Connecting my Eyes, Heart and Hand. This is what I teach my students. Stay true to your vision wherever it goes. In 2017 this painting of an Oriole’s nest made it into the IAPS juried show. Crazy I thought, how did I manage that?? Since then, I got a few others accepted although I had backed off even entering. Why you ask? My voice as a contemporary realist seemed to leave my work unnoticed in the big, global organizations. I was fighting off the insecurity that all the “declines” were building and just stayed the course of following my heart and painting my bliss. “Good Neighbors” (the trailers) exemplifies pure raw feeling and honesty in my work. I decided I’d put them out there. I didn’t try to enter “straighter” work I thought the jurors might like, I simply believed in the piece and IT was the one I wanted representing me if I were fortunate enough to get in. As it turns out, it’s the painting that broke through. I’ve not been counting to see if I was close to IAPS/MC. I was just painting. Entering when I had the work available. Just wanting to get work in and be a part. No drive toward an honor consciously. The moral to the story is: paint what you love, love what you paint, and stand by it firmly. Believe in your passion and paint it. It WILL resonate and get you where you want to go. PASSION PATIENCE PERSISTENCE "
To see painting entries, visit:
https://showsubmit.com/gallery/ais-5th-annual-all-member-online-exhibition?view=thumbnails
Congratulations to the following PAPNM Members for acceptance into the AIS 5th Annual All Member Online Exhibition:
Congratulations to Carole Belliveau and Cynthia Inson for this page in the Nov/Dec 2024 Fine Art Connoisseur Issue.
www.carolebelliveau.com
https://www.cynthiainsonart.com
Congratulations to Carole on her recent election to Signature Status in the Plein Air Artists of Colorado!!
Carole's Bio: "My parents nurtured my passion for art. They took me to the Metropolitan Opera House, Broadway Theater, and gave me exposure to art museums and the culture of New York City. Drawing became my favorite activity. I entered Parson’s School of Design’s Graphic Arts Department because it was the closest thing to Fine Art that I could afford at the time. Later I moved to Boston where I was exposed to the Fine Art Doll world. I found artists there that created miniature people in doll form so I decided to try my hand at sculpture. That led to a twenty-five year career designing one-of-a-kind and limited edition dolls for the collector’s market which at that time was the most popular hobby in America. Dollmaker, The Eyelight and the Shadow was published by Scribner’s (ISBN: 0-684-17170-8) and focused on my creation of a portrait doll of my son. I was not trained in sculpture or pattern design yet I developed a distinctive style and experimented with diverse mediums that led to many awards. Each year I introduced a new doll collection at the American International Toy Fair in New York City. I also designed toy concepts for notable firms like Marie Osmond Dolls, Hasbro, Coleco, Tyco and others. In 1996, I moved to California where I found a new inspiration in a countryside of unlimited vistas, incandescent color, and an ocean full of drama and light. I was attracted to landscape and it changed everything. I entered The Academy of Art University to pursue a BFA. During this time I went back to oils and painted both the figure and landscapes with passion. After graduating, I joined several artist groups including as a Signature Member of Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association (MBPAPA) where I served on the board and as President. I was featured in the North Light publication Incite, Dreams Realized, The Best of Mixed Media. In 2018 I moved to beautiful and still wild Santa Fe, NM where I paint "en plein air" using a palette knife. In 2019 I won the Grand Prize in TRAC 2019 and became a Signature Member of American Women Artists (AWA), a member of American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America (OPA) and a Signature Member and am past Vice President of Plein Air Painters of New Mexico of Santa Fe. Experiments in diverse materials have fueled my inspiration and enabled me to stay open to potential visual options. My passion for art has led to a life filled with possibilities."
From Tobi:
Congratulations.
The 45th exhibition can be viewed on the IAPS website: .https://showsubmit.com/gallery/iaps-45th-open-division
AIS 25th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Barbara Coleman, Southwest Art Award of Excellence. Montana Plains.
See all awards in a "flipping book view" here.
Show at the Rockport Art Association and Museum, Sept 27 - Oct 30.
https://www.sfestudioart.com/ for artists and addresses
PAPNM Artists: Michele Byrne*, Albert Handell*, Jane Frederick** and Stephanie West**, Carole Belliveau and Marcia Williams AND John Meister***.
*Albert Handell will do a pastel workshop on Tuesday, Sept 24.
https://www.sfestudioart.com/event-details/santa-fe-pastel-plein-air-workshop-albert-handell-2024-09-24-09-00
*Michele Byrne will do a free demo on Wed, Sept 18 2-4:
https://www.sfestudioart.com/event-details/painting-demonstration-designing-your-paintings-to-tell-a-story-michele-byrne-1
***John Meister will be co-locating with John Wagner at:
Studio #69 - 872 Don Cubero Ave., Santa Fe
**Also Jane plus Stephanie:
MAKE-TAKE-TALK @ Studio 50
NOTE: Parents must accompany minors.
Marian Berg, When We Let Spirit Lead Us
From Marian:
"Marian Berg will be showing several plein air paintings at the Open Space East Gallery, 6500 Coors NW. The title of the show is "La Vida del Rio" (The Life of the River). The opening reception is on 10/19 from 2 to 4 pm and the show will run from 10/19 to11/30/24. I will also be doing a children's art workshop on the river theme at the Open Space meeting room on 10/18 from 3:30 to 5."
Mail information to:PAPNMP. O. Box 20503Albuquerque, NM 87154-0503
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PAPNM TreasurerPO Box 4612Santa Fe, NM 87502
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