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President's Letter Show Winners Workshop Artist
Lucille Carter Paula Lawson Doug Dawson
upcoming events wins Best of to hold work-
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Next Meeting Date: Volume 41
SUNDAY Issue 1
March 13th, 2011 March 2011
Featured Demo Artist at March Meeting
Connie Erickson
W e are delighted to have one
of our very own members,
Connie Erickson, providing our
program for this month. We are
also very lucky to be able to have
someone with Connie's credentials
doing a portrait demonstration
for us! She began her professional
portrait painting career in 1987,
after a period of extensive study
with Daniel Greene and other
well known artists: David Leffel,
Gustav Rehberger, Harvey
Dinnerstein. She has since
continued her study with Richard
Whitney, Matt Smith, Joseph has exhibited in numerous juried paintings. Her portraits have
McGurl, Scott Christensen, and exhibitions and solo shows. She been in numerous exhibits and
others. She works in the classical has received many awards for her galleries in the mid-south region,
realist style in oil and pastel and portrait, still life, and landscape and been juried into Pastel
Continued on page 5.
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12TH ANNUAL ART IS AGELESS THE 18TH JURIED EXHIBITION
C. C. Young announces a call for art for the 12th Annual Art of the International Association of Pastel Societies will be
is Ageless Art Contest from artists age 55 and up. The contest open during the 2011 IAPS Convention in Albuquerque,
is open to the public. For complete details and entry deadline: New Mexico. Entry deadline is March 30, 2011. For more
214-841-2834 or www.ccyoung.org or ccy@ccyoung.org. information visit www.pastelinternational.com
PSSW OFFICERS
President Lucille Carter
artylucy@aol.com
President's Letter
Vice-President Marie Maines
m_maines@hotmail.com By Lucille Carter share it with all of your artist, and art-
appreciating friends. We are lucky to
H
Secretary Judy Kay Maddox i, again, pastel-loving guys and have Connie so close, and she has agreed
judykaymaddox@yahoo.com girls, ....OOPS, I mean men to be our Show Chairman for 2011.
and women. But aren't we artists
Treasurer Beth Shirley forever kids at heart? Hope you, like I, Also, on March 13th, in addition to
Pastel.artist@yahoo.com are really happy to have survived our bringing in a painting to compete in
Winter Snow-induced Hibernation, the Painting of the Month, please
Membership Beth Jones had a Happy Holiday and New Year, consider bringing in a framed piece
tayandcam@charter.net
and are psyched up to produce fabulous for our upcoming show in April at the
paintings (Snow Scenes?). We have an GOODRICH GALLERY, at First
National Show Chair Connie Erickson
c.art.erickson@gmail.com
exciting year ahead, and, as always, we United Methodist Church. The work
welcome your ideas and suggestions for will hang from the first Sunday in April
National Show Assistants
giving you what you desire from a Pastel through the last Sunday in April. You will
Linda Smith
Society. need to have some sort of label including
Janis Krendick your name, name of your painting, and
Some new additions to our Board either the sales price, allowing for 15%
Workshop Chair Robbie George include a new Web Master, Amie commission to the church, or NFS. We
georgert@att.net Vongduane, who, following a kind "fill are only able to hang this show every few
in" from Janis Krendick and spouse, has years, so go through your stacks of work
Workshop Asst April Bradshaw already "spiffed up" as well as updated ASAP. Janis will print the labels from
our web site at http://www.pssw.info/. your information, but we need them by
Newsletter Cesar Hernandez She will be working with our new the end of March. The church provides
cesar@cdesignsonline.com Newsletter Editor, Cesar Hernandez. an after service reception on the first
Thanks to this Dynamic Duo, you will Sunday, and PSSW has sold pieces in
Historian to be determined be able to get more information more past exhibits!
quickly. The newsletter, The Pasteller, will
Webmaster Amie Manivong now be available every month we meet, SOOOOO......To Prioritize,
arts@vongduane.com six issues per year, in an attachment to
our site. There will also be an effort to 1. Be Happy
Publicity Chair Carol Epler "wean" you from "snail mail" (printed 2. Paint
carol_e@grandecom.net copies), so please make sure we have 3. See you at the next meeting,
your correct e-mail addresses. If you do March 13th.
