Paint with the Best!
PAPA is holding its Workshop & Seminar in conjunction with the Art Association of Jackson Hole on August 29 to September 3, 2010, in Jackson, Wyoming. PAPA Signature Members who will be teaching are: John Budicin, Gil Dellinger, Gay Faulkenberry, Frank LaLumia, Jean LeGassick, Joe Paquet, Ron Rencher and Linda Tippetts.  For details go to PAPA Workshops. For registration go to the Art Association of Jackson Hole.

On Location with the Plein Air Painters of America
Fifty plein-air paintings by PAPA Signature Members will be on view and for sale August 27 to September 6, 2010, at the ARTspace Gallery at the Art Association of Jackson. A reception takes place Friday, September 3, at 5:30 pm. (right: Jean LeGassick, Afternoon Sparkle, oil, 10x12)

American Legacy--Our National Parks
Experience 35 of our nation's national treasures in museum galleries across the country! PAPA's American Legacy exhibition has finished its venue at The Haggin Museum and begins its road tour in the fall. Venues include City of Lake Charles, LA, November 7, 2010, through January 16, 2011; and Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX, February 13-April 24, 2011. Stay tuned for new venues.  To view the entire exhibition, please go to The Haggin Museum web site. A 92-page color catalog illustrates all the artworks from 35 National Park Service units/artists, including a historical essay by Jean Stern, Executive Director of the Irvine Museum. For purchase information, contact Patty Huntley (209.940.6319) at the bookstore of The Haggin Museum. 

SIGNATURE MEMBER NEWS

John Cosby and West Fraser are New Signature Members
PAPA President Frank LaLumia announced on May 5 the addition of two new Signature Members: John Cosby from California and West Fraser from South Carolina. Please visit the Press Room to learn more about these outstanding artists!

Himalayan High
As a birthday gift to himself, Ralph Oberg spent five weeks in April and May on a camping trek around Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world at 26,750’. He covered 200 miles of trail and reached 16,500’ near the Tibetan border in north central Nepal. Along the way, Oberg did 11 small paintings.  “We were fortunate to visit some very newly opened Tibetan Buddhist areas that have yet to be spoiled by exposure to tourists,” Oberg relates. “I don’t think anyone has ever done oil plein air in these areas before.  The locals found it very interesting. One young lady thought the paint might be tasty and tried to test it before I stopped her.” (right: Manaslu North from Below Syacha Glacier, oil,11x14)

Brushes with Reality
Jean LeGassick is participating in a four-person show of Nevada artists at Scenic NV Art Gallery, Reno, NV, through June 30, 2010. Scenic Nevada is a 501c3 nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental organization that works to preserve, protect and enhance the scenic character of Nevada. (left: Tufa Tower, oil, 16x20)

Reflections of Catalina
The Society for the Advancement of Plein Air Painting exhibition in Avalon on Catalina Island, California, takes place June 5, 2010. Participating PAPA members include Kenn Backhaus, John Budicin (left: The Queen Awakens, oil, 11x14),  John Cosby, Gay Faulkenberry, Frank LaLumia, Joe Paquet,  Brian Stewart, and Mary DeLoyht-Arendt (right: Gone but Not Forgotten--Catalina Stables, watercolor). Space is limited and tickets are available at 310.510.1552. Proceeds go toward establishing a permanent plein-air gallery in the Catalina Island Museum, which is currently on the planning table.

Women Artists of the West
Betty Billups is an invited WAOW Master artist at the 40th Annual WAOW Juried Show hosted by the Olaf Wieghorst Museum, El Cajon, CA, through June 4-30, 2010.

Prix de West
The annual Prix de West invitational exhibition and sale at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, opened June 11-13, 2010, and hangs through September 6, 2010. Participating PAPA members include  Christopher Blossom, whose painting Sunrise on the Golden Gate; Downeaster Benjamin F Packard (oil, 24x38) won the prestigious Prix de West Purchase Award placing it in the NCWHM permanent collection. Additional PAPA participants are  Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith (right: Twin Sycamores, oil, 18x21), and Skip Whitcomb. To view all 13 artworks by PAPA members, please visit the PAPA Prix de West Facebook album. 

