Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 2010
Apparently, the Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 issue is out, and I’m happy to report that my pastel, Horizon Study (left), received an honorable mention in the contest. The Pastel Journal is an internationally-read magazine dedicated to the pastel medium. Their extremely popular annual contest gives awards to the top 100 pastels submitted. The awards are divided into five top prizes, then split into five different subject categories, within which there are first, second and third place awards, and honorable mentions. My honorable mention is in the Still Life and Floral category. The other categories include landscape, portrait, animal/wildlife, and abtract/non-objective.
The nice thing about this contest is that you can submit any piece done within the past few years—even if it is sold. Which reminds me: Lorraine, if you are reading this, I’ll send you a copy!
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More good news! I’ve added a new show for 2010: Art on the Square in Belleville, Illinois. This show has been ranked #1 in the country by the Art Fair Sourcebook (the art fair artists’ version of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). It’s going to be a long trip, but I am so excited to do my first-ever midwest show. By the way, I only got juried in with pastels. The competition to get into this tiny but excellent show is tough!
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I am so happy right now! I just learned that I have been juried in to the Bellevue Arts Museum show again. This year, not only did I get in with my pastels, I get to show my oil paintings! This is a first for me in Bellevue, one of my very favorite shows to do. To celebrate, I’ve decided it’s time to fire up the Art Fairs 2010 page. Then I think I’d better get some painting done.
(Left: Frost Line, one of my newest oils. See it at the Kress Gallery in May.)
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No commentsCocktail Hour at the Studio
Yes, in spite of all the shows and demos and moving and whatnot, I have actually been painting. While Etudes for the Equinox has a few weeks left at the Tinman, I have to be thinking of the next show (Metamorphosis at the Kress Gallery). Metamorphosis is an oils-only show for which I have most of the large work finished, but there are a few odd little spaces in the gallery to consider. With that in mind, I created my two latest little cocktails, Gimlet and Limoncello No.2, above. Perhaps I’ll complete the set with a French 75…
No commentsCurrent Exhibit: Etudes for the Equinox at the Tinman ENDS Saturday!
Etudes for the Equinox, my all-pastel exhibit at the Tinman Gallery in Spokane, runs through February 27th.
The Tinman Gallery
811 West Garland Avenue
Spokane, Washington 99205
509.325.1500
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday
Works from the Heart Auction is Tonight!
If you’re an art lover in Spokane, you probably already know it’s Works from the Heart season again!
The Northwest Museum of Art and Culture’s 25th Works from the Heart Auction will be held next Saturday, February 20th. Happily the auction has moved back to the MAC this year, and will offer a carefully selected group of artworks from the area’s best known and loved artists, and me. Proceeds are shared between the Museum’s art education and acquisition funds (and many of the donating artists). I hope you can make it to this fun and exciting event, and bid on my pastel, Coral Reef No.4 !
Here are the essentials:
Works from the Heart Auction
Saturday, February 20th
Location: Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
2316 W. 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA
Pre-auction events begin at 4 p.m.
Live auction at 6:45 p.m.
Tickets $75 by advance reservation only.
Call today! 509-456-3931
Etudes for the Equinox: Pastels at Tinman Gallery
Etudes for the Equinox, my first solo show at the Tinman Gallery, opens Friday!
Opening reception will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the Spokane Visual Arts Tour. If you haven’t been to the Tinman, it is a great space in Spokane’s wonderfully eclectic Garland district (thus the Oz theme). The Tinman, owned by Sue Bradley, represents some of the area’s best-known artists—now more than ever with the retirement of Lorinda Knight last November.
I’m very much looking forward to the show, which will feature a large collection of my newest work in pastel (including Dewfall, above) and perhaps a few not-so-new, never shown in Spokane pieces as well. I hope to see you there!
The Tinman Gallery
811 West Garland Avenue
Spokane, Washington 99205
509.325.1500
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday
A little show preview:
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Digging In
Things are starting to happen in the new studio! After spending a weekend moving in (enough to start painting, anyway) I got to work on my first oil painting in my new digs. It went surprisingly fast, which I have decided to attribute to the good energy in the room. Pretty impressive for a 100+-year-old basement. I would have expected something, well… spooky. But it is just the opposite—cozy and inviting.
Shiva (above) practically painted itself. It is not completed in the photo, but it was finished maybe an hour after that. One more piece ready for the Kress Gallery show in May! By the way, I do plan to start posting my more professional-looking “official” art photos again soon. One side effect of my ongoing move has been to separate my art and workspace from my usual photography spot, but I’ll get that worked out shortly.
Oh, by the way, I seem to have a correction due… last summer I mentioned that I won an award and thus a re-invite to the Edmonds Arts Festival this June. Turns out the award does not include a re-invite after all! Ooops. Anyway, I went ahead and applied so we’ll see what happens. It would be pretty sad if I didn’t get in after all that, but I guess I’ll just have to wait for it! (LOL!)
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