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The Best of America pastel Artists – volume II
The Best of America Pastel Artists
The Visual Art Guide is hosting websites for many artists and they publish really nice books. They have recently issued book “The Best of America Pastel Artists – volume II” which you can browse online and even download for free. The shorter presentation of the book can be found here and you can enjoy some fantastic soft pastel works.
If you like those books you can enter one of the competitions and if you are chosen among top 200 artists you can be published and get 2 pages in the book.
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Upcoming Pastel Competition Deadlines
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This is the list of approaching deadlines for the pastel competitions till the end of 2010. Not all of them are pastel only competitions, but they are popular and many pastelists participate. Please feel invited to comment and add more. IAPS 2010 Web show Sep 15, 2010. International Artist Magazine People and Figure, Sep 15,…
Bold Brush July 2010 Pastel Winners
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The Bold Brush Painting Competition for July 2010 had many pastel paintings reaching the FAV15. The Outstanding Pastel painting went to Kathleen Newman and James Otto. The finalist who went into FAV15% with their pastel paintings are: Sue Gombus, Ray Hassard, Margaret Ferguson, John Philbin Dolan, Bob Richey, Mary Aslin, Mike Etie, Christy Perrine, Share/Bookmark
Bold Brush June 2010 Pastel Winners
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There will be a few posts after my summer break that don’t sound like a news, but I would like to have those artists and events recorded on this blog. The FineArtViews Painting Competition is now called Bold Brush painting competition. The Outstanding Pastel painting for June went to Margi Lucena who was in FAV15…
Old Pastel Master: Edouard Manet
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Edouard Manet (1832-1883) Some of Edouard’s Manet well known oil paintings are ”Déjeuner sur l’herbe”, at that time considered scandalous, and Olympia (painted 1863), the most shocking work in 1865 presented in Salon. Less known is the fact Manet has used pastel medium in last 3 years of his life when he was forced by…
Pastel Society of North Florida Juried Exhibition 2010
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The Pastel Society of North Florida has announced the call for the entries for the 11th biennial national (USA) juried exhibition. The entries must be received by August 15th and the prospectus can be found here. The show will take place in Niceville, Florida, USA, from October 22nd through December 2nd 2010. Margaret Dyer will…
Cecilia Watson won the Gallery Director’s award
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You might remember Cecilia Watson from Spain, who has already been presented on this blog as a Get Dusty winner. Cecilia won the Gallery Director’s award this time at the Infinity Art Gallery Summer 2010 show. Here are the comments from the juror Julie Weismann: Shy Boy, is beautifully composed. Watson masterfully conveys the title…
FineArtViews May 2010 Pastel Winners
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The FineArtViews Painting Competition has announced the winners for May 2010. The Outstanding Pastel painting went to Cuong Nguyen and Lisa Fricker. The finalist who went into FAV15% with their pastel paintings are: Janis Krendick Sandy Byers Luverne Lightfoot Bill James Ruth Mann Christy Perrine Share/Bookmark
Featured Pastel Artist: September McGee
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September McGee is a pastel and oil artist from California, USA. Her distinctive style blends Impressionism and Realism and is easily recognized by long strokes on the figure art. Her paintings are full of musicians, rhythm and movement. That seams to attract many art lovers, including me, and is making her award list very long.…
Sergei Oussik: Finalist in the International Artist Magazine
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Sergei Oussik is a pastel artist based in St Petersburg, Russia. Serguei started his art career by selling works on the streets of St Petersburg, but has since achieved an international reputation as a formidable landscape artist of great sensitivity. He is a member of the Russian Union of Artists, the International Federation of Artists,…
The Pastel 100 – Abstract & Non-Objective 2010
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The category Abstract & Non-Objective at The Pastel Journal 11th annual Pastel 100 Competition is the last one in this series. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did. All paintings and links to the artists will be stored on the Gallery page. Gold medal for exelence: Jennifer Gardner 1. Judith Berk…
Barbara Benedetti Newton
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about 2 years ago
Hello Mario
very interesting, Thank you