| January 5th
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State
Parks for the Paint-out and
Treasures Show.
http://ag.arizona.edu/BTA
March 22
Lost
Dutchman State Park APAP-Cindy
Carrillo will be there to answer questions.
Come join artists from all over the State to paint the
incredible flowers here at Lost Dutchman. There are
picnic tables with shade and ample parking. This is a
State Park event, the participants will vote on 1,2 ,3
place paintings that will be in a show in Tubac, Jan.
09. It is best to bring a frame / mat for your
work to show well and protect it. Have your canvas/paper
stamped then head out to paint on the grounds.

April 19th Thank
You Barbara & family! The BBQ beef was
great, lovely views to paint, and good company -about 35
members showed up to meet and paint. Thanks to all
who drove from far across the State. We appreciate
everyones hardy support of our first get-together.
Barbara Donahue- Our Hostess
Darlene Clintsman Lodge
Painting and talking
got done!
If you have any photos of the BBQ to share, please send
them to
cindyLcarrillo@yahoo.com Subject line:
APAP Small files please
May
3rd 8:00am
If anyone wants to join me this Saturday to paint, I
will be at Lost Dutchmen State Park. If you are
new to plein-air I would be happy to help you get
started. Contact me if you have any questions.
cindyLcarrillo@yahoo.com
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Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
Part of the State Park
Paint-out Series.
Pastelist, Linda Dellandre will be the host for APAP and the
contact person. She will be available to answer
questions you might have and for a demo. This park has a
wonderful waterfall, tumbling stream over boulders, an
old homestead, apple trees, lots to paint. There are
picnic tables. All the artists will vote for 1,2
,and 3rd place, winners to participate in a 2009 State
Park Show in Tubac. Bring a sack lunch and plenty of water.
dellandw@yahoo.com
www.azstateparks.com
17-18th
Canyon De Chelly
Cody DeLong
is the contact person for this trip up north to
some of the most beautiful country on Navajo Land.
There are restrictions and rules we must follow. Watch
here for more details , and contact Cody
928-499-7058
codydelong@earthlink.net ,if
you are interested or have questions. The group will
meet at 7:45-8:00am at the Visitors Center on Saturday
morning. There is a Best Western. More details to
come.
http://www.nps.gov/cach/
http://www.arizona-leisure.com/canyon-de-chelly.html
July
19th Fool
Hollow Lake State Park Series
Park phone: 928-537-3680
This park has 123 campsites, hookups or tents, picnic
tables, ramadas, grills, showers, restrooms and
playgrounds. It is located two miles north of US 60 off
Highway 260.




These
winning paintings will be in a group show in Tubac,
January of 2009 then in the spring of 2009 at the Mayo
Clinic Gallery. Please try to attend the remaining State
Park Paint-outs and be part of the fun.
August
11-12
Hart Prairie Conservancy near
Flagstaff
"Beat the Heat"

High Prairie by David Haskell

Sheila Savanah
Painting Hart
Prairie was Cool.
The sky was blue,
the afternoon thunderheads spectacular, and the air was
just so cool and refreshing. The fantastic weather made
you want to paint all day, and some did. Nine APAP
members gathered among the bright green aspens and
fields of wildflowers to capture the essence of this
very special Nature Conservancy Preserve. Those who
stayed in the log cabins found them to be quaint and
very comfortable. Others camped nearby and met with the
others each morning at the main cabin to compare notes
and discuss good painting locations. Thanks to our
APAP organizer, Dawn Sutherland, this paint-out will
stand out as one of the very best of the year. Dawn is
planning other paint-outs at Nature Conservancy
Preserves throughout Arizona. We hope to be able to
paint at Hart Prairie every year.
In attendance were:
>Guru Kerin,
>Toni Perrin
>Diane Scholar
>Sheila Savannah
>Barbara Donahue
>Dawn Sutherland
>Jerry Pond
>Dave Haskell
>Linda Umphrey
Reported By David Haskell
Directions:
Approach
Flagstaff and take Hwy 180 north out of Flag.
Most highway signs indicate "Hwy 180/Grand Canyon"
180 is also known as Ft. Valley Road. (This means
traveling through a good piece of the city and going
out the northeast corner of town toward the Snowbowl
ski area.) Once you pass the turn for Snowbowl,
continue on 180 just a few more miles and watch for
a yellow highway caution (diamond-shaped) sign on
the right indicating to turn on headlights. The
road to Hart Prairie is almost immediately after
that...FS 151. Turn right and follow that road all
the way in to the property. Along that dirt road,
there are several opportunities to turn off. Just
stay on FS151. It will make a large bend to the
left and the gate for the TNC property will be on
the right. Once through the gate, half-mile or so
on a rather narrow dirt road will take one right up
to the Conservancy buildings.
I plan to be there
Sunday evening and on into Monday afternoon
and should have my cell phone with me, although I
don't know how good reception is. My # is
(928) 593-0604. Any time I've been back in
there, the road is in pretty good condition. I
wouldn't say 4WD is necessary, high clearance might
be helpful, but I don't want to scare any one off.
A caveat about following routes marked "Grand
Canyon". Hwy 89 will also take one to the
Grand Canyon and may also be so marked in some
locations. Do NOT take that one or you'll be on the
wrong side of the mountains. I know how to traverse
a route there, but I'm not about to advise anyone
else on how to do it.
Dawn Sutherland is our host for this Paint-out.
dawnsuther@gmail.com
23rd
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
Arizona State Parks and
Arizona Plein Air Painters
are sponsoring live outdoor painting competitions with
painting from 8:00 am - Noon. At noon, the artists will
gather to judge their peers completed work. Artists are
welcome to bring their easels, brushes drop cloth canvas
and capture scenes around the park. This is a series of
“paint outs” planned throughout the year at Arizona
State Parks.
See other dates and parks.
We need an Artist Member to attend and help the other
artists with questions on this date. If you are
available please let us know.
September
27th

