CACTUS & SPURS A COUNTRY & WESTERN HOOTENANNY
Ongoing Shindig!
Crossland Gallery : 500 West Paisano, El Paso TX
Close of Show : Friday, August 1, 2025
Always free parking!
For the first time in over 10 years, the EPAA at 75, is celebrating all things Country & Western with over 70 artsy cowpokes participating.
It's a humdinger of a show.
Thank you to all of the artists participating and award sponsors!!
~ Susan Guile Memorial Award with Brad Guile & Family
~ Bert Saldana Southwestern Art Gallery & Gift Shop : 1501-B Main St, San Elizario, TX 79849
~ El Paso Cactus & Rock Club : http://www.elpasodesert.com/epcrc/
~ Sunset Gardens Nursery : 105 Lindbergh Ave, El Paso, TX 79932
~ Rocket Buster Boots : 115 Anthony St, El Paso, TX 79901
~ Texas Roadhouse Restaurant : 5010 N Desert Blvd, El Paso, TX 79912 and more. . . .
Congrats! Award Winners!
Exhibit Judge : Nevena Christi : Owner of Rocketbuster Boots!
1. Best in Show : Danny Jimenez : Sunbathing
2. First Place : Ramiro Ordonez : Desert Maidens
3. Second Place : Paul Branham : Prickly Pear
4. Third Place : Martin Pargas : Sky is the Limit
5. Memorial Award for Susan Guile : (from Guile Family) Erica Murrill: Texas Shine
6. Best Hootenanny : Hector Castillo : El Gallo mas Gallo
7. Kitty Kistenmacher Award for Mixed Media : Octavia Saenz :Revolucionista
8. Bert Saldana for Southwestern Art : Isaiah Martinez : Sun City
9. El Paso Cactus & Rock Club : Erica Murrill : Hidden Quail
10. Sunset Garden Nursery : Seph Torres : Elio
11. Sunset Garden Nursery : Karina Cruz Tajaran: Desert Fae on the Crossroads
12. Rocketbuster Boots Award : Jeffery Ward : 10 Miles and No Spare
13. Texas Road House Merchandise Award : Mark Yerrington : Texas Long Horn
14. Star Western Wear Merchandise Award : Don Beene : High Country Traveler
15. Spurs Award : Bert Saldana : Tools of the Trade
16. Judges Award : Elvira Contreras : Fading Footprints
17. Judges Award : Tim Holt : Secret Dreams of the Marlboro Man
18. Judges Award : Shawn Pinion : Desert Song
19. Judges Award : Leann Brown : Wild Reflections
20. Honorable Mention : Norma Arteaga : August 19, 1895
21. Honorable Mention : Nancy Swanson : Her Wild Dream
22. Honorable Mention : Magda Thornton : On the Range
23. Honorable Mention : Angeline Hernadez : Yucca at Red Sands
Thank You Participating Artists!
Adler
Karen Alvarado
Ray Alvarado
Judith Amaya
Amy Andrews
Meghan Arriola
Norma Arteaga
César Barraza
Jacques Barriac
Donald Beene
Kayla Blundell
Paul Branham
Leann Brown
Jodie Carcerano
Barbara Castellone
Diana Castillo
E. Castillo
Hector Castillo
Vanessa Clark
Elvira Contreras
Karina Cruz Tajaran
Jera De La O
Cynthia Dolezal
Robert Dozal
Michele Ellington
Lucy Fernandez
Isela Garcia
Mueka Hernandez
Angeline Hernandez
Tim Holt
Christopher Hoppe
Lisa Jenerette
Danny Jimenez
Martha Johnson
Ashton Kaleigh-Narlock
Lindsay Kronmiler
Jean-Claude Lindssi
John Mackenzie
Nadine Mahres
Miguel Martinez
Isaiah Martinez
Sahyly Martinez
Eloisa McGill
Renee Medina
Heather Medrano
Yolanda Montiel
Omar Munoz
Erica Murrill
Barney Napolske
Carmen Navar
Geraldine Nitzburg
Ramiro Ordonez
Serena Ornelas
Melissa Ortega
Martin Pargas
Tina Parra
Polly Perez
Shawn Pinion
Abigail Rios Ramirez
Alejandra D. Rocha
Alan Rosenthal
Octavia Saenz
Julian Saenz
Bert Saldaña
Rudy Saucedo
Laurie Sayward
E. Kathryn Smith
Maria Socorro Muños
Michele Stone
Nancy Swanson
Magda Thornton
Seph Torres
Valerie Uribe
Jane Vance
Jeffrey Ward
Jan Wolfe
Mark Yerrington
Sharai Zamora
Thank you to artist Erica Murrill for letting us highlight "Texas Shine" on the event poster!
Please visit Erica's art, coffee & gift shop in San Elizario!
Cafe Arte "Mi Admore" : 1498 Main St, San Elizario, TX 79849
See you at the opening shindig!
Don't forget to wear your Western Best!
"Have a rootin' tootin' good day!"
From your friends at EPAAwesome!
