Staying home during Covid-19.
We are painting and organizing, catching up with friends and marketing, and simply enjoying the beauty of nature just outside our home. And we are staying in touch through this new feature, You and PSST, inside looks into our work, studios, views, and stories. Come back often - more stories are coming. (Click images to zoom.) 
Linda Dellandre. North by northwest light - I like to set up still life there for natural light - I love my cutting and work table there also - it looks out onto a greenbelt where we have open backyards - so I can check up on the neighbors! And yes, I listen to CD’s on an old CD player!
Cynthie Hanks. I was instantly drawn into this scene and started painting it in my mind as I threw my camera up to my eye to grab the moment. Months later, when I finally got a chance to paint the scene, it almost painted itself. There were some changes to the composition that I didn’t see in the beginning but after they were made, I moved on to finish the painting.
Carolyn Hancock. The work end of my long, narrow studio with a wall of windows and 4' daylight overhead. Love the Huffy and its easy slide drawers, a place for all pastels and tools. When I frame or cut paper, everything goes into a drawer for a clean work surface. I got the easel in Japan 24 years ago. That and the ipad mount from caddiebuddy.com are my can't do withouts.
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Tom Beasley. Sunrise this morning. Our sunrises and sunsets on this old dry hill
where we live are stunning - New Mexico is renowned for theirs, but I think ours are pretty good. I could fill an album with photos.
Kathie Skelton. This is an underpainting of a work in progress, an oil painting on gator board with three layers of gesso. It will be a split image inside an old window sash, one more large and two small paintings to go. This barn was across the street from my daughter’s new house. It no longer exists. She wants images of her town before all the building and new growth taking place now. We will see how it turns out.
Kathie Skelton. This is my second wave painting from Jeanne Smith’s workshop in Austin. Learned so much. Of course, this is not finished. There will be more white foam and cohesion when I am finished. The reference was very gray and somber.
Tom Beasley. A very recent painting. We are under shelter-in-place orders, so I'm working some,
painting some and trying to catch up with folks. Tennessee calls it “Safer at Home.” Sounds a bit more comforting.
Kristina Tims. This is a painting I have been working on during this “Prefer to Play in Your Studio” time. (I like this personalized description instead of “Stay Home to be Safe”, or “Stay in Place”, or “Lock down”.) The title is A Good Afternoon. To me it epitomizes honored priorities...home, family...commitments and connections that give us comfort after a trying day or times of trials or celebrations....bonds developed through trust, time, and ultimately unfailing love. Precious lives are to be valued and nurtured.
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Linda Dellandre. Entering studio -it’s about a 13 x 15 space. Easel is for pastel studio work - not working on anything at the moment. Some copies of master’s work around the room for inspiration!
Ann Evers. I painted this as a 4x6 to give at our PSST Christmas party. I had a photo of it so desired to do a 9x12. First painting in a long while. Could be better.
Linda Dellandre. My 2 walls and shelves of drying oil paintings - mostly studies, plein air, or from photos. Old pastels in bins - mostly minis, I also have lots of real photos in containers.
Carolyn Hancock. I'm a portrait painter, but every so often a landscape demands equal time on the easel. I struggle with the greens, and that delicious streak of pink helped in When Green Is Pink
Cynthie Hanks. My studio is a converted back porch, narrow and long with 10 windows, 2 sets of French doors and 2 single doors. I love the space but would really love a closet to hide some of the things, however, I make do and am so thankful for what I do have. Every inch has a purpose! The two old stationary drafting tables we have had since college, and the retro table that supports my printer and laptop is from my mother-in-law’s storage from years past.
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all things pastel
MeetingsPSST Meetings begin with social time at 10:00, followed at 10:30 for news and program at Texas Art Supply, 2001 Montrose, Houston TX.
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exhibitionsArt of the Pastel is the signature exhibition of PSST. A national juried show, AOTP brings in artists throughout the U.S. in addition to PSST members. Also, PSST offers a gallery setting exhibition for its members in a non-juried Members Only exhibition. Paintings are judged for awards separately in professional, emerging, and student levels.
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awards 2019 ART OF THE PASTEL
Exhibited October 19 - November 16, 2019 at The Gallery at Round Top (Texas)
Juror of Awards Jeannette Cuevas
Juror of Awards Jeannette Cuevas
PSST 2019 in review
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