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Upcoming Pastel Competition Deadlines
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, 2010.
BoldBrush Sep 30, 2010.
The Artist’s Magazine Over 60 Competition Oct 1, 2010
BoldBrush Oct 30, 2010.
International Artist Magazine Landscapes, Nov 17, 2010.
BoldBrush Entry deadline: Nov 30, 2010.
BoldBrush Entry deadline: Dec 31, 2010.
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Main Course by Don Judah
about 4 months ago - No comments
Don Judah‘s painting First Course (in this post) was selected as an outstanding pastel painting at the November 2011 BoldBrush competition. Here is how Don describes his art. “Art has always been my first love. My formal education in art was limited to high school and college elective classes and a few excursions into available…
Alberto Piedra Fernández
about 8 months ago - No comments
Alberto Piedra Fernández is a pastel artist from Spain. He studied laws and in his artistic beginnings he was self-thought but soon he explored and discovered a field of figurative art and realism in pastels by the hand of internationally renewed artist Abel Marquez from Argentina. Alberto has received several international awards and recently had…
Pastel Artist: Paola Bassoli
about 1 year ago - No comments
Paola Bassoli developed passion for painting under the watchful eye of her grandfather who was also a painter. The search for the right expression of Paola’s personality has gone through every form of art, but neither watercolor nor drawing courses have fulfilled her full expression. She finally found her expression through the portraits and figures…
Pastel Artist: Mary Ann Cherry
about 1 year ago - No comments
Mary Ann Cherry is a Master Signature member of the Women Artists of the West and a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. She is co-founder of the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies and current president. She paints primarily in soft pastel or oils, working in a studio near the Snake River…
Pastel Artist: Lisa Mitchell
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Lisa Mitchell received her formal art education at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, concentrating her studies in Illustration and Graphic Design. She used to work as an illustrator creating storyboards and comprehensive illustrations for several leading advertising agencies in the Mid-Atlantic region. After that she began a twenty year career painting children’s…
Pastel Paintings from South East Asia
about 1 year ago - No comments
Isabelle V. Lim, PSA, is a Singapore artist. After having moved around South East Asia for two decades, she currently lives and paints full time in Hong Kong. The diverse subjects she chooses to paint are largely based on Asian art & culture. Isabelle believes that painting is all about colors. She is particularly intrigued…
Jennifer Gardner Winner of Artist’s Magazine 27th Art Competition
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Jennifer Gardner is the winner of the Artist’s Magazine 27th Art Competition in the category Abstract/experimental. Born in London, England, Jennifer developed an interest in art in her early childhood. Previously a lawyer by profession, Jennifer emigrated to the United States in 1999 giving up her legal career to pursue her love of painting on…
Bold Brush Sept 2010 Pastel Winners
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Last month we saw the trend of increasing number of pastel paintings being submitted and awarded at Bold Brush Painting Competition, but this month the list is a bit shorter. The Outstanding Pastel painting went to Alicia Sotherland and John Philbin Dolan. One more pastel painting that qualified to FAV15% was by Gaye Adams. Share/Bookmark
Lynn Freed and Richard Levine: Finalists in the International Artist Magazine
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Lynn Freed was the finalist in the Still Life & Floral competition in the latest issue of the International Artist magazine. Lynn used to work as a designer and fabricator of ornamental elements for fine restaurants, hotels, and casinos. She also worked for some time for Hollywood on the set of “Matlock”, the new “Adam…
Bold Brush Aug 2010 Pastel Winners
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
The Bold Brush Painting Competition is having more and more pastel paintings reaching the FAV15. The Outstanding Pastel painting went to Margaret Ferguson and Lisa Mitchell. The following are pastel artists from FAV15%. Click on the name to see the painting: Margi Lucena Mary Aslin Cuong Nguyen Lisa Fricker Jane McGraw-Teubner Sandy Byers Stephanie Birdsall…
Barbara Benedetti Newton
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