Join me at Pastel Live to Unveil the Beauty of Pastels!  In preparation for this year's Pastel Live, I've crafted an educational demonstration that highlights the remarkable qualities of the pastel medium. This year, I decided to focus on how to work with pastel from an oil painting, showcasing the intense colors and unique beauty that pastels offer. In my demonstration, I explore how the vivid colors of pastels, particularly yellows and reds, can be enhanced with a mixture of hues to produce a dynamic mauve. Additionally, I delve into the interplay of colors in different lighting conditions. You'll see how vibrant pastel colors appear opaque in sunlight, while the shadows are slightly darker and more transparent, creating a striking contrast. Join me at Pastel Live to discover the intense and captivating world of pastels, and to learn techniques that will enrich your artistic journey.    Use code HANDELL to get 10% OFF  your ticket at https://store.streamlinepublishing.com/products/2024-pastel-live       This event takes place September 18-20, 2024,  with an Essential Techniques Day on September 17.

My Pastel for Pastel Live  I decided that my pastel demonstration for this year's Pastel Live be primarily educational. I also decided I wanted to demonstrate how to work with Pastel from an oil painting and show the intense colors and beauty of the pastel medium.

Usually one paints an oil from a pastel as if the oil was more important than Pastel. This is in reverse....(I don't believe I emphasized that in the video).

I wanted to show how intense pastel colors, yellow and red, can be complemented with a mixture of colors that ends up with a vibrating mauve.....

I also wanted to show how vibrant pastel colors, again yellow and red, look opaque in sunshine, and how the shadows are slightly darker and more transparent and show the contrast of the two areas.

Art in the Park in Corrales, New Mexico is back! The Corrales Society of Artists is hosting this year's events at La Entrada Park in conjunction with the Galloping Goats Public Art Project on Saturdays July 13th and October 12th from 9 am to 3 pm. The undecorated goats will be on display in July and the finished decorated goats in October. Support local artists!

https://www.corrales-nm.org/parksrec/page/art-park-0

PAPNM Members: if you are participating, write to karen.halbert@gmail.com

From Carla: "Please come visit me in my tent. 

I am offering a specially priced selection of fine art paintings!"

https://www.carlaforrest.com/event/206368/art-in-the-park-2024

Interview with PAPNM Member, Barbara Mulleneaux.

"We were lucky to catch up with Barbara Mulleneaux recently and have shared our conversation..."

Click here.

Click on link to the article:

 https://www.outdoorpainter.com/paint-new-mexico-awards-announced/

You may also see the paintings here on our website:

PAINT NEW MEXICO AWARD WINNERS 2024

Congratulations to the PAPNM members in the show: Janet Atmann, Tobi Clement, Marilyn Drake, Charles Edmonson, Kathrine Irish, Maryann McGraw, Lee McVey, Paul Murray, Nancy Silvia, Janice St. Marie, Betty Tichich, Marilyn Wightman.

Show Catalog

It is with great pride that the Pastel Society of New Mexico (PSNM) is exhibiting 59 paintings by Signature Members and Distinguished Pastelists at the Millicent Rogers Museum and simultaneously in a Virtual Online Interactive Gallery on the PSNM website. It is wonderful that an exhibition can be seen digitally around the world while also being displayed in such a beautiful museum. This non-juried show presents work by talented PSNM artists who have consistently achieved entry into PSNM’s juried exhibitions. 

Two Pears, 20x16

1-person show by new PAPNM memer, Nancy Bea Miller. is on display in Philadelphia until June 30. Congratulations.

Nourish

Nourish is a one-person art exhibition showing the work of Philly artist Nancy Bea Miller. The forty-five paintings on display show a caring sensitivity to the world around us, what feeds and nourishes both our souls and our bodies, and what in turn feeds and replenishes the earth. Engaging paintings of animals, landscapes, fruits, vegetables and other food items like butter fill the cozy historic gallery built in the 1740's.

