PAPA members are gearing up for the group's 22nd Exhibition & Sale at The Haggin Museum! Look for coverage in Art of the West, American Art Review, Fine Art Connoisseur, and Southwest Art.

UPCOMING PAPA EVENTS

American Legacy: Our National Parks

It is not too late to receive an invitation to attend the weekend opening, October 2-4, 2009, of American Legacy at The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California. To receive your invitation go to The Haggin Museum. A fabulous 92-page color catalog accompanies the exhibition, illustrating the more than 100 artworks that document grand vistas and intimate enclaves in some of the nation's most dramatic parks, monuments, recreation areas, parkways, and more!

Five outstanding Guest Artists--West Fraser, Walt Gonske, Quang Ho, Joseph McGurl, and Kathryn Stats--along with 30 PAPA members were charged with selecting a park and painting it on location. The National Park Service units represented in the exhibition stretch literally from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Mexican to Canadian borders. Artworks are for sale, including works created during a painting demonstration on the grounds of Stockton's beautiful Victory Park on Saturday morning, as well as a special group of works celebrating the Centennial of Zion National Park.
Right: Quang Ho, South Rim Dance, Grand Canyon, oil, 24x20

SIGNATURE MEMBER NEWS

Perils of Plein-air Painting
In an August 28, 2009, article in the Wall Street Journal, author Daniel Grant wrote about the travails of painting outdoors. His article “Paint, Easel, Bug Spray, Gun . . . Artists find that working outdoors can be a struggle against nature” chronicled hazards that ranged from Stephen Lyman’s tragic death hiking in the mountains to Walt Gonske’s use of mace. PAPA members Linda Tippetts and Ken Auster were also quoted.  Tippetts brings a gun when she is in remote areas. "'I've been in places where I put my pistol on the easel,' she said. 'I've never had to use it, but I want people to see it's there.'"  Ken Auster said that “he learned the hard way that purchasing a tides book made sense after he got caught on a beach between two rocky points when the tide was coming in and there was no way to get out other than to swim—he had to hold his easel, paint box and canvas above the water for several hours until the tide went back out. With many years of painting on beaches under his belt, Mr. Auster cautioned against using large canvases outdoors ('the wind blows them like a sail'), wearing flip-flops ('they kick sand up at the paintings as you walk'), and trying to pick off grains of sand that have been blown on the canvas by the wind: 'Don't touch it," he said. 'Just wait till it dries and the sand will fall off on its own.'"

Raleigh Kinney on the Rim
Kinney is an invited artist in the plein-air event at the Inaugural Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, September 14-19, at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.  The public reception at the Kolb Studio takes place September 19, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Wyoming in September
The Jackson Hole Arts Festival runs from September 10 to 20, including the Western Visions Sale at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, September 17-18, which features Chris Blossom, Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith, and Skip Whitcomb. On September 18-19, Oberg has a 42-by-42 inch painting titled High Colorado Hermit in the Jackson Hole Art Auction. The following weekend the Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, in Cody, features Ned Mueller, Oberg, Smith, and Whitcomb.
Right: Chris Blossom, NY Pilot Schooner 'Achilles,' circa 1812, oil, 9x12, at Western Visions.

Western Rendezvous Results
Kenn Backhaus and Skip Whitcomb were invited to become members of the Northwest Rendezvous Group at the August 2009 Western Rendezvous of Art held in Helena, MT.  Linda Tippetts will be an invited artist for the 2010 exhibition and sale. Whitcomb won a merit award for Horse Creek Split. Matt Smith won the Ben Stahl Best of Show Award and a Merit Award for View Over Ediza, oil, 12x16 (left).

Learn from the Best
PAPA Members are teaching in workshops across the world. To see venues from Florida to California, Italy to China, go to the PAPA Member Workshops. 

Scott Burdick, Kevin Macpherson and Skip Whitcomb will also be teaching at Weekend with the Masters. Organized by American Artist magazine, this long weekend brings together a number of leading contemporary artists for classes, demonstrations, and lectures on September 9-13, at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centers, CO.
Right: Skip Whitcomb, Battleship Mountain, oil, 14x11

LaLumia Demo
Visit Frank LaLumia's website for a demonstration of his watercolor painting Bobsled Canyon. LaLumia will also be teaching in Wisconsin and Texas in upcoming months.

American Impressionist Society
On October 23-December 1, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO, hosts the AIS, including Master Artists Scott Burdick and Kevin Macpherson. 
Left: Kevin Macpherson, Afternoon Sparkle, oil, 12x16

Passport and Palette
Look for your PBS station to find air times for this series, which includes Kevin Macpherson and Kenn Backhaus, who travel the world painting on location wherever they are.