PAPA is proud to announce its 2011 exhibition and sale at The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA. The Allure of Water brings together more than 100 artworks by 40 Signature and Emeritus PAPA members and Guest Artists. The theme is interpreted in both its physical and spiritual meanings to us all. The exhibition opens with a gala weekend of events on October 15, 2011.

PAPA Members and Guest Artists went into the field to experience and translate everything from rain, fog, and clouds to lakes, rivers, and oceans, snowfields and glaciers, swamps and marshes, fountains and waterfalls. More than 100 paintings comprise PAPA’s 23rd exhibition and sale offering an immersion in water’s myriad forms and guaranteed to buoy the viewer’s appreciation of a resource that is more precious than ever.

PARTICIPATING PAPA MEMBERS. Peter Adams, Ken Auster, Kenn Backhaus, Betty Billups, Christopher Blossom, John Budicin, Scott Burdick, John Cosby, Gil Dellinger, Mary DeLoyht-Arendt, Don Demers, Louise DeMore, Gay Faulkenberry, West Fraser, Lynn Gertenbach, Raleigh Kinney, Frank LaLumia, Joan M. LaRue, Jean LeGassick, Kevin Macpherson, Joseph Mendez, Ned Mueller, Ralph Oberg, Joe Paquet, Jean Perry, Ron Rencher, Ray Roberts, Jane Shuss, Matt Smith, Brian Stewart, John Stobart, George Strickland, Linda Tippetts, and Skip Whitcomb.

GUEST ARTISTS.  PAPA proudly includes the following Guest Artists: Bill Anton, Kathleen Dunphy, Andy Evansen, Gerald Fritzler, Michael Lynch, Jim Morgan, and Randall Sexton.

OPENING EVENTS. The exhibition opens with a weekend of events. For an invitation, please contact The Haggin Museum at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 209.940.6312. • Gala Opening Reception, Friday, October 14, 2011, 6:30 to 9:00 pm • Outdoor Painting Demonstration & Auction, Saturday, October 15, 2011, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm • Artist Demonstration, Sunday, October 16, 2011, 1:30 to 3:00 pm.