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 Monday, April 20, 2009
Congratulations to Flora Giffuni
Posted by anne
 This week, Floral Giffuni (pictured at left with Urania Christy Tarbet and myself at the 34th annual "Pastels Only" awards dinner in 2006) will receive the prestigious Salmagundi Medal of Honor in recognition of her tremendous achievements as an artist and arts supporter. As both the founder of the Pastel Society of America (PSA) and the patron of the Flora B. Giffuni Gallery for Pastels at the Butler Institute of American
Art, Giffuni has been a tireless champion for pastel. Explaining, in a June 2007 feature in The Pastel Journal, the motivation for creating a national pastel society back in 1972, Giffuni said: "I realized how few people knew or respected pastel. It became my life's mission to do something about correcting the problem." Claudia Seymour, President of the Salmagundi Club, will award the medal to Giffuni at the Club's President's Dinner on April 23rd. Rae Smith, President of PSA; Jimmy Wright, PSA treasurer; and O. Alden James, president of the National Arts
Club, will offer tributes.  Please join me in congratulating Ms. Giffuni on this tremendous honor. It is certain that the current positioning of pastel in today's art world would not look the same had it not been for her efforts. If you would like to write a note of congratulations, you can send it c/o the
Pastel Society of America, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003. Three Faces (pastel, 18x24) by Flora Giffuni
Overheard
Monday, April 20, 2009 7:31:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Shipping to Subscribers Next Week!
Posted by sarah
Features
One Still Life, Three Visions
By Anne Hevener
Explore the power of creative expression when three
painters—Leslie Lillien Levy, Claudia Seymour and Rainie
Crawford—paint from a single still life setup.
Bold Variations
By Sarah A. Strickley
In the first of our 10th Anniversary “Artist Interview Series”
installments, we chat with Jimmy Wright about his latest encounters
with the still mesmerizing sunflower.
Sacred Silence
By Deborah Secor
Elizabeth Mowry, the second painter in our “Artist Interview Series,”
talks about her current experience with pastels, landscape painting,
and how her creative goals have evolved.
Regal Resonance
By Ken Gofton
British artist and Royal Academician Anthony Eyton, who finds
inspiration in a variety of subjects, turns his artist’s eye to
everything from portraits, to botanical gardens, to abandoned power
plants.
The Pastel Royals
By Ken Gofton
Four members of Britain’s Royal Academy also share the distinction of
honorary status in the Pastel Society UK, making them the “crown
jewels” of England’s pastel scene.
Cosmos of Pattern
By Tamera Lenz Muente
Rick Stevens’ abstracted landscapes burst with colorful patterns that mimic the naturally occurring patterns of the land.
Columns
Art Matters
By Jessica Canterbury
Find out where pastels and pigs meet, celebrate Old Masters, and discover new online videos.
Pastel Pointers
By Richard McKinley
When a photograph must be your reference, use your tools to make sure it captures the live experience as much as possible.
Artist’s Viewpoint
By Margot Schulzke
When it comes to the use of black and white in painting, there are some gray areas.
Studio Smarts
By Deborah Secor
Discover a few illuminating tips for creating a well-lit studio.
Creative Spark
By Jimmy Wright
Sharpen your descriptive powers by returning to a subject you know for reinterpretation. To order your copy of the June 2009 issue of The Pastel Journal, click here.
Art Inspiration | Tips and Techniques | Tools and Materials
Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:09:17 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Art in Arizona
Posted by sarah
Shows and Events
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:50:57 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
A Pixar Artist Goes Plein Air
Posted by anne
 Bill Cone, a designer at Pixar Studios, has been supplementing his movie work over these last 13 years with pastel landscape painting (see Shadowed Face, at left). Now he's ready for the opening night of his first one-man show at the Studio Gallery in San Francisco. The show, built around Cone's four years of painting in the Sierra Nevada mountains, runs from April 15 through May 10. Visit the gallery website to find out more and to view a slide show of work from the show.  A show catalog, Light, Water & Granite, will be available at the gallery and through Cone's blog. Cone's work at Pixar was the subject of a feature that appeared in the March 2008 issue of The Artist's Magazine. To read more the road trip that helped inspire his work on the Pixar movie Cars, visit our website.
