Latest Exhibit Award Winners

“The Power of Paint ”

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Online Exhibits Gallery

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First Place
Women Painters West Award:
Gayle Martin – Phoenix

Second Place:
Jane Mick – Take the Leap

Third Place:
Elizabeth Gorcey – The Bridge

Honorable Mention:
Kenshin Miller – Upekkha #1. Youth

Honorable Mention:
Brenda Welsh – Jubilation

WPW December Holiday Event

Greetings from Andrea Monroe, your Event Chair!
Please save the date for WPW Holiday Gathering!
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We will be celebrating at the Encino Community Center on

Thursday, December 11th from 12:00-3:00 pm.

Invitations will be going out in November.

Joyfully expect the following:

*To RSVP on time and pay an attendance fee of $35
*To paint a 6″x6″ (or less in size on surface of your choice) of your artistry to be numbered and given to attending members with corresponding number
*To contribute a “white elephant” item for our FOR SALE table…proceeds to a charitable org
*To feast on a catered meal with light refreshments (please feel free to contribute a bottle of something)
*To be the happy recipient of a table centerpiece near end of event when you find a secret tag at your table

Calendar

Click here to go to the WPW calendar.
Dates-Times-Places. Meetings-Exhibitions-Events.

Exhibitions

Upcoming Exhibitions and Call for Art:

29 Palms Art Gallery

January 2 – February 1
Reception January 3
click this link for the PROSPECTUS
Deadline for entry Sunday, December 7, 2025
Women Painters West will provide transportation of artwork from LA and Valley locations on December 28th to the gallery.
End of show LA and Valley pickup will be Tuesday, February 3. Exact locations to be determined.

Solvang… California Nature Art Museum

March 7- September 6
Opening March 8
This show would be centered around species and landscapes “on the edge” of survival. It would highlight plant and animal species that are endangered, or threatened, or even extinct. ALSO areas of land set aside for conservation & preservation of these species. We would be presenting this show with the purpose of bringing attention to the beauty and fragility of some of California’s disappearing species, as well as promoting better protection and stewardship of our ecosystems. We can choose any natural spaces that we feel have been dedicated to the protection and preservation of nature.

We are looking for members that can be a part of our exhibition committee! Or any ideas of future exhibition locations!
Can contact me…Diane Karpel.. jdkarpel.com 818-388-7770

RECENT EXHIBITIONS in our online gallery

Paint Out

Postponed. Will reschedule.

Oct 18th at the home of a member Carol Caley in La Canada, CA

Art Share

Next Art Share TBA

YouTube Channel

See past meeting speaker presentations:
https://www.youtube.com/@womenpainterswest3769/videos

WPW Monthly Members’ Meeting

November 6, 7:00 PM – Speaker: Danielle Eubank
explores the relationship between abstraction and realism through painting water. She is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. She created One Artist Five Oceans, a 20-year project where she sailed and painted the waters of every ocean on Earth to raise climate awareness. Eubank is currently painting some of the most polluted bodies of water in the United States, including the Gowanus Canal, NY (a superfund site), and the San Francisco Bay, CA (multiple superfund sites), as well as the Pacific Ocean around the Channel Islands. She was a 2018 Creative Climate Award nominee and the awardee of the WCA/United Nations Program Honor Roll Award for 2019. Danielle Eubank holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Arts from UCLA. She exhibits her work in the United States, the United Kingdom, and in Europe and Asia.

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December 11, noon to 3 – WPW Holiday Event
January 8, 1:00 PM – Speaker: Anne Kupillas

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Members will receive an email with the Zoom link prior to the meeting.
For Zoom access, contact president@womenpainterswest,org
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For past meeting presentations click this link to go to the WPW YouTube Channel.

Art Book Group

ALL MEMBERS WELCOME! 3rd Thursday each month at 1 pm on Zoom

October 16 – “All that Glitters” by Orlando Whitfield
When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students dreaming of dealing art for a living. Their friendship lasts for fifteen years until one day, Inigo – by then the most successful dealer of his generation – disappears, accused of a fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core. A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine.

November 20 – “Seek My Face” by John Updike

On a spring day in Vermont, seventy-nine-year-old painter Hope Chafetz tells the story of her life to Kathryn, a young interviewer from New York. Questions send Hope back to her youth, to the heady postwar days of American art and her relationships with the artists who defined their times. As the day wears on, Kathryn and Hope – interviewer and interviewee – try to understand one another across the gulf of age, experience and time that lies between them. And subtly, as each comes to know the other, their relationship changes!

December 18 – “The Grave Robber” by Tim Carpenter

The unbelievable true story of how one man stole tens of thousands of priceless artifacts and human remains from around the world—and the FBI’s massive undertaking to set things right.

January 15 – “Life Studies” by Susan Vreeland

Life Studies begins with historic tales that, rather than focusing directly on the great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters themselves, render those on the periphery—their lovers, servants, and children—as their personal experiences play out against those of Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others. Vreeland then gives us contemporary stories in which her characters—a teacher, a construction worker, and an orphan for example—encounter art in meaningful, often surprising ways. A fascinating exploration of the lasting strength of art in everyday life,

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Bring names of books to consider. Books should be about art or artists, fiction or non-fiction. Also please have a little blurb about the book. Ahead of the meeting, any books you are considering should be sent to wpw@womenpainterswest.org