Pastels on Parade: 2022 Members Exhibit
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Sandra Beitsinger
Michelle Bereczki
Grace Bergin
Stephanie Condon
Leslie Dyer
Jill Foster
Floral Roadscape
The county roads abound with beauty in the autumn with Queen Anne's lace and the chicory being the stars.
Barred Owl
I've really never given a 'hoot' about painting animals, but this one just called to me.
Windflowers
This is the second painting of a pair. The first was done in a workshop I took over the winter. I love the way the flowers grow and move as one with the wind as if they were in a ballet.
Marianne Fyda
Susan Nicholas Gephart
My seasonal plein air adventures traveling always influence my pastel studio winter work. The soft summer colors of "Across and into the Sky" were captured in oil plein air first, then created again for my demonstration in Pastel Live, a virtual pastel painting event. Taking my nature studies indoors and reflecting on color and experimenting with texture is my goal.
Cindy Gilberti
Peggy Gladys
Hoonah Sunset
Hoonah Sunset was captured while on a cruise to Alaska. The colors of the sky produced the impetus for painting this picture while staying at home during the pandemic years.
Three Sisters
Three Sisters is a beautiful spot tucked away on a roadside in Scotland. The majesty of the Scottish Highlands left an everlasting impression in this artists mind to pursue a pastel painting to reflect the natural beauty of this place.
Bucolic Walk
Tunkhannock, PA provided the setting for a reminder of how peaceful and beautiful a walk in the country can be.
Anne Kenyon
Judy Leasure
Eggs
This painting was an exercise in painting fabric. The tea towel made a nest for the eggs.
Just a Boy and His Penguin
Wills
These 2 paintings are both of my Bedlington Terrier, Wills. He is my studio help and one of my favorite subjects to paint.
Sylvia Lehman
Gibbous
Black Uart 400 paper, soft pastels
This is on one of my favorite walks. I was attracted to the colors and textures. And, of course, the moon.
Mind the Light
Uart 400 paper, soft pastels
The light was so active, changing moment by moment. There was a sense of energy and liveliness. What would happen next?
North River
Uart 400 paper, soft pastels
Time spent in this spot in the Shenandoah Valley is always rewarding. The colors and light were a sweet benediction to the day.
Stacy Mayou
Autumn
This was the scene on an early August morning walk in 2020. I painted this scene many times during COVID as I walked this often. It is close to my house and not overly trafficked. I loved how you could see the humidity building in the clouds and how the early sun made the grass look so brilliant.
Queen's View
I have always loved Queen Anne's Lace, I remember being very young and picking handfuls of them for my mom and grandmother. I also remember my sadness when I learned they were considered weeds. Thankfully, I have grown past blindly believing what others tell me, and can again see these glorious wild flowers as the beauties they are!
Laneway
This is the laneway just up past the barn. It is a steady uphill hike to get to this spot, but for some reason I continue to pack my pastels and hike there to paint! This was an unusually warm day in March, 2022, so the colors may be slightly exaggerated, but I know I saw them!
Jeanne McKinney
Joe Nadzady
Felled by the Falling
Is a 16x20 piece on Canson Pastel Board. This piece was inspired and modeled after Falls Creek Falls in Washington State, not far from Winthrop, Skamania County. An old high school friend posted a photo during one of his hiking trips and indicated the waterfall was so grand and powerful. The exaggerated proportion attempted to capture the power of the water falling over the cliff during a raining hike. The title is to reflect the felling of the very large trees by the falling water and rock down the cascade.
Peace in the Valley
Is a 9x12 piece on UArt sanded paper. It was a scene one morning as I was going to work at the Monocacy Battlefield in Frederick, MD. That morning the colors of the fleeting night were so serene as the bright spring sunlight started peeking over the hillside. It was about this time of year when I stopped to enjoy the scene and snapped a photo for this painting.
Tranquility
Is a 9x12 piece on Canson Mi-Tientes paper. This piece has already sold and is not for sale during the show. It was completed close to Christmas as I was reflecting on the absolute blessings God has afforded me and my family. The absolute hysteria and spiraling hate and discontent let me to seek a moment of peace with my faith, my God, and my family. My hope that the piece exemplified a tranquil moment after a new blanket of snow.
Jennifer Shuey
Joanne Turner
Shirley Vogelsong
