2016 Santa Fe Plein Air Festival

. . . And I am going to be there;
all week - painting the 'Enchanted Landscape' -
actually, all over New Mexico,  with about 40 other juried artists - painting en plein air.  We will be in Santa Fe, along the High Road,
at Ghost Ranch, Abiquii and Chimayo - these great spots are all on the agenda.
The show will feature almost 100 plein air landscapes painted during the week and awards will also be given.
I hope you will join us Thursday evening, June 9th,  5-7 pm
at   InArt Gallery,  219 Delgado Street
for the Opening Reception of this show - in beautiful Santa Fe.

Plein Air paintings in Santa Fe

The Plein Air Painters New Mexico (PAPNM) Annual Juried Show opened in Santa Fe last weekend and will be showing through May 17 at the Gary Kim Fine Art Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
This plein air exhibition is representative of a national membership with work entered from all over the country. Last year I won 1st Place in the members category.
If you enjoy landscape painting, especially plein air (painted on location) work. This is the show to see. The Gary Kim Gallery is open 10 am to 5 pm daily.
Check it out if you are in Santa Fe.

The painting below was my entry for this year: 'Mountain August',
a 16x12, painted in Rocky Mountain National Park. To view all the paintings entered, click on the link here: PAPNM Annual Juried Show, or on the link at the top of this post.
This painting is also featured in a quarter page ad in the June issue of Southwest Magazine.

A Day in Taos

PAPNM, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Show at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos drew painters and friends from all over. On Exhibit until November 14th, it is a show worth seeing if you are in Taos this fall.
Several of the High Desert Painters were in town after painting at Ghost Ranch the previous week and taking in the show. They rented a ranch house between Arroyo Seco and Arroyo Hondo and on Monday after the show opening Sue McCullough and I drove back to Taos for a beautiful autumn morning of painting with them in New Mexico. At the top are Judy Howells from Southern California, Nelson Hubley of Nova Scotia (yes, Canada), myself and Jana Van Wyk of North Carolina.

This view looks north/east toward the mountains where aspens are dotting brilliant yellow and below, Judy paints with a friend nearby.
It really was an exceptional day and sadly, the last day of painting for me this season. I took a jump off the ranch house porch, onto a step that gave way, did a little tumble and (revealed later in x-rays) broke 3 metatarsals bone in my foot. Of course, not being able to walk should have been my first clue. Tra la.
So I am off it,
and just about everything else for 8-9 weeks.
I did learn to spell 'metatarsal'.







Below is the painting I was working on at the time of my unlucky leap - fortunately, nearly completed.
Titled "Monday in Taos", this piece sold later at the Plein Air Artists of Colorado Show- in Denver.

Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Juried Exhibition in Taos

Need a good excuse to visit Taos?
Take in the party at the prestigious Millicent Rogers Museum for the PAPNM (Plein Air Painters of New Mexico) Annual Juried Exhibition, The Spirit of Place, which opens with a reception for the artists, Saturday evening, October 9, at 5 pm.
I was pleased and excited to have 2 paintings selected for this show, as did Sue McCullough, and David Montgomery - the three us us representing the Colorado San Luis Valley.
Jana Van Wyk, a fellow member of the High Desert Painters also had work juried into the exhibition.
This show will coincide with the peak of the Taos art season and highlight the best plein air work from its membership.
Saturday evening's reception will be punctuated by an awards ceremony and on Sunday, October 10, Bill Gallen, PAPNM Signature Member will do a painting demonstration from 2-4pm at the Museum and free with Museum admission.
Monday, October 11, at 11 am, Nancy Silvia, PAPNM VP and Signature Member will speak on the subject of Plein Air Painting at the Museum and free with Museum admission.