Pastels on Parade: 2022 Members Exhibit

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Sandra Beitsinger

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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.

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.

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Cindy Gilberti

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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.

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.

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.

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.