Member Spotlight

Member participation was high for the Peak Art Adventure All About Pikes Peak Show  hosted by Reserve Our Gallery. Members winning awards from the PleinAir portion of the event were:

Scott Yea                                       Best of Show

Julie Cutting          First Place Advanced Artist Division

Michelle Melville-Speck.        Patron's Award

Michael Gault.             People's Choice Award

Tim Deibler, PPPAP member was selected  by Reserve Our Gallery to judge the PleinAir portion of the Peak Art Adventure. 

Tim is a well respected regional artist with a career as a professional artist that has grown over the past 30 years. Tim is a mentor and teacher with vast plein air experience in the Pikes Peak region, as well as throughout Colorado. 

Tim was unable to participate in the plein air event this year but was proud to support the effort by lending his experience in plein air to  judge the event.

'Lloyd Maynard Larsen" is an oil portrait  commission by Michelle Melville-Speck, of a real-life cowboy that was born in Cripple Creek, CO in 1938. Lloyd raised longhorn cattle and did cattle drives to get them to market. He lraised horses and was highly-regarded for raising cattle dogs. The portrait was commissioned by a long-time friend that worked with Lloyd on his ranch in Divide Colorado. Lloyd passed away in March of 2024 and his saddle, hat, ropes and western gear were all on display in his honor at his funeral. He was well known & respected throughout the area as a knowledgeable, original Old West Cowboy; tough, yet lovable. 

PPPAP is happy to announce that member, Julie Cutting has been awarded The Silver Award for Best of Teller 2024 ( artist category). 

Julie is a Teller County resident and an active member of Destination Art Pikes Peak and a resident artist of Woodland Park's, Reserve Our Gallery. She has also received three separate  People’s Choice awards at Reserve Our Gallery monthly exhibitions this year and aPatron Award at the Florence Paints the Town event. 

PPPAP co-founder, Michael Gault's landscape, Late in the Day Near Salida is featured in the Oil Painters of America ad in Fine Art Connoisseur magazine's August publication. The layout is announcing the 2024 National Salon show in Indianapolis, IN. Gault is one of the 100 artists juried into the exhibition that begins on July 25th at James R. Ross Fine Art Gallery.

Michael's work is frequently featured in exhibitions at Woodland Park's Reserve Our Gallery & he teaches classes & workshops through Westside Gallery & the Destination Art School .