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PAPA EVENTS
 The Allure of Water
PAPA's 23rd Exhibition & Sale opened at The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California, with a weekend of gala of events October 14-16, 2011. More than 100 paintings focus on water, our most precious resource for beauty, enjoyment and survival. Six Guest Artists joined PAPA members: Bill Anton, Kathleen Dunphy, Andy Evansen, Jerry Fritzler, Michael Lynch, Jim Morgan and Randall Sexton. The exhibition is on view and for sale through January 22, 2012. To view the entire exhibition go to the Photos section of PAPA's Facebook page. The exhibition with prices is also on view at The Haggin Museum site. Inquiries about purchases should be made to Kylee Denning at 209.940-6333 or
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(left: Jean LeGassick, Every Which Way, oil, 8x10) 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 & VIDEO
Don Demers is the subject of a new video titled Marine Painting: Art of the Wave available through Interweave Press. When you are painting the sea, "you paint the large basic shapes first, the strength and the power of it ... the nuances, the subtlety happen later," Demer states in the trailer of the video.
Kenn Backhaus' 11x14-inch oil painting Road to the Harbor is 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.
Lynn Gertenbach, Jean Perry and Linda Tippetts are part of a landscape article titled Nature's Magic in the November/December 2011 issue of Art of the West.
IMPRESSIONS
Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC, is hosting an exhibition titled The American Landscape: !2 Artists, 12 Impressions, opening October 7, 2011. Included are John Cosby, Don Demers, West Fraser and Joe Paquet.
THE ATELIER
Brian Stewart's The Uppercut Gym (right) is included 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, through October 14, 2011. WATERMEDIA
Frank LaLumia's 17x21-inch watercolor Taking Flight is included in the 35th Annual Birds in Art exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI, through November 13, 2011, and in the subsequent traveling exhibition. He is also included in the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia juried exhibition at the Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, through November 6, 2011.  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, through November 27, 2011. (left: Ron Rencher, Colorado from Toroweap, oil, 24x20). 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: Looking Across to Mt. Cassi, oil, 14x11) 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: Matt Smith, Let Summer Begin, oil, 6x8)
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. (right: Ready for Regata Storica, oil, 24x36) PORTRAIT OF PLACE
West Fraser has a solo exhibition November 4-28, 2011, at the Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC. The exhibition focuses on the Low Country of South Carolina. CHARLESTON ART AUCTION
Ken Auster and Scott Burdick are included in the Charleston Art Auction, November 5, 2011, in Charleston, SC.  SMALL WORKS, GREAT WONDERS
Ralph Oberg and Matt Smith are 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. (left: Ralph Oberg, The Red Sled, oil, 14x22)
GREAT AMERICAN WEST
Settler's West Gallery is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the Great American West exhibition/sale November 19, 2011. Participating PAPA members include Chris Blossom, Don Demers, and Matt Smith. ONE-MAN SHOW
John Cosby is having his third one-man show at Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, December 3, 2011, to January 22, 2012. SMALL WORKS
Kenn Backhaus is part of a small works show at Highlands Art Gallery, December 2-30, 2011, during the Bernardsville, NJ, Art Walk. Greenwich Workshop Gallery, in Seymour, CT, is hosting a Small Works sale that includes Ken Auster, Chris Blossom, and Don Demers, opening December 3, 2011. AMERICAN ART INVITATIONAL
Saks Galleries, Denver, CO, presents the AAI Small Gems show, December 3-31, 2011. Kevin Macpherson and Ray Roberts are participating. (right: Kevin Macpherson, Plaza Loreto, oil, 8x10) COORS WESTERN ART EXHIBIT & SALE
Gil Dellinger, Ray Roberts and Skip Whitcomb are participating in the Coors Exhibit and Sale, January 7-22, 2012. The red carpet reception takes place January 4, 2012. MASTERS OF THE AMERICAN WEST
The Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA, has announced participating artists in the Masters show, February 4 to March 18, 2012, including Peter Adams, Christopher Blossom, Ralph Oberg, and Matt Smith.
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