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Archive for June, 2010
Kelly Borsheim, Sculptor, Pastel Artist and Streetpainter
Jun 27th
Kelly Borsheim, streetpainting
During my stay in Tuscany, Italy, I was very happy to meet Kelly Borsheim and see her in action on the streets of Florence. When you come to a new town it is almost impossible to see exhibition of pastel works, but thanks to Kelly’s blog post I found about her exhibition in one of the Florence galleries and found out about her streetpainting that day. Click on the image on the left to see how Kelly and her friend Johnny are painting one of the Raffaello’s masterpieces (original painting can be found in the local Uffizi gallery). Kelly is a sculptor, pastel artist and a streetpainter who lives between Florence and central Texas, USA. Her artistic journey and attraction towards her “first stone sculpture teacher”, Michelangelo, took her to Italy and Florence where she spends as much time as she can. Kelly has a very interesting blog and a website and I invite you to explore and enjoy her work on your own.
FineArtViews May 2010 Pastel Winners
Jun 27th
Cuong Nguyen "Spring" .......................................... Lisa Fricker "Change"
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
Rosalba Carriera Pastel Portrait in Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Jun 25th
During my recent visit to famous Uffizi gallery in Florence, Italy, among the old masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Tiziano, Botticelli, I found one pastel jewel – the Rosalba Carriera pastel portrait of “Felicita Sartori”. It is in a very good shape and the colors are still brilliant, unlike many other oil and tempera works in the museum. Next to that painting one can find couple of oil paintings by the pastel masters that were already presented on this blog – Jean-Etienne Liotard and Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin.
Rosalba Carriera "Portrait of Felicita Sartori"
Claude Texier Pastel Demo
Jun 23rd
Claude Texier
Claude Texier is a very known pastel artist from France where she has been regarded as a “Master Pastelist” since April 2000. She was born in Morocco, where she spent her first twenty years. Since 1994 she has been focused mainly on the art of pastel. In October of 2006, she has been elected as a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA) and is now recognized as a PSA Master Pastelist. Her work has won numerous awards and has been published in many art magazines.
Claude is generously offering 4 interesting paintings on her website with a step by step demonstration.
Franch Magazine “Pratique des Arts” Special Pastel Edition
Jun 18th
J.F. Le Saint
The prestigious French art magazine Pratique des Arts has today published a special edition dedicated to pastel artist around the world. Some of the published artists are listed below. The magazine is accompanied with a DVD.
Claude Texier (FRA),
Cynthia Blair (USA),
Nathalie Picoulet (FRA),
Penelope Milner (GB),
Jean-François Le Saint (FRA),
Sergueï Oussik (RUS),
Claude Bauret-Allard (FRA),
Marie-Élise Larène (FRA),
Mickael Norman (GB)
Linda Gross Brown (USA).
Featured Pastel Artist: September McGee
Jun 16th
September McGee collage
September McGee
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. You have already seen her work on this blog in the Pastel 100 Figure winners. September just attained her second honorable level of signature membership with the Pastel Society of the West Coast. Her first honorable level as a signature member is with the Connecticut Pastel Society. If you are visiting South California stop in Laguna Beach where September is having two-month show all July and August. If you would like to keep up with September’s work you can also follow her on the blog.
Sergei Oussik: Finalist in the International Artist Magazine
Jun 16th
Sergei Oussik
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 Society of France and International Association of Pastel Society. He is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and a leader of the St. Petersburg Pastel Society.
Sergei’s was recently chosen as a finalist in the Seascapes, Rivers & Lakes competition in the latest issue of the International Artist magazine #73. More of his beautiful works can be found at ArtLondon pages.
Bonnie Zahn Griffith finished 100 Pastels Series
Jun 15th
Bonnie Zahn Griffith is a landscape artist working mostly in pastels and acrylics. Her work is generally representational depicting the northwest US and she lives in Washington. I like Bonnie’s work in general and it was a pure joy following the development of the 100 more or less same paintings. Here you can see my selection of close to 50 painting, and if you click on the image you will see it in higher resolution. This collage is the invitation to visit Bonnie’s blog, enjoy each individual painting together with other works and get inspiration for you own work and artistic development.
The Pastel 100 – Abstract & Non-Objective 2010
Jun 8th
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 King
2. Pat Ross Marx
3. Vinita Jain
4. Diana Sanford
5. Leslie Kay Kuhn
Honorable mention: Gigi Horr Liverant , Elsie Dresch, Patricia Walker, Carrie Raeburn, Debora L. Stewart, Mary Pichette, Linda Sweeny, Leslie Kay Kuhn, Shelley Gorny Schoenherr, Roscoe E. Wallace, Louise Patinelli, Laurie Potter, Kari Feuer.
See the gallery with all Pastel 100 winners on this site.
Streetpaint Festival: Zagreb Pastel 2010
Jun 7th
Mario Vukelic
You didn’t get news from this blog lately, primarily because I was too busy organizing the streetpaint festival in my city. Since the street painters use soft pastel I consider streetpainting a part of the pastel world although not the main stream.
This was the second edition of the festival and we have had a huge publicity. The festival took place in the heart of city on a beautiful sunny day. The special section where kids could dirty their hands proved to be a big success as well. You can find photos and a short article about the whole event on the ZagrebPastel streetpaint festival site.
Barbara Benedetti Newton
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