In the Press
The current issue of American Artist Plein Air Painting includes articles on Lynn Gertenbach, Kevin Macpherson and an article titled "From the Site to the Studio with PAPA Members," which includes Brian Stewart. The summer 2010 issue of American Artist Workshop includes editorial features on Brian Stewart: "Four Stages of Successful Plein Air Paintings, Knowing How to Learn," and Joseph Paquet: "10 Keys to Effectively Judging the Important Relationships in Painting." Matt Smith is featured in the June issue of Southwest Art, and Don Demers is the cover artist of the June American Art Collector. Joan M. LaRue is featured in the May/June issue of Pain Practice, the official journal of World Institute of Pain.  Her painting of Hungary's Scechenyi Bridge is pictured on the cover.

Reiser Gallery
Look for Ray Roberts (right: View from Granite Point, oil, 20x24) in a group show titled After the Storm, at Reiser Fine Arts in Carmel, CA, through June 27, 2010.  John Cosby will be featured in American Masters, Nature's Beauty at Reiser opening July 1, 2010.

California Art Club Gold Medal Show
The 99th Annual CAC Gold Medal Juried Exhibition takes place June 13 to July 3, 2010, at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Participating PAPA members include Peter Adams, John Budicin, John Cosby, Gil Dellinger, Lynn Gertenbach, Jean LeGassick, Kevin Macpherson, Joe Paquet (left: Sprinkler & Spring Greens, oil, 12x20), and Brian Stewart.

The Grandeur of America's Age of Sail: The Paintings of John Stobart
Honorary artist John Stobart is the subject of a major retrospective at the Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH, through June 13, 2010. A catalog (right) accompanies the exhibition with a foreword by PAPA  member Don Demers. An article appears in the June 2010 American Art Review magazine on pages 116-121.

Telluride Plein Air
Ned Mueller participates in the June 28-July 4, 2010, plein-air event in Telluride, CO, sponsored by the Sheridan Arts Foundation.

Down to the Sea
Knowlton Gallery hosts an exhibition focusing on the California coast opening June 19 and running through August 21,2010. The artists' reception on July 10, from 1-4 pm, features a seascape painting demonstration by Gil Dellinger. Ray Roberts is also featured in the exhibition.

Raleigh Kinney Watercolors
Kinney will be participating in the Edwards Fine Art & Sculpture Festival, July 9-11, 2010, at Freedom Park, Edwards, CO, and the Glensheen 16th Annual Festival of Fine Art and Crafts on the Glensheen Historic Congdon Estate in Duluth, MN, August 14-15, 2010. (right: Signs of Spring, watercolor, 18x24)

Western Rendezvous of Art
The annual Rendezvous show and sale takes place August 19-22, 2010, in Helena, MT. Participating PAPA Members include: Kenn Backhaus, John Budicin, Scott Burdick, Joan M. LaRue (left: Chore Time--Montana, oil, 16x16), Joseph Mendez, Ned Mueller, Ralph Oberg, Ray Roberts, Matt Smith, George Strickland (right: Sunlight Crossing, oil, 16x20), Linda Tippetts, and Skip Whitcomb. 

Maynard Dixon Country
The annual Maynard Dixon show and sale takes place August 27-29, 2010, in Mt. Carmel, UT. Participating PAPA members include John Budicin, Ron Rencher (left: View of Gooseberry Mesa, oil, 8x12), Ray Roberts, Matt Smith, George Strickland and Skip Whitcomb.

Cafes, Bars and Other Diversions
John Cosby is part of a three-person show featuring urban life at Tree's Place Gallery, in Orleans, MA, August 14-29, 2010. Cosby focuses on restaurants and bars (right). 

The Mitchell National Invitational Show
Opening Thursday, August 26, 2010, at 5:00 pm, in Trinidad, CO, the Mitchell Museum hosts an art show and sale. Participating PAPA members include John Budicin, Ralph Oberg, Gay Faulkenberry, Ron Rencher and Frank LaLumia. The show hangs through October 3, 2010.

Brian Stewart in Grand Marais
Stewart will be the awards judge, delivering a talk/presentation, and teaching a workshop at the Grand Marais Art Colony, August 27-September 5, 2010. Now in its 8th year, the Grand Marais Plein Air Painting Competition focuses on the landscape of Cook County and Minnesota's rugged North Shore of Lake Superior.