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Nancie King Mertz Challenge - Paint What Scares You
Challenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone and push yourself to paint what’s hardest for you. Do you quake when contemplating a portrait, or shiver in distress over making cat fur look furry rather than flat? Do you consider perspective your worst enemy, or maybe you’re terrified by painting outside?
Deadline is April 25, 2025
Three award winners will be announced at our May 4th Zoom meeting.
Whatever your challenge is, give it a try.
Members only.
Send your finished phobia to norithorne@gmail.com.
Grow and Glow Experimental Art Challenge Fall 2024
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Inspired by Laura Pollak’s presentation on "Glow and Grow” now on our website, challenge yourself to create a piece of art that is experimental for you. Winners: Hidden by Joanne Agostinelli Palms by Leila Langston And a Lemon by BF Reed Please e-mail your art to norithorne@gmail.com by November 14. Laura will select three pieces that she thinks best satisfy the criteria and will offer her comments at our December 8th reception at the AAG Building. To further incentivize you, generous Dakota Pastel gift cards will be given to the three award winners |
Leila's Plein Air Challenge 2024 Our Plein Air Chair, Leila Langston, challenged members to submit one of their recent plein air paintings. |
Award Winners
Patricia Duncan
Sutherland Wash
Peggy Orbon
Spring in Boyce Thompson
Nori Thorne
Montezuma Castle
HONORABLE MENTION
Gary Binder, Spring Surround
Debborah Charbonneau, Pink and Gold
Christine Debrosky, Spring Sparkles
Jeanne Wellins, Goose Creek
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Nancie King Mertz' September 2023
Member Art Challenge: City Challenge
Distinguished Signature Member Nancie King Mertz, one of the country's premiere urban landscape painters, challenged APAA members to paint an urban scene from your travel photos or en plein air, with a focus on the study of one or two-point perspective. Three winners were awarded by Nancie from the participants. |
| Winners of the Nancie King Mertz City Challenge
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Below see all entries. Click on the image to expand the view or see slide show. |