meetings and activities 2021
2021 meetings will be held via Zoom.
Members will receive an invitation link to the Zoom meeting via email the day before the meeting.
Members will receive an invitation link to the Zoom meeting via email the day before the meeting.
NOVEMBER 6 ~ Zoom meeting
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10:30 CST Business meeting
11:00 CST NANCIE KING MERTZ ~ Capture the Excitement of Cityscapes with Confidence An award-winning artist, Nancie has spent her lifetime painting in oil & pastel. Education: Univ of IL--BFA in Painting, where she was a James Scholar; Eastern IL Univ--MA in Painting, served as Instructor of Art 3 years; named 2009 Distinguished Alum of the Graduate School and 2016 Distinguished Alum of the University. She was awarded the Master Circle Medallion by the Int’l Assoc. of Pastel Societies in 2015, their Eminent Pastelist distinction in 2018 and won the IAPS Prix de Pastel Award in 2019. She is also a Master Signature member of the Pastel Society of America and the Chicago Pastel Painters, as well as a Signature Member of American Women Artists and Degas Pastel Society. Visit Nancie's website |
Nancie King Mertz en plein air painting
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Nancie King Mertz painting
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Nancie King Mertz painting
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OCTOBER 2 ~ Zoom meetingSPECIAL MEETING TIMES
1:45 CST Zoom online social time 2:00 CST Business meeting 2:30 CST AARON SCHUERR ~ A landscape artist whose heart is in the Outdoors We have a unique and exciting opportunity in October! Our demo artist, Aaron Schuerr, is participating in the Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational, and he proposes to set up on Laguna Beach in California and paint live from location. His demo and process includes choosing a spot and deciding on the composition; so for all our plein air, landscape, coastal seascape painters, and pastel painters in general, this is a chance to see a professional competition painter in action! Please join us. Aaron is a well known plein air and studio painter in both pastel and oil. The open air invites him to share the ineffable mystery of beauty he finds in his solitary endeavor. He is overwhelmed but cannot tear himself away, of struggling to absorb, comprehend, and understand the natural world. Aaron is a Signature member of the Pastel Society of America, a Signature Member of American Impressionist Society, and Signature member in other associations as well. He has garnered many top awards in the most prestigious exhibitions across the country. He describes himself as an artist, writer, actor, husband, and father of 3 wonderful boys. Aaron was recently featured on the Kelly Clarkson show. Visit Aaron's website |
Aaron Schuerr painting
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Aaron Schuerr en plein air painting
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Aaron Schuerr
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september 11 ~ ZOOM MEETING
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10:30 CST Business meeting Followed by
Online Members Show 2021 and Conversation with Awards Judge Nancy Nowak Please join us to view the 2021 Members show via Zoom with announcements of awards. Chair Carolina Dalmas and Co-Chairs Cynthie Hanks and Nell Bednarz will host the ceremony. We are pleased to announce that the judge of awards, IAPS Eminent pastel artist Nancy Nowak, will be joining us on the live zoom program. Nancy will comment on the award winning paintings and give her criteria on judging exhibitions. Nancy is a Signature Member of PSA, as well as the American Impressionist Society and the Eastern League of Professional Artists. She is on the Board of IAPS. Nancy has won numerous awards in The Pastel Journal’s Top 100. Please click to see Nancy’s excellent work on her website |
Painting by Nancy Nowak
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MAY 1 ~ Zoom meeting10:30 CST Business meeting
11:00 CST ENID WOOD - PanPastel Florals on Uart Dark Enid Wood, PSA, PSNM, IAPS-MC After many years of teaching violin, Texas Artist Enid Wood’s soft pastel paintings have won a multitude of local, national, and international awards. She has studied with many masters of the medium and joined Albert Handell’s mentorship Program in New Mexico. Enid's paintings usually begin with one color or an unexpected pair of colors. The rest of the painting takes shape from that beginning. For Enid, the vitality of each stroke evokes a mood, makes texture, and creates harmonies. Enid is a frequent contributor to the Pastel Journal magazine. Visit Enid's website. |
Enid Wood
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Enid Wood
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april 10 ~ ZOOM MEETING
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10:30 CST Business meeting followed by Program
11:00 CST DAWN EMERSON ~ The Choice is Yours This might be our most fun demo yet, since one of us will win the actual demo!!!!! Dawn has asked PSST to submit 3 images to her before the demo. She will decide which one to do during the demo, whichever way(s) she chooses. Dawn will explain why she chose that image, how she plans to approach it, and explain her options for choosing when to stop a painting. Members may submit one photo by March 23 to admin@pastelsocietyofsoutheasttexas.org. The image submitted must be an original photo taken by the member. The Board will vote on all submitted photos and select three; Dawn will choose the one she wishes to paint. The owner of the photo wins the demo! Please review Dawn’s website link below to familiarize yourself with Dawn’s art. Dawn Emerson grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, went to college at Brown University (English/Art 1977), and became an award winning book designer for an educational publisher before moving in 1987 to the high plateau desert of Central Oregon. The wide open space of the west, with all its inhabitants and unique topography encouraged new artistic expression. She also took workshops in pastel and fell in love with the medium. She began printmaking in 2008, and that led to incorporating mixed media in her work. Sharing those discoveries became the basis for her book “Pastel Innovations,” which was published 2017 and is now printed in 4 languages. "I’ve had 6 instructional dvds produced, and made a new video available on Vmeo titled “Breaking New Ground” that features new techniques about layering pastel with water mixable oil. My studio is my “Innovation Laboratory,” and I hope to inspire you to dance with your easel, play, and enjoy!" Visit Dawn's website. |
