Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters are Partnering with Destination Art Pikes Peak

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    • About
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    • Peak Art Adventure
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      • 2026 Summer Exhibition
      • 2025 Peak Art Adventure
      • 2025-March Show
      • 2024PeakArtAdventure Show
      • 2024 Holiday Show
    • Contact
    • Spotlight

COMING SOON!

COMING SOON!COMING SOON!COMING SOON!
  • Home
  • About
  • Members
  • Peak Art Adventure
  • Apply
  • Schedule
  • Gallery
    • 2026 Summer Exhibition
    • 2025 Peak Art Adventure
    • 2025-March Show
    • 2024PeakArtAdventure Show
    • 2024 Holiday Show
  • Contact
  • Spotlight

About Us

PPPAP Mission Statement

  • To Foster & Promote the Direct Painting Experience
  • To encourage PleinAir Painting on an Ongoing Basis
  • To Establish a Forum for Artists to Share Ideas and Knowledge of Their PleinAir Experience
  • To Promote to the Public the Significance and Value of Plein Air Painting

How We Began

Founding members

Friends since their time in the Kansas City Art Institute, Colorado artists, Michael Gault and Ken Shanika founded the PPPAP group by inviting Like-minded artists to join them in painting outdoors in the Pikes Peak Region. Artists that joined Shanika and Gault in this created endeavor were: Chuck Mardosz, CJ Chadwell, Dan Schultz, David Mayer, George Hart, Harold Deist, Kazuko Stern,  Ken Valestro, Lee Cable & Nancy Moageline.

Member Roster

Associate Members


Patricia Brannan

Melissa Bruce

Julie Cutting

Jerry Edwards

Erin Finkle

Mark Gale

Jacqui Gould

Zoe Gillespie




Associate Members


Linda Marie Hartelt

Ken Hartman

Terry Hoskins

Hank Maertens

Michelle Melville-Speck

Bridget O'Hara

Sharon Stephenson-Black

Sharon Walker





Master Artists

Chris Alvarez

Lee Cable - Original Member

Chuck Mardosz - Original Member

Tim Deibler, Original Member

Michael Gault, Co-Founder & Co-Chairman

Tom Lockhart - Original Member

Scott Yeager, Co-Chairman


Signature Members

Rita Cirillo, Original Member

George Hart, Original Member

David Mayer - Original Member


Emeritus Member

Kenneth Shanika- Co-Founding Member

News and Feature Articles

2026 Summer Exhibition

Check out PleinAir Magazines article on the 2026 Summer Exhibition!

OutdoorPainter 6/1/2026

2025 Peak Art Adventure

2025 Peak Art Adventure article on the 2025 event and award winners.

Outdoorpainter 8/1/2025

PPPAP sponsors destination events & art talk gatherings

Courier article on PPPAP sponsoring destination events for the 2025 Peak Art Adventure.

Courier 8/25/25

2025 PPPAP Exhibition

2025 PPPAP Exhibition article.

Outdoorpainter 3/1/2025

first annual PPPAP exhibition with reserve Our Gallery

Local Gallery hosts Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters Art Show.

Courier 2/28/25

Discover Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters Art Gallery

Destination Art Pikes Peak

The Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters are partnering with the Woodland Park organization, Destination Art Pikes Peak to bring fine art and cultural events to the Pikes Peak Area. To find out more about this  endeavor, click on the button below. 

More on Destination Art Pikes Pikes

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