The gallery is family friendly and open to the public. Located in Old City Philadelphia, it's two doors down from the Betsy Ross House and one block from Elfreth's Alley. Walk-in visitors are always warmly welcome! Gallery Hours are 12-5 Wednesday through Sunday

Nancy Bea Miller received her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2014. Her work has been shown widely, including solo and group exhibitions in Pennsylvania, Maine, Colorado,Tennessee, France and Italy. She teaches painting and drawing at various colleges and art centers in the Philadelphia area including Montgomery County Community College, the Main Line Art Center and Harcum College. 

Miller’s work has received numerous honors including: Best of Show, Art of the Flower, Philadelphia Sketch Club; the Faculty Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Best Transparent Watercolor, Philadelphia Sketch Club; the Art & Change Grant, Leeway Foundation; the Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts; the Valerie Lamb Smith Artist Residency; and the Francis Speight Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, Manayunk Foundation for the Arts.

June 7-28th, 2024

F.A.N. Gallery

221 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

215-922-5155

fan@thefangallery.com

https://www.thefangallery.com/

View the entire show here:

https://www.thefangallery.com/artistsxxxoldest/nancy-bea-miller/

Website:

http://www.nancybeamiller.com/

Social Media: 

Instagram

Art History Blog:

https://womenintheactofpainting.blogspot.com/

 

Each month all the entries are reviewed and scored by our judges, and the paintings with the highest scores become the Top 100 Finalists. The awards for the monthly competition are selected from this group of finalist.

May 2024 Competition:

The judge for the May 2024 PleinAir® Salon Art Competition was award-winning artist, D. Eleinne Basa.

PAPNM Artist Paintings in the Top 100 Finalists: Jane Hunt, Natasha Isenhour. View all Top 100 Finalist Paintings here. 

"Dancing Boy #1" by Gwen Ethelbh, accepted into the "Body Language" show at the NM Art League.

Opening reception: August 3, Saturday, 4-6 pm at 3409 Juan Tabo Boulevard NE, Albuquerque.

From Gwen: ?I'll also be part of the Turquoise Trail Studio Tour the last two weekends in September.

#33, 22 Reubens Road, just off Frost Road & NM 14."

From the Karen Wray Gallery:

"Please join us for our Spring 2024 Group Art Exhibition! Opening night is Thursday, May 30 from 4:30-6:30pm.

We have two new artists in the gallery, Tom Blazier and Karen Halbert, and would love for you to see their beautiful work, and the work of all our artists!

Stop by for the Opening, then have a lovely dinner at one of Los Alamos's restaurants for an evening out!

The Karen Wray Gallery is located at 1247 Central Ave. Suite D-2 in Los Alamos. We're open Mon-Fri 11-4 and Sat 1-4.

www.karenwrayfineart.com "

View paintings by Tom Blazier, Karen Halbert, Richard Prather and Jaye Buros (new PAPNM member) in this group show.

INTERVIEW WITH LIVING MASTER

ALBERT HANDELL

Pastel World Article by Tai Meng Lim:

Could you kindly provide us with a concise overview of your background as a pastel artist and mentor?

I studied drawing at the Art Students League of New York on Saturdays when I was 16 and when I was 20 (1957) I started working there daily with Oils.
In 1966, out of curiosity, I decided to experiment with pastels and found them wonderful. I was like a fish going into water. My exhibition at the ACA gallery in New York City that September (1966) had a large room for my oils and a smaller room for my pastels. Pastel at that time was considered a secondary medium and yet I preferred the pastel.

The editor of Watson Guptill Art Book Publications came to the show and was very impressed and asked me to be part of the re-editing of their book (Pastel Painting Step by Step by Elinore Lathrop Sears). The book came out in 1968 and I became very well known for my pastels and was asked to judge the first exhibition of the Pastel Society of America in 1972. I continued working with pastel in the studio with portraits and nudes. 

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Read More (scroll down):   Pastel_World_5th_ALBERT_HANDEL.pdf,

Albert Handell, PAPNM Master Signature Member

https://www.alberthandellstudio.com/