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  • 29 May 2012 9:23 PM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)
    Congrats to D.K Richardson, a finalist in the ARC Salon!

    The Foundation for the Art Renewal Center, ARC, supports traditional realism and technical mastery in the visual arts. Advisers and judges include professional classically trained artists, art historians and scholars, whose judgment is based on years of experience and research, with expertise and standards for reviewing and approving schools, artists, and ateliers that foster the classical tradition in art.
     
    With over 2100 entries this year, the competition was steeper then ever. Even with expanding the finalist cut off from 300 + images to over 500, ARC is still only including the top 24% of works submitted and almost all the works were good to great, so congratulations to all!
     
    The Foundation for the Art Renewal Center, a 501(c)3) is a private, not-for-profit educational foundation, with a mission. ARC was founded in 1999 to present responsible opposing views to the modernist art establishment. The ARC website, www.artrenewal.org has grown to 500,000,000 hits per year with 350,000 visitors each month and is a hub for artists, educators, gallery owners, curators and art lovers alike.

    Stay tuned for the final announcements of placements and categories. Once again, way to go, Debra!
  • 20 Apr 2012 5:41 PM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)
    Tomorrow, take a gorgeous spring drive out to see the Mike Etie Art Studio Show and Sale in Circle C Ranch.

    Saturday, April 21 from 3:00 to  8:00 p.m.
    5924 Rickerhill Lane • Austin, 78739 • 512-970-4550

    Everything in Mike's studio will be for sale...over 50 pieces, ranging from $50 to $2500.  Originals in pastel and oil, most are framed. There will be a selection of giclee prints, and Mike will be available to take custom orders, answer questions and talk about his art.
  • 09 Apr 2012 1:17 PM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)

    D.K. Richardson exhibits at the Milan Gallery in Ft. Worth in April and May. Both pastel and oil paintings will be available for sale.

    If you are in the area this coming week, be sure to stop in to see her paintings.
     
    Milan Gallery
    505 Houston Street
    Fort Worth, TX 76102

    817-338-4278

    To see more of Richardson's work, visit her website at dkrichardson-artist.com
     
    Sittin’ on the Fence, 40x24", is a recently completed pastel painting:

  • 28 Mar 2012 7:02 PM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)
    We are proud to announce that three Austin Pastel Society members placed in the Pastel Journal's notable and prestigious "Pastel 100" competition this year! Congratulations and kudos to  Rita Kirkman, Sonja Kever, and Enid Wood for their Honorable Mentions.





    Rita Kirkman's Bride's Maid" (8x6) sold to a collector in San Antonio in the fall of 2010. He saw it at a an art fair in Kerrville, TX when it was on hold for the Pastel Society of America show in the fall. He very patiently hoped and waited for it to come back from New York. It did, and he happily bought it!

    Bride's Maid has also placed First in Show at the Austin Pastel Society's 10th Annual Juried Exhibition in 2010, and Second Place in the Infinity Art Gallery online International Art Expo 2010.












    Enid Wood's Sunswept, (18x24") can be seen at Artworks, 1214 West 6th St in Austin, Texas, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Free parking is available.
  • 05 Dec 2011 4:09 PM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)
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    Cows, etc. -100 Miniature Portraits

    by APS member Rita Kirkman

    This wonderful new art book celebrates the beauty of the bovine and other animals, with 100 miniature pastel portraits reproduced in full color.

    Available at createspace.com
     
  • 24 Sep 2011 11:46 AM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)
    It has been a busy season for Enid Wood--painting, framing, and entering shows.

    She recently learned that two of her paintings will be shown in the Pastel Society of New Mexico 20th Annual National Painting Exhibition.

    The exhibit runs from November 4 to 27 at the Hispanic Arts Center at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque.


    Opening Reception:
    Friday, November 4, from 5-8 p.m.
    Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Closed Thanksgiving Day


    Enid's featured pastels are above, Last Waltz, and left, Spring Snowfall.

  • 23 Sep 2011 5:43 PM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)
    Congratulations to APS member, Enid Wood, who will have three paintings in the Pastel Society of the Southwest 2011 National Juried Exhibition. 

    Exhibit: November 1-28, 2011
    Location:
    Eisemann Center
    2351 Performance Dr,
    Richardson, TX 75082 

    The artists’ reception is Tuesday,
    November 15, 6-9:00 p.m. 

    To see more of Ms. Wood's work, you may visit her website.

    Pastels by Enid Wood: shown above, Celebration, below left, Leaning Aspen,
    below right, September Color.



  • 27 Aug 2011 6:49 PM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)

    We are pleased to announce that Enid Wood's painting, Meadow Trail, has been accepted into the Arkansas Pastel Society's Fourth National Exhibition.

    The show runs October 14, 2011 to January 14, 2012 at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies in Little Rock.

    To see more of Enid's work, please visit her website at:
    enidwood.com











    Meadow Trail
    , 12x9" pastel
  • 26 Aug 2011 1:16 PM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)


    APS member, Mary Beth Martin, received the Merit Award for Still Life's for Little Mexican Hats (shown left)...











    ...and Peoples Choice Award for
    Ponderin' CowPoke
    (right)
    at the annual Central Texas Pastel Society Show.

    The exhibition totals more than 70 pastel paintings and will be shown in the CAC’s Howard Gallery.

    NOW SHOWING

    Through Friday, October 21
    At The Cultural Activity Center,
    Howard Gallery
    Temple, TX

    Gallery Hours:
    Weekdays 8 am to 5 pm
    Saturdays Noon to 5 pm
    Info: 254-773-9926, visualarts@cacAARTS.org

    Driving:
    Take exit 303B from IH 35

    To see more of Mary Beth's work,
    visit her website at
    marybethmartin.com
  • 08 Aug 2011 2:39 AM | S'zanne Reynolds (Administrator)
    Jan Weaver's pastel, Watching, was accepted into the Pastel Society of America's 39th Annual Open Juried Exhibition for Pastels Only. Go Jan!!!
















    Show Dates:
    Sept. 6-Oct. 1, 2011
    National Arts Club of New York City


 
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