The pastels by Anna Wainright have awed me over and over again ever since I discovered this artist a couple of years ago. I featured one of her pieces in one of my first monthly round-ups and I remember having the dickens of a time choosing between three paintings! So I’m tickled pink that she’s here to tell
I first met Vianna Szabo at the 2013 International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Convention. I was doing short interviews and I asked her what got her into her studio everyday. (You can see her answer at the end of this post!) Since then I have been an admirer of her work and featured “Pause” in last May’s monthly
Bold colour. Confident strokes. Clear value pattern. Strong design. These are all phrases I would use when describing work by Jen Evenhus. And they are all things I admire and strive for in my own work. So you can imagine how pleased I was when she agreed to share one of her ideas about painting
30 paintings in 30 days – that’s quite the challenge. One artist who was successful in taking on the challenge recently is Takeyce Walter. I featured one of her lovely pieces in January’s monthly curation and it occurred to me that it would be fascinating to hear all about the process of creating 30 paintings in
I am delighted that Lyn Asselta has agreed to share some words with us about her process of finding views to paint among the most ordinary-seeming landscapes. I have to admit that when I first read what she wrote, I was so moved, I was brought to tears.
I’ve known about Rita Kirkman’s work for a few years now. I can’t remember when I first came across it but I do know she’s been an active blogger for some time. I featured one of Rita’s pieces in my monthly round-up (click here to see it) and finally met her at IAPS last year. It was
I have been following Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna ever since she burst onto the Pastel Society of America’s Facebook stage. I featured her painting, “Memories,” last March in my monthly curation of work seen that month, and so I was so pleased to hear it had won 3rd prize in the abstract/non objective category of the 17th
I met Ellen Eagle at the 2013 International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Convention where I bought her marvellous book, Pastel Painting Atelier (see link at the bottom of this post to purchase). I asked her to sign it and then had the gumption to ask her to do a short video interview with me.
Today, the 25th of October, is International Artists Day and in recognition of the day and to honour its mandate (“To celebrate the contribution all artists make to society by promoting and raising their credibility and visibility locally and around the world”), I invited Nigerian pastellist Damilola Opedun to join me as a guest on
For some time now, I have admired the work of Daggi Wallace. I featured one of her paintings in my October pastel choices. I knew Daggi did a lot of commissions and thought info on doing commissioned work would be a great topic for a blog. Happily, when I asked Daggi to write a guest blog, she
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