Dawn Emerson painting
Dawn Emerson
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march 4 ~ Zoom meetingSPECIAL DATE AND TIME
Thursday, March 4 12:30 PM CST Business meeting 1:00 PM CST DAKOTA PASTELS Live and In Person Warehouse Chat Finally, the answers to your super nitty-gritty questions about pastels! And paper, and anything about Dakota Pastels and their products you would like to know! Join us for a fun and informal session at Dakota Pastels as they zoom around the warehouse with live video and show you everything pastel. Hopefully, Craig the owner will be available to tell you a little bit about the company. Get ready with your questions for all things Pastel! Visit Dakota Pastels website. |
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FEBRUARY 6 ~ ZOOM MEETING
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10:30 CST Business meeting followed by Program
11:00 CST JEN EVENHUS - New Desert Palette - Exploring the Magic of the Desert Jen will be painting cacti and perhaps a bit of desert landscape using an unusual color palette, showing how to push your palette beyond local color. Should be fun! Jen Evenhus is a nationally recognized, award winning artist. Her bold use of color is what first attracts the eye. Jen discovers magic in her subjects with simplification and exaggeration, using her trademark style “the beauty of imperfection,” revealing the soul of the subject with a unique, bold sense of color and design. Her work is contemporary with abstract leanings, creating in both pastel and oils. Jennifer's work is often very abstract, using earthscapes (small areas of the landscape) as a starting point, she paints out most of the detail, leaving just enough for the viewer to journey into a new world. She has been published in magazines such as The Pastel Journal, American Artist Magazine, Pratique des Arts French Magazine, PSWC Magazine, and PSA Pastel-a-gram. She recently received Best of Show in the 2020 Northwest Pastel Society 34th Annual International Juried Exhibition held at the Prestigious American Art Company Gallery in Tacoma, WA., Honorable Mention in the 2020 IAPS Exhibit in Dunedin, FL and President's Award at the 2019 NPS 33rd International Juried Exhibit in Tacoma, WA. Jen is a Pastel Society of America Master Pastelist, International Association of Pastel Societies Master Circle Member, Northwest Pastel Society Distinguished Pastelist, and Pastel Society of the West Coast Signature Member. Jen is also a member of the American Impressionist Society. Visit Jen's website. |
Jen Evenhus painting
Jen Evenhus
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JANUARY 9 ~ Zoom meeting9:30 CST DEMO ~ CHRISTINE SWANN ~ A Live Zoom Demo sponsored by the Pastel Society of Central Florida
The Zoom will open at 9:15 a.m. CST. Christine is the host and needs to invite you on before she starts the demo, so please be prompt. The demo starts at 9:30. The demo is free to PSST members, but you MUST register by January 4, 2021. If you do not register you will not be able to view the demo. Email your name and email address to Linda Dellandre, dellandw@yahoo.com with the subject line "I want to attend Christine Swann demo!" That’s all you need to do. You will receive your zoom link the week of or day before the demo. 11:00 Business meeting All members will receive a separate zoom evite for PSST meeting which follows the demo. PSST President Sherry Killingsworth will be making announcements and sharing news at this time. Workshop ~ The Pastel Society of Central Florida has invited us to sign up for Christine Swann's one or two day workshop in February. Please check out this link for info: http://pastelsocietyofcentralflorida.com/workshops/christine-swann |
Christine Swann painting
"Christine’s use of light is breathtaking. Her artwork needs to be seen in person so you can appreciate the subtle shifts of color in her paintings as the day turns over into night. Her work captures moments, feelings. Her subjects are not mannequins; rather they are fluid and full of life. Christine captured a moment in time, which has already flown away. She has given me a treasure. I would not hesitate to recommend her work.” ...a client
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Christine Swann
Christine is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, and a member of the IAPS Masters’ Circle, a designation she received in only 6 years. Past President of the Pittsburgh Pastel Artists League and a Past President of the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, she is also a long-time member of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators and Portrait Society of America. She currently teaches the “Power of Pastel” Workshop to groups around the country. View Christine's website
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WORKSHOP CANCELLATION, REFUND AND WAITLIST POLICY. PSST understands that cancellations may be necessary and that duplicate registrations occur, and will accommodate members when possible. However, a $5.00 handling fee will be deducted from all refunds, for whatever reason.
If a mini-workshop can be filled from the wait list, registrant will receive a refund, less the $5 handling fee. If a mini-workshop cannot be filled from the wait list, registrant will forfeit the full workshop fee. Requests for cancellation, refund, and wait list must be made via email to Programs Chair, Linda Dellandre. |
Sally Hoyt, Program Co-Chair
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Linda Dellandre, Program Co-Chair
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