Art Inspiration | Shows and Events
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:25:11 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Highlights from the Pastel Show in Chicago
Posted by sarah
Art Inspiration | Shows and Events
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:46:06 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, April 06, 2009
Fun on a Monday
Posted by anne
 Yes, we may have outgrown Mr. Potato Head, but that doesn't mean we've lost our sense of play. If you're in need of some playtime, try an online version of the preschool game with just enough of an art connection to get some laughs. At MrPicassoHead.com, you can make a Picasso Head, instead of a Potato Head, and you can check out a gallery of work by other online players, too. Sure, it's nonsense, but who can't use five minutes of that on a Monday!
Art Inspiration
Monday, April 06, 2009 5:03:53 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
New York City Pastels in New Orleans
Posted by sarah
Despite the unfortunate (and irritating) use of the term, chalk pastel, to describe the medium used in this work, it looks like an interesting show. I like the idea of transporting one neighborhood (NYC's Chinatown) to another (New Orlean's Claude Artist District). It might just be the excuse I need to drive over to New Orleans next weekend and hit every gallery in sight. It's only a few hundred miles away, after all...
Click on the card to link to the gallery's site.
Shows and Events
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:06:09 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, March 30, 2009
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Posted by anne
 "It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent." —Vincent van Gogh
Today is the birthday of Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853). Many of the artist's famous musings, like the quote above, reflect on the importance of risk-taking in the making of art. The occasion of his birth seems a good day to pause and reflect: What risks have you taken to make a place for art in your life? What risks have you taken in your painting that have lead to significant artistic breakthroughs?
To submerge yourself in all things van Gogh, check out the Van Gogh Gallery website with a catalog of paintings, biography, letters, quotes, free downloads, an online shop and a community gallery where you can see a copy of Starry Night on the side of a horse! For a serious exploration, you can head over to the website for Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum.
Above: Cafe Terrace at Night (detail; 1888; 31.8x25.7, oil on canvas) by Vincent van Gogh
Art Inspiration
Monday, March 30, 2009 6:01:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Clean up Your Office with the PJ 2008 CD
Posted by sarah
 You know those reality television shows wherein a professional "organizer" comes into a catastrophically cluttered office and whips everything right into shape? I like to think of our CD compilations as just such a force. Box or bind your leaning stacks of print magazines and store digital versions right on your desktop for easy access. Our 2008 archives are now available on CD. That's nearly 500 pages of information, instruction and inspiration for pastel
artists on ehanced PDF files. Searchable, portable, printable! Visit the new North Light online shop for details.
Art Inspiration | Tips and Techniques
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:40:09 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Surrounded by Spring
Posted by anne
 Spring descended upon the Ohio Valley yesterday with temperatures in the mid-70s and sunny skies—and it was Sunday! My family celebrated with an outing to one of our favorite hiking spots, Glen Helen Nature Preserve, north of Cincinnati in the small town of Yellow Springs, where we took in the beautiful trees, early wildflowers and waterfalls. But alas, today is Monday and I'm not quite ready to let go of my springtime revelry. I did find one thing that is helping though: I just downloaded the new desktop wallpaper supplied by Pastel 100 award-winner Jerry Power. His sensational pastel landscape is called Springtime (above; 13x19), and you can get the same blooming scene on your desktop by clicking here. Other wallpaper choices include a pastel featuring lovely songbirds by artist Sandy Byers and another knock-out pastel portrait by David Wells—both artists are honorable mention award winners in the Pastel 100. To read more about the top Pastel 100 winners, read our online coverage here; or purchase the April issue, with complete coverage of all 100 winners, here.
Art Inspiration
Monday, March 23, 2009 6:57:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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