VERMONT PASTEL SOCIETY MID STATE WORKSHOP

I had a great time in Middlebury, Vt with the Vermont Pastel Society Mid State.  

Here is my 9 x 12 demo

 

MONDAY OIL CLASS APRIL 25

This was all about shapes...creating and carving them and the light

9 x 12 oil on canvas

 

MONDAY OIL APRIL 11, 2022

 My 9 x 12 oil on canvas demo from this morning's oil class

Tide Pooling

"Tide Pooling" 12 x 16 pastel

 

CAFE IN CAMBRIDGE

This one was difficult!  It wasn't that the figures were hard to do or define, it was that it was so incredibly boring.  It's a discussion to be had among artists how you can do a painting well, "realistically" and all but it remains a total yawn.  This was one such painting.  So, I attacked it with a palette knife, took figures out, and tried to work thinking abstractly the whole time.  Not sure I accomplished my goal but I do know it's better than it was

16 x 20 oil on canvas

 

MONDAY OIL DEMO MARCH 28, 2022

This is my 8 x 8 oil demo for my Monday class

 

EMINENT PASTELIST

 I AM THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE BEEN AWARDED EMINENT PASTELIST WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PASTEL SOCIETIES (IAPS)

    This is the highest classification one can achieve with IAPS and it is based on the number of shows I have been accepted to as well as awards won.  I will join many of my esteemed pastel artists and friends at the IAPS convention in Albuquerque in June to receive this award.

My most prestigious award; The Prix de Pastel at IAPS 2017