Dead Horse Ranch State Park & Plein Air
Paint-out and Verde Days
www.azstatepark.com
http://www.azstateparks.com/Parks/DEHO/index.html
Contact the Park: 928-634-5283 Cottonwood, Arizona
*State
Park Event: September 27 & 28, 2008: Verde River Days:
The Verde River Days celebration begins at 10 am on
Saturday bringing together 40-plus nature-based
exhibits, sandcastle building, a menagerie of live
animals, non-stop activities from canoe rides (with or
without assistance), to nature hikes, as well as
continuous entertainment, fishing, and local food
vendors.
* Paint-out at Dead Horse Ranch State Park.
Get her EARLY!!! Parking will be tight! 8:00am to noon
The State Park Paint-outs are a great way to get into the
Paint-out mode. All the participating artists vote on
their top three favorites. Those paintings will be
featured in a show in Tubac this Jan. of 09, and also a
spring show at the Mayo Clinic.
At this park, Mingus Mountain is in the distance, cottonwood trees surrounding
the lake, lush reeds in calm waters. Fishing, and picnic
tables. It is just outside the town of Cottonwood.
27-28th Paint
Granite Mountain in Prescott
at the Smith Ranch.

October
"Paint the Aspens!"
October 4th- 11th
Joyous Lake Gallery
1869 E. White Mountain Blvd. Pinetop, AZ 85935
928-367-1319
“Plein air painting, or painting on location, is a long
tradition with landscape artists,” said Gwen Meyer,
owner of Joyous Lake Gallery. “There is a special
excitement in a piece that has been produced onsite. We
will have wonderful areas for them to paint in!
Locations this year will include Escudilla Mountain, the
Sunrise area, Forest Road 117 toward Green’s Peak, and
probably Woodland Lake Park and Big Springs. Its our
most beautiful season of the year, so we will be looking
for artwork that showcases that beauty. If you see
someone painting, give them a toot or stop and say
hello!” Meyer guides the artists to specific paint-out
locations, although they are free to paint anywhere in
the White Mountains they choose.
Cecy
Turner
First Prize
Prizewinner
Cody DeLong
Second Place Prizewinner
Marsha Owen
Third Place Prizewinner
http://joyouslakegallery.com.
18th
.
“The OPA Paintout hosted by Barbara Donahue
Arizona
Plein Air
Painters founding member was a great success with
over a dozen painters attending from as far away as
Massachusetts. All were fascinated by the history of
Jerome.”

The first photo is from left to right – Linda Umphrey
APAP member, Barbara Donahue Host and founding
member of APAP, Pamela
Giarratana from Georgetown , MA and Patty Rosky
APAP member. Enjoying lunch after a hard morning of
painting.

