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Art Resources
December 2025 Painting Exchange
Our December Painting Exchange is always a happy, merry, and festive time. Plus lots of great snacks and artful surprises! click image to enlarge, pause, or step throughhttps://youtube.com/shorts/19xWzXKhApE
Painting With Fabric – the Happy Place Quilt
Our program tonight was presented by Suzanne Alexander, quilter extraordinaire. Suzanne has been applying color principles we use as painters to the designs in her quilt creations. She walked us through the process of creating a quilt from start to finish. The project...
Help Me Fix this Painting, Plus COWS!
It was a fun and productive evening at our PAPA meeting Tuesday night. Artists were invited to bring a a 'problem painting' along and share their experience creating it. Led by Rebecca Mueller-Williams, "Becca", the group came together to talk about the artists...
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Meet Our Artists – Reception
PAPA Summer Exhibit at Paducah City Hall
Spring Show Sampler 2025
Winter Show Sampler 2024/5
Fall Show Sampler 2024
Gesture Drawing!
Chad McLaren – Soft Pastel
Diane Bay – Painting Quickly in Plein Air
Dutch Thurman – Adventures in Acrylic Pour
Sandi Johnson – Dragon Con Art Show – Behind the Scenes
Rebecca Mueller Williams – The Posh Mural
Charles D Alexander – The Weeping Willow Pool
Grady Pennington – Mixing it Up with Watercolor
Diane Bay – Will it go Round in Circles??
John McLaren – Three Blacks for Watercolors
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Caring for Your Art
Protect Your Art
Try to hang your art so that it is not in direct sunlight. This may be tricky because not all walls are in shaded areas of your home, but hanging your art out of direct sunlight will prolong its life as well as reduce discoloration or fading. If you intend to hang your art in a sunlit area, talk to your framer about UV protective glass.
Storing your Art
Unframed art, particularly loose canvases, prints or works on paper, should be rolled in acid free paper or tissue paper and stored in a heavy duty tube. Framed works should be stored in a heavy duty corrugated cardboard box. Make sure that the corners of the frames are well protected with cardboard or foam corner guards.
Cleaning your Art
Art usually requires minimal cleaning and an occasional dusting will generally do. Use a feather duster or clean dry cotton rag to remove surface dust. Never use a household cleaner or liquid cleaning agent of any kind.
Hanging your Art
Once your art is framed, it may be very heavy depending on the size. Use wall anchors when hanging art onto drywall or hammer your nail into wall studs for extra support.
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Printable Documents/ Links
WRITing YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT
If you need some ideas for what to include in your Art Bio, here are some places to begin…
- Look at Artist Pages on ‘Our Artists‘ Directory for examples.
- Use the ARTIST PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE to get ideas and begin writing. Thank you for making this list, Dale Houseworth!
- For some great tips on using the questionnaire, read: Make Your Introduction Unforgettable, by Jean Lorrah
Another great online reference: How to Write the Artists Biography by Renee Phillips
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