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 Discussions on Sunday, October 16. More than 100 paintings focus on water, our most precious resource for beauty, enjoyment and survival.  Six Guest Artists will be joining PAPA 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 . (left: Don Demers, Shimmer and Flow, oil, 12x16)

American Legacy--Our National Parks
PAPA's 22nd Exhibition and Sale is on view  at the Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, MA,through November 6, 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. 

MEMBER NEWS

IN PRINT
Kenn Backhaus' 11x14-inch oil painting Road to the Harbor (left) represents the cover feature article on Catalina's Wild Side Exhibition in the fall 2011 issue of PleinAir Magazine. Also included are Joe Paquet, John Budicin, John Cosby, Don Demers, Brian Stewart and Matt Smith. Raleigh Kinney is included in the online version of the magazine.
Frank LaLumia is included in an article on the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Birds in Art exhibit in the September 2011 issue of Southwest Art. (See show information below.)
PAPA is included in Preserving Places, a landscape special section of the September 2011 American Art Collector.
West Fraser is profiled by Molly Siple in the Summer California Art Club newsletter.
Lynn Gertenbach, Jean Perry and Linda Tippetts are part of a special landscape article in the November/December 2011 issue of Art of the West.
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 .
Ken Auster published a softbound book, Intellect and Passion--Paintings of San Francisco, (60 pages, 8.5x12 inches) available at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

HONORS GO TO ...
Brian Stewart's painting The Lake Place (right) won Best of Show at Pearson Lakes Art Center Plein Air Exhibition, Okoboji, IA, held August 14-18, 2011. A second painting titled This Ain't Heaven took the first place cash award. The exhibition hangs through October 15, 2011.
Ray Roberts won Best of Show for his painting Showtime at Canyonlands at the August 24-28, 2011, Maynard Dixon Country show in Mt. Carmel, UT.
A painting by Ken Auster was awarded to Derek Jeter by the New York Yankees commemorating his 3000 hits. Auster was also the featured guest artist at the Automotive Fine Arts Society's 26th exhibition held August 21, 2011, at the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links Concours d'Elegance, CA. He was included for his interpretive paintings of automobiles in the city environment--subjects that appear in his recently published book.  

ON THE WEB ...
Joe Paquet has penned an open letter to artists on his website offering guideposts for making it through hard times: Innovation, Resilience, Perseverance and Faith. “I have always believed that humility and hubris must walk hand-in-hand; you must have humility to receive the world, yet have the ego to face a blank canvas and believe that you can add something to it.... Be grateful, be humble, be open and create without fear,” Paquet concludes. (left: Above it All, Catalina Island, oil, 8x12)

THE ATELIER
Brian Stewart has two paintings in The Atelier: On the Training of Painters, an exhibition of artworks by students and teachers who studied at The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN, at the Bloomington Art Center, MN, September 1-October 14, 2011.

WEEKEND WITH THE MASTERS
Peter Adams, Scott Burdick, Kevin Macpherson, Joe Paquet and Ray Roberts are participating in American Artist's Weekend with the Masters in Monterey, CA, September 7-10, 2011.

NEVADA EXPRESSIONS
Jean LeGassick is exhibiting her 11x14-inch painting titled Sageland (right) in an exhibition of Nevada artists benefiting the Virginia City National Historic Landmark. The exhibition takes place September 10-11, 2011, at the Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery, Reno, NV.

BIRDS IN ART
Frank LaLumia's 17x21-inch watercolor Taking Flight (left) is included in the 35th Annual Birds in Art exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI. The exhibition is on view September 10-November 13, 2011. 

FALL GOLD
Ralph Oberg is included in Trailside Galleries' Fall Gold exhibition, September 12-24, 2011, in Jackson Hole, WY.

PLEIN AIR ON THE RIM, 3RD ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF ART
Raleigh Kinney, Ron Rencher and Linda Tippetts are participating in the Plein Air on the Rim exhibition and sale benefiting the Grand Canyon Association, Grand Canyon, AZ. The weekend of events takes place September 16-17, 2011, at the Kolb Studio and along the South Rim. The exhibit remains on view through November 27, 2011. (right: Raleigh Kinney, Speechless, watercolor, 18x24)

WESTERN VISIONS
Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith and Skip Whitcomb are participating in the Western Visions Miniatures and More show and sale opening September 16, 2011, at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY.

WATERMEDIA
Frank LaLumia is included in the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia juried exhibition at the Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, September 17-November 6, 2011.

JACKSON HOLE ART AUCTION
Works by Scott Burdick, Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith and Skip Whitcomb are included in the Jackson Hole Art Auction, September 17, 2011, Jackson, WY. (right: Scott Burdick, Susan, oil, 40x24)

... and the Boys
Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith and Skip Whitcomb are included in an exhibition titled Wipfler and The Boys, A Reunion of Friends at the Simpson Gallagher Gallery, Cody, WY, September 22-23, 2011.

BUFFALO BILL ART SHOW & SALE
Ned Mueller, Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith and Skip Whitcomb are exhibiting in this art show & auction September 23-24, 2011, benefiting the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY. (left: Skip Whitcomb, Trail Above Twin Lakes, oil, 12x9)

THIS SPLENDID GARDEN
Gil Dellinger is having a solo exhibition October 3-November 26, 2011, at Knowlton Gallery, Lodi, CA. The artworks survey his favorite landscapes in the Central Valley and Pacific Coast of Northern California. The opening reception takes place October 8 from 1-4 pm. 

TWO PAINTERS, TWO APPROACHES
Gay Faulkenberry is part of a two-person exhibition at South Street Art Gallery, Easton, MD, October 7-November 6, 2011, with a reception from 5-8 pm October 7. (right: September, oil, 9x12)

SEDONA PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL
The 7th annual SPAF takes place October 21-29, 2011. Raleigh Kinney will be painting, and an exhibition of Kevin Macpherson’s series titled Reflections on a Pond will be on view in the Sedona Arts Center, AZ, opening October 21 with a reception from 6:30-8:00 pm, followed by a talk on Tuesday, October 25 at 7 pm. The exhibition is accompanied by a hardbound book of the same title that records 365 paintings Macpherson did of a pond in front of his home in Taos, New Mexico.

COLLECTORS' RESERVE
Matt Smith, Ralph Oberg and Joan LaRue are participating in the Collectors' Reserve exhibition and sale at the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, October 22-November 13, 2011. The sale takes place November 3. (left: Joan LaRue, Magic Moment, oil, 9x12)

PLEIN-AIR PALETTIER
Joan LaRue is presenting a one-woman show titled Plein-Air Palettier at The Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK, November 3-18, 2011.

SMALL WORKS, GREAT WONDERS
Ralph Oberg is part of this invitational exhibition on view November 12, 2011-January 3, 2012, at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK. The sale night is November 18.