The second photo is Jane Newman APAP founding member
showing her work to Barbara Donahue.
oilpaintersofamerica.com
November
7/8/9 "Paint Down on the Farm"
Deep in the big city is a lovely old farm
with a pecan grove, old farm buildings, two excellent
restaurants, a gift store, and a tool shed turned into a
lovely studio. Cindy Carrillo
is the Artist in Residence
at The Artist Studio and invites artists to come on
down and paint. Part of our mission is education and we
want to introduce Plein Air to the customers of The
Farm. This oasis in the city has a working organic farm
that supplies most of the fine restaurants in town, rows
of flowers, old farm equipment, plenty to paint. There
will be coffee & rolls ready on Fri. Sat. & Sun. mornings and
instructions on where NOT to set your easel. We
will request that you register with Cindy so The Farm
can have a head count. This place is very busy on
weekends with people coming for picnic lunches and to
show and walk the property. We want APAP members to be
ready to answer questions about plein-air, hand out
flyers about The Artist Studio, and hand out your
business cards. So, plan to come down for the weekend,
go see the Cowboy Artist show, downtown Scottsdale
galleries, Chandler Mall shopping and painting at The
Farm at South Mountain. We will be painting on the
grounds all three days so come anytime. Mornings and
over lunch is a great time because of all the visitors.
On Friday Nov. 7th Toni Perrin will be doing an oil
painting demo.
On Sunday, Nov. 9th, Linda Dellandre

will be doing a pastel demo. Come watch and learn.
cindyLcarrillo@yahoo.com
.
The Farm at South Mountain
32 St between Southern & Baseline Phoenix.
www.cindycarrillo.com
cindyLcarrillo@yahoo.com
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November
16th
General Membership Meeting & Paint-out in Sedona
at Michael Colemans home.
Time: Noon to 4pm.
Food: Potluck.
Please RSVP: Let us know how many are coming, and what you will
bring for food.
cody@codydelong.com
Paint-out:
After the
meeting, and lunch. You may paint at
Mike’s place
or down the street at Red Rock Crossing.

From Sedona: Take 179 to the Village of Oak Creek. At
the second
traffic circle turn right onto
Verde Valley School Road. Go about 3 miles and
turn right Sunset Pass Road, a small
gravel road. Go up the road .2 miles and turn
left on the driveway marked with a sign for Coleman
Studio, 200 Sunset Pass Road.
From I-17: Take 179 exit to the Village of Oak Creek.
At the first traffic circle turn left on Verde Valley
School road. Go about 3 miles and turn right on Sunset
Pass road, a small gravel road. Go up the road .2 miles
and turn left into the driveway market Coleman Studio,
200 Sunset Pass road.******************************************
Nov. 20, 21, 22, 23
Los Reyes Paint-Out &
Show,
Cancelled
We are so sorry to report that Katherine Reyes is having
to close her gallery. Her husband is very ill and needs
more of Katherine's time. Our hearts are
saddened to hear this, we know how hard this time must
be for her. The Los Reyes Gallery will be closing
at the end of July.
Plein Air Artist
“Paint Out”
Top three winners paintings will be in the final show at
Tubac in January of 2009.
Bring
your drop-cloth, brushes and easel, from 9 am – Noon.
Glorious autumn foliage is at peak around Thanksgiving
weekend here at the Arboretum. This artists’
invitational arranged in collaboration with ASP
coincides with our annual Fall Foliage Finale Festival.
Bring your art supplies and capture garden scenes or
desert panoramas on canvas alongside members of the Mesa
Art League and Arizona Plein Air Painters. Come early
for good parking.
Check out previous plein air scenes. (520) 689-2811
2009
February 27/28
" Paint the Town 27th & Preserve
the Preserve in Paint on the 28th"
APAP will be headed to the old west town of Wickenburg
home of the
Desert Caballeros
Western Caballeros Museum,
good food, rodeos, and lush desert views. The
Nature Conservancy
will be our
hosts for an extended weekend painting at the
Hassayampa
River Preserve.
There will be two days of painting in the town of
Wickenburg, seeing the Desert Caballeros Western Museum,
and the Little Red Schoolhouse, then at the Preserve.
In March the finished artwork will hang at the Bunkhouse
on the grounds of the Hassayampa River Preserve.
Paintings completed anytime from Summer 08, Fall 08 and
Winter 09, down at the Preserve can be entered in this
show. This will give the visitors to the gallery a view
of what this place looks like all year long. Make note
of the date you completed the painting. Watch
here for more details coming very soon. This area is a
destination spot for tourists from all over the United
States and the world.

All photos are copyright TNC
If you have a favorite spot in your part of the state
and would like to be the host for a morning of painting
please contact us with the date and location, and
contact info.
cindyLcarrillo@yahoo.com |