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Events
2025 17th National Juried Members Show
July 12 - Aug 8 Last day to submit work: April 3! NEW!! More Info Legends of the West Santa Fe
 2025 Winter Wonderland Contest WINNERS ANNOUNCED 1st Place Lisa Flynn for "Winter Friends" 2nd Place Carole Belliveau for "Windy Day" 3rd Place Bill Meuser for "In The Shadows"
Follow in the Footsteps of the Masters Abiquiu Painting RetreatApril 24-26 Abiquiu Members Only: Register Members Only: Meal Tickets
2025 Signs of Spring Online Contest Painting Period: March 1 - June 10, 2025 Voting Period : June 11 - June 20, 2025 | MEMBER BENEFITSBeginners Welcome!
Paint Outs and Paint AlongsMembers: log on to view any upcoming paint outs.  | Member News
Member Workshops
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Past Year Awards
Beginning with 2024, all event awards are part of the slide show.
16th Nat'l LEGENDS OF THE WEST GALLERY AWARD
Peter Grab
Galisteo Basin
Oil
11" x 14" x 2"
$900
16th Nat'l BEST OF SHOW
John Meister
La Cueva Greens
Oil on Linen Panel
10" x 8" x 0"
$1,100
16th Nat'l BEST OF SIGNATURE MEMBERS, Dick Wimberly
Warm Winters Day
Oil
12" x 16" x 0"
$1,200
16th Nat'l BEST OF ARTIST MEMBERS
Nancy Miller
Down by the River
oil on linen
8" x 8" x .16"
$625
16th Nat'l ARTIST MEMBER AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Lewis Williams
Cloud Rest Pool
Oil
16" x 12" x 1"
$950
16th Nat'l ARTIST MEMBERS HONORABLE MENTION
Carolyn Lindsey
Days End
oil
12" x 12" x 1"
$850
16th Nat'l PAPNM FOUNDERS AWARD
Donna Barnhill
Peaceful Pond at The Wildlife Refuge
Oil
11" x 14" x .25"
$950
16th Nat'l LOUISA MCELLWAIN MEMORIAL AWARD
Kathleen Reilly
April Sky
Oil on cradled panel
8" x 8" x .5"
$525
16th Nat'l JEFFREY POTTER MEMORIAL AWARD
Ed Zorensky
Last Light in Early May
Gouache on paper
6.75" x 9.00" x .0625"
$1,050
16th Nat'l JOE ANNA ARNETT MEMORIAL AWARD
Barbara Coleman
The Walking Path
oil
9" x 12" x .25"
$1,400
2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - HONORABLE MENTION
Madina Croce, “View Toward Black Mesa”, oil on linen, 16"x20", $2000
2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - BEST OF TINY TREASURES
Colleen Z. Gregoire, "Shadow's Edge", oil on tiny canvas, 2" x 3", White Rock Overlook, $60
2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - HONORABLE MENTION
Gwen Ethelbah, East Jemez Rd. #2, 12" x 12", oil, $775
2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - SECOND PLACE OVERALL
Jennifer Leon, Deer Trap Mesa, Oil on board, 12”x18”. Painted on the east end of the northwest lobe of Deer Trap Mesa. $775.
2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - THIRD PLACE OVERALL
Wendy Ahlm, "Midsummer's Day" - Gouache, 10" x 8", painted off the trail behind the Camp May picnic area in Los Alamos, $485
2024 Los Alamos Paint Out - BEST IN SHOW
Rachel Pearson, "Into the Woods", 20"x16", pastel
Paint NM! BEST OF SHOW
Ellen Buselli, Patterns at Acequia Madre House, 10x12, oil, $1,600
Paint NM! ARTISTS CHOICE AWARD.
Rachel Pearson, Sun Salutation, 12x12, oil, $375
Paint NM! MAGDALENA AWARD OF DISTINCTION.
Deborah Paisner, Josie's Abode, 11 x 14, oil, $1,475
Paint NM! AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
Arlene Tugel, Behind First Street - Magdalena NM, 9x13, watercolor, $500
Paint NM! SPECIAL JUDGE'S RECOGNITION
Karen Halbert, Ghost Ranch Cabin, 9x12, oil, $500
Paint NM! THIRD PLACE
Kat Hansen, Monestary Road Turn Off, 11.75 x 15.6875, pastel, $750
Paint NM! SECOND PLACE
Jane Frederick, Santa Fe River 2, 11x14, oil on panel
BEST OF SHOW Winter Light 2024 Carolyn Lindsey
22 Line Shack
Oil
8"x10"
$700
2nd Place Winter Light 2024 Damien Gonzales
14 Truchas Peaks from the Badlands
Oil
10"x16"
$1,200
3rd Place Winter Light 2024 Roger Gathman
13 Shadows on Snow
Oil
12"x9"
$600
Honorable Mention Winter Light 2024 Douglas Helmer
19 Dreaming of Spring
Oil
8"x10"
$575
Artist Member Honorable Mention Winter Light 2024 Wendy Ahlm
2 Summer Ride
Gouache
9"x12"
$500.
President's Award Winter Light 2024 Lewis Williams
32 Reason to Walk Away
Oil
12" x 6"
$1200
Legends of the West Gallery Award Winter Light 2024 Stephanie West
31Oldest Church Santa Fe
Oil on Panel
12" x 9"
$860
Lisa Flynn FIRST PLACE 2025 Winter Wonderland Contest - . "Winter Friends", 11"x14" Oil, Santa Fe Preserve
Bill Moyer THIRD PLACE 2025 Winter Wonderland Contest - "In the Shadows", Oil, 16x12, Eldorado at Santa Fe, $800
Carole Belliveau. SECOND PLACE 2025 Winter Wonderland Contest - Windy Day, Oil, 8x10, Arroyo at Museum Hill
40. FIRST PLACE 2024 Spring Contest- Michele Byrne, Gardening on San Pasqual , Oil, 11"x14", Santa Fe, $1,500
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE 2024 Fall Contest.
Kathleen Reilly - The Old Corral, 9 x 12, Oil, $600, Heil Ranch
1st Place - 2024 Summer Skies. 21. Tobi Clement, Shine on Me, Pastel, 11x14, Abiquiu, $800
2nd Place - 2024 Summer Skies. 31. Kelly Pennington, “Air Philosophy” oil on linen, 6x8” oil on linen, North of Taos en plein air, $300
3rd Place - 2024 Summer Skies. 7. CS Tully, El Prado Sky, Oil. 9" x 12"., Painted at El Prado, NM, NFS
FIRST PLACE - 2024 Fall Contest.
John Meister, Bejeweled, Oil, 12"x9", (Painted in the La Cueva area on Sandia Mountain, Albuquerque)
SECOND PLACE 2024 Spring Contest - Michael Meyer, Arroyo Vista, 9x12, Oil on panel, Elena Gallegos
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE 2024 Fall Contest.
Peter Grab, Late in the Day , 10x 17 oil, La Cienega
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2024 Annual Members Meeting and Election of 2025 Officers
Saturday, Nov 23, 12-3 pm
Mission
The Plein Air Painters of New Mexico (PAPNM) is a professional association of artists dedicated to the business of preserving and promoting painting "en plein air" - in the open air or outdoors.
PAPNM provides regular opportunities for members to paint together during frequent "paint outs" and hosts juried and open exhibitions of members' work.
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