2020 Members Showcase

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Virginia Belser

State College, PA

Michelle Bereczki

Doylestown, PA

Deborah Cowder

Cumberland, Maryland

Suzanne Desarbo

Centre Hall, PA

Jill Foster

Pleasant Gap, PA

Marianne Fyda

Troutville, PA

...no sleep till....

The pastel represents our COVID masked grandsons, Max and Henry, outside a Brooklyn Coffee Shop on their last day in NYC. Our son purchased the NYTimes at my request and I did the pastel on the front page. This gives the artwork a place in time. The family was moving to California, note the boys hats.

The idea for working on a newspaper came from an old American Artist article featuring artwork on non archival surfaces. Jimmy Wright, current president of the PSA, worked on phone book pages. By mounting and priming this page it becomes somewhat archival, or at least stable.

How New York

This painting was done from a photo I took of my husband in September of 2019. One month later, he had a heart attack. I worked on a study for this piece as he recovered and went through rehab. The study was therapy for me. Later I worked on this more detailed version.

The caption on the sign is real and this picture represents a special New York moment. Listed under the caption are all the things I have missed in New York during the pandemic.

Kim Gates Flick

PA Wilds: Northern Frontier

Susan Nicholas Gephart

Bellefonte, PA

Peggy Gladys

Covington Township, PA

My Companion

We adopted our dog Heidi in March of the pandemic. She has been a source of joy and fun during this challenging time and the impetus for my painting. She has made the dark days a little brighter for us.