PAPA EVENTS

The Allure of Water
PAPA's 23rd Exhibition and Sale opens at The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California, with a weekend of gala of events, including an opening reception on Friday, October 14, 2011, the public opening and an Outdoor Painting Demo/Auction on Saturday, October 15, and Artist Demonstrations on Sunday, October 16. More than 100 paintings focus on w ater, our most precious resource for beauty, enjoyment and survival.  Six Guest Artists will be joining PAPA Signature and Emeritus members:  Bill Anton, Kathleen Dunphy, Andy Evansen, Jerry Fritzler, Michael Lynch, Jim Morgan and Randall Sexton. The exhibition is on view through January 22, 2012.To receive an invitation, please email your request and address to The Haggin Museum at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

American Legacy--Our National Parks
PAPA's 22nd Exhibition and Sale opens at the Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, MA, May 22, 2011. Additional venues may be viewed in the Press Room.  To view the entire exhibition, please go to The Haggin Museum web site, which organized the exhibit. 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.  (right: Ralph Oberg, Hard Water and Soft Rock, Yellowstone, oil, 12x16)

MEMBER NEWS

In Print
PAPA is identified as one of the significant organizations influencing the past four decades of American art in the May issue of Southwest Art. Also mentioned are Peter Adams as part of the California Art Club and Susan Hallsten McGarry, SWA editor from 1979-1997 and current PAPA media director.
Ralph Oberg is featured in the June 2011 issue of Southwest Art. 
Jean Perry has published the hardbound book Thirty Years of Plein-Air Painting: The Art of Jean Perry by Susan Hallsten McGarry, Foreword by Richard Schmid (120 pages, 8x10 inches) available at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
John Budicin is scheduled for an upcoming article in the July/August Art of the West.
Ken Auster announced his new softbound book, Intellect and Passion--Paintings of San Francisco, (60 pages, 8.5x12) available at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
California Light: A Century of Landscapes, Paintings of the California Art Club (Rizzoli Publications), by Jean Stern and Molly Siple, includes PAPA members Peter Adams, Ken Auster, John Budicin, John Cosby, Gil Dellinger, West Fraser, Lynn Gertenbach, Jean LeGassick, Kevin Macpherson, Joseph Mendez, Ralph Oberg, and Joseph Paquet.  

Lynn Gertenbach
Lynn is participating in the California Art Club Paintout at the Tejon Ranch, May 3-4, 2011.  Her painting October at the Creek (left) is on view in the CAC Gold Coast exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Art, CA, through June 12, 2011, and she is included in Inspired Synergies, an all-woman group show at Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA, opening June 25, 2011. 

Southern Perspective
Paintings by West Fraser are the subject of a solo exhibition, A Southern Perspective, at the Spartanburg Art Museum, SC, through  May 7, 2011. 

The Business of Art
John Cosby is teaching a seminar on May 7, 2011, at the Sunset Center, Carpenter Room, Carmel, CA, on what it takes to run a successful art business. The interactive seminar runs from 9 am to 5 pm. For more information visit Cosby's website.

Settlers West
The final show of the season at Settlers West, Tucson, AZ, features Don Demers and Matt Smith. The show opens with a morning preview and evening sale on May 7, 2011. (right: Don Demers, Return by Twilight, oil, 14x18)

Florida's Forgotten Coast
Don Demers and West Fraser are participating in America's Great Paintout Invitational in Port St. Joe, along Florida's west coast, May 13-22, 2011.  Demers (left) will do a one-day workshop on May 15.

Scottsdale Salon
Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, hosts an exhibition and sale through May 19, 2011.  PAPA members participating include Kenn Backhaus, Mary DeLoyht Arendt and Ned Mueller. (right: Ned Mueller, Monday Morning Antiqua, oil, 12x16)

Best of the Best
Ned Mueller and Frank LaLumia are participating in the Clymer Art Auction exhibition and gala, May 20-21, 2011, benefiting the Clymer Museum and Gallery, Ellensburg, WA.

American Masters
The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, hosts its fourth annual American Masters at SCNY show and sale through May 21, 2011.  PAPA members included are Christopher Blossom, Don Demers, Matt Smith and John Stobart. (left: Christopher Blossom, Packet Oxford Preparing to take the Pilot, oil, 18x24)

Phippen Museum
The 37th Annual Phippen Western Art Show and Sale on Memorial weekend, May 28-30, 2011, Prescott, AZ, includes Raleigh Kinney exhibiting in the outdoor booths and Ralph Oberg in the Miniature Masterpieces exhibit/sale.

Prix de West
Christopher Blossom, Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith and Skip Whitcomb are part of the Prix de West opening weekend events on June 10-11, 2011, at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum,  Oklahoma City. The exhibition hangs through September 5, 2011. (right: Ralph Oberg, A Life in Harmony, oil, 25x30)

Oil Painters of America
The 20th annual National Exhibition of the Oil Painters of America takes place at the Devin Galleries, in Coeur d'Alene, ID, June 10-July 9, 2011. Participating PAPA members include John Budicin and OPA Masters Kenn Backhaus, Kevin Macpherson and Ned Mueller, who will give a presentation and demo on June 11. 

The Wild Side
On Saturday, June 10-11, 2011, PAPA Members Kenn Backhaus, John Budicin, John Cosby, Don Demers, Kevin Macpherson, Joe Paquet, Matt Smith, and Brian Stewart exhibit paintings created during the week of the leeward side of Catalina Island, CA, also called The Wild Side, along with images of Avalon and Two Harbors. The sale, which takes place at the Catalina Country Club, is hosted by and benefits the Catalina Island Conservancy.

John Stobart
Stobart is a panelist on the topic of Changing Seas, Changing Times at the Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, June 20, 2011. The following evening, June 21, he hosts a reception for an exhibition of new works at Gerald Peters Gallery, NY, NY, which opens June 14.

Oklahoma Society of Impressionists
Joan LaRue is participating in the OSI exhibition Pure Color opening June 23, 2011, at the Oklahoma Heritage Center and Museum in Oklahoma City.  The exhibition hangs through October 1, 2011. She is also the featured artist at the Afternoon Coffee on June 25, 2011, at the Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City. (right: Hard Hat Days 'n Honky Tonk Nights, 1930s, oil, 36x24)

Montana Happenings
Linda Tippetts is participating in the 4th Annual Plein Air Paint Out, June 25-August 27, 2011, in Glacier National Park, benefiting the Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT.

Kinney Schedule
Raleigh Kinney displays work July 2-4, 2011, at the Flagstaff Art in the Park, AZ, and July 8-10, 2011, at the Edwards Fine Art and Wine Festival, Edwards, CO.

Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational 
Oh-Be-Joyful Gallery, Crested Butte, CO, hosts a plein air exhibition and sale July 15-23, 2011. Participating PAPA members include Kenn Backhaus, Gay Faulkenberry, Jean LeGassick, Ned Mueller, Ralph Oberg and Linda Tippetts.

Door County Plein Air
Frank LaLumia is participating in the 2011 Door County Plein Air Festival, July 18-23, 2011, Fish Creek, WI. The exhibition hangs through August 13, 2011, and is hosted by and benefits the Peninsula School of Art.

Save the Dates ... more events featuring PAPA members

Maynard Dixon Country, August 26-28, 2011, benefiting the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts, Mt. Carmel, UT 

Third Annual Celebration of Art, Plein Air on the Rim, September 11-17, 2011, benefiting the Grand Canyon Association, Grand Canyon, AZ

Western Visions, September 16, 2011, benefiting the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming, 

Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, September 23-24, 2011, benefiting the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY