CLWAC Medal of Honor

I am honored to announce that my colored pencil drawing, Spring has received the Medal of Honor for Pastel/Graphics/Mixed Media at the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 118th Annual Open Juried Exhibition. View the exhibition online here: http://www.clwac.org/

AAPL Award

I'm thrilled to announce that my colored pencil drawing, On a Crisp Day, has received a Blick Art Materials Award at The American Artists Professional League 86th Grand National Exhibit. See all of the award winners here: http://www.americanartistsprofessionalleague.org/online_86_winners.htm#gallery

BoldBrush Painting Competition Award

I just found out that my colored pencil drawing, Brian, has been award 3rd Place in the September BoldBrush Painting Competition! See all of the award winners here: http://faso.com/boldbrush/winners/148

CPSA Award

I am so thrilled to announce that my colored pencil portrait, Elise has won an Award for Outstanding Recognition at the 22nd Annual CPSA International Exhibition! I just returned from the exhibition in Ormond Beach, FL, and I was really blown away by the artwork on display. The show continues through August 25th at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens.

CLWAC Award

I am excited to announce that my colored pencil piece Quiet Moment shown above has won Second Place for Graphics or Mixed Media at this year's Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Member's Show!

"Director's Choice" in FA Fine Art Portrait Show

I am so honored that my piece Next has been amongst those portraits selected for "Director's Choice" at the Francesca Anderson Fine Art 29th Annual Portrait Show! See all of the selected portraits here: http://www.portraitsnorth.com/current_show.html

Award at WHMA Members Exhibition

I am so thrilled that my colored pencil drawing Elise was announced the Winner of the Edith Burger Award for Artistic Excellence at last night's reception for the Whistler House Museum of Art Members Exhibition! Above is a photo of me by the piece, as well as my wonderful model, my sister, Elise.

I also had an oil painting accepted into the exhibit, Father and Son, pictured above with my other two wonderful models, my husband and son. 

The show is full of amazing artwork in a variety of media, and well worth the visit. I also recommend checking out the rest of the museum. For more information, see http://www.whistlerhouse.org/

Honorable Mention at CSOPA Exhibition

I attended the reception for the CSOPA Faces of Winter Exhibition on Friday, and the portraits on display were really amazing. I am thrilled that my portrait Danny was selected to be a part of the exhibit, and also to have been awarded honorable mention. I was especially excited to see one of Daniel Greene's paintings on display in addition to the portraits selected for the exhibit. The exhibition continues through February 24th at the UConn Stamford Art Gallery (see http://csopa.homestead.com/Faces-of-Winter-2012.html for more information).

Whistler Award

I attended the reception for the Whistler House Museum of Art Members Exhibition yesterday, and found out that my portrait of Nick won the Whistler Award! Above is a photo of me with my piece. The other award winners were truly amazing. The show goes on until December 30th. For more information, see www.whistlerhouse.org.

SCNY Award

I recently found out that my colored pencil piece, Smile, received a Certificate of Merit at the Salmagundi Club Annual Non-Members Painting and Sculpture Exhibition. There were over 500 images submitted to the exhibition, and about 100 pieces accepted, including paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, pastel, and colored pencil, as well as various sculptures.

Next Wins Award!

I am really excited to announce that Next, shown above, has won the Vera Sickinger Award at the American Artists Professional League 82nd Grand National Exhibition. The exhibit of painting, graphics, and sculpture at the Salmagundi Club in NYC continues through November 12th.

CPSA Award Winners Announced

The Colored Pencil Society of America's 18th Annual International Exhibition Award Winners have been posted, and I am thrilled to announced that my piece Quiet Moment has received an Award for Excellence! I wish I could have attended the convention this year in Los Gatos, CA, but I hope to be able to attend next year's in Dallas...

Exhibition Winners

The winners of the Whistler House Museum of Art Members Only Exhibit have been announced, and I am very excited to have won second place! See the award winning pieces here:

http://www.whistlerhouse.org/blog/?p=121

The exhibition continues until December 31st; see www.whistlerhouse.org for more details.

Amira wins award

I was recently notified that my painting Amira, shown above, has won the President's Award for oil and acrylic paintings at the American Artists Professional League 81st Grand National Exhibition. The show runs through Friday, November 13th at the Salmagundi Club in NYC, and includes various works in oil, acrylic, watermedia, pastel, graphic and sculpture in the style of traditional realism.

CPSA 17th Annual International Exhibition

This past weekend I attended the Awards Banquet and Artists' Reception in Duluth, GA for the Colored Pencil Society of America's 17th Annual International Exhibition. I really enjoyed the opportunity to meet some of the artists and see the work in person; all of the work exhibited was of such high quality. Above is a snapshot of me by my piece in the gallery.

I was also tremendously honored to receive an Award for Oustanding Achievement. The Award Winners are posted to the CPSA website: http://cpsa.org/GALLERY/WINNERS2009/AG2009.html

People's Choice Award

I just found out that "Coming Clean", above, won the People's Choice Award at the CPSA Chapter 112 "H2O" Exhibition. I'm so honored that people chose my piece as their favorite!

This piece will also be in the upcoming American Juried Art Salon Fall-Winter Exhibition, which is scheduled to open online at www.artjury.com on December 12th.

National Drawing Show

I recently found out that A New Day, shown above, was juried into and received an Award of Merit for the South Shore Art Center's National Drawing Show! I brought the piece to the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, MA this past Saturday, and it is a beautiful wide-open space for displaying art. The exhibit takes place from November 7th through December 31st. More information about this and other upcoming exhibits can be found on my Events page.

Brillante Weblog Award

I just found out that Dee Overly has presented my blog with the “Brillante Weblog” award! This award is a way to identify favorite blogs, similar to the Arte y Pico award, which I wrote about here. Since I recently identified some of my favorite blogs with the Arte y Pico, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dee, and also to recommend reading Dee’s Art Journal and viewing her amazing colored pencil gallery (be sure to check out Raindrops – it’s one my favorites!)