Hospitality Janna Hengy not have access to a computer or do not 4. Bring a Painting of the Month
jhengy1@hotmail.com have an e-mail address, we will need to 5. Bring a painting, or two or
Judy Gouge know, so that we can send out a limited three for the Goodrich Gallery
lg1213@aol.com number of hard copies. Show, or get it to us by the end
Brigitte Able of March.
jodelwolf@msn.com Immediate News: For our first meeting 6. Start painting for the 2011
of the new year, on March 13th, 2011, at 3 Annual Show AND, last, but
Telephone Committee p.m. at the Point, we are honored to have not least,
(Dallas) Mary Ann Whittle a demonstration by our very own pastel 7. Consider signing up for
mwart815@aol.com artist extraordinaire, Connie Erickson. Doug Dawson's workshop in
(FW) Donna Leeman Connie is a member of A Stroke of November. I know it's early, but
donnamlee@mindspring.com Genius, a very prestigious portrait he's great, so why wait!!!!
agency, and paints wonderful portraits
IAPS Ann Corrigan in oil and pastel. You will not want to See you soon,
decorrigan@aol.com miss this meeting, and you will want to Lucille
2 March 2011
2010 Members Only Show
Top
Winners Best of Show
Paula Lawson
Leaf 11
John Kirtz Judy McIntosh James Otto
Landscape Award Still Life/Floral Award Portrait/Figure Award
Taos Pueblo Window Vessels with Lace Head of a Young Girl
Awards of Merit
Marian Hirsch Dr. Samuel Harvey Linda K. Smith
Irrigation Workers Dude of the Desert Double Stroller
Marie Maines Michael Gillespie Judy McIntosh
Oxford Water School VII Day Dreaming Pears Still Life
March 2011 3
Master
Pastel Artist
Doug
Dawson
comes to Dallas
in November
W
e are very fortunate to be
able to bring Doug Dawson
to Texas for our November Public schools for 6 years. He has Artists, Kansas Pastel Society,
Workshop, and to jury our National taught art for Colorado Institute of Pastel Society of the Southwest,
Juried Show. He will be giving Art, Colorado Christian University, and the International Association
the demonstration on November and The Art Students League of of Pastel Societies. To honor his
6, 2011; and the workshop will Denver. He is a founding board achievements, he was given the title
be on the 7th, 8th, and 9th. All member for the The Art Students of Master Pastelist by the Pastel
events will take place at the Stacy's League of Denver, where he Society of America (NY, NY)
presently teaches a Plein Air class in 1985 and awarded the title of
and a Studio Landscape class. He Master Circle by the International
teaches 8 to 10 workshops around Association of Pastel Societies in
the country each year. 2005 (California).
Doug has received numerous
awards from a number of different
art organizations, including but
not limited to: The Pastel Society
of America, American Watercolor
Society, Knickerbocker Artists, The
Furniture Community Room in National Academy of Western Art,
Grapevine, TX. Doug is a nationally Southeastern Pastel Society, Pastel
and internationally known and Society of West Coast, Audubon
respected master pastel artist,
distinguished author and sought
after art instructor.
Give a warm Texas welcome to
D
oug Dawson was born in
Oak Park, Ill. He attended Doug and learn from a master!
Macalester College in St. Paul, Sign up before its too late! Contact
Minnesota and Drake University Robbie George at georgert@att.net
in Des Moines, Iowa. He taught
science and art for the Denver
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Connie Erickson Continued
woman that year to received an and Bach”, reproductions of which
award at the Award Ceremony at are being used worldwide to
the New York Athletic Club. In promote “peace through reverence
2004, she won a Certificate of for life”. Connie helped found
Merit in the Portrait Society of and was elected first president of
America Competition in Boston. The Chestnut Group: Plein Aire
In 2004 and 2009 , Connie Painters for the Land in Nashville
painted portraits of the President Tennessee. She is represented by
Generals of the Daughters of New Gallery Dallas.
American Revolution. Both hang
in Washington D.C.
CInstitute College of Art,
onnie has taught at Watkins
Society of America Exhibitions.
In 2008 she was elected signature Cheekwood Fine Arts Center in
member on the Pastel Society Nashville, gives workshops, and
of America . She was a finalist teaches privately. She is a former
in The Artist Magazine national President of the Nashville Artists
contest in the portrait division Guild. A member of the Portrait
in 1994, and won Honorable Society of America, The Pastel
Mention in the American Society Society of America, Pastel Society
of Portrait Artists competition of the Southwest, and The Outdoor
in 1996 in Montgomery AL. In Painters Society. Her work
June 2000, she won Honorable includes academic, corporation and
Mention in the American Society private commissions. Some of note
D
of Portrait Artists Festival at the are: Six portraits of the founders on't miss Connie's demonstra-
National Academy of Design and of the Grand Old Opry installed at tion at The Point, 3 pm, on the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Ryman Auditorium, five college Campus of C. C. Young, 847 West
New York City. She was the only presidents , and “Albert Schweitzer Lawther Drive, Dallas, TX 75214
More News
Due to construction, the entire
intersection at Northwest
Highway and W. Lawther is
closed—no turns allowed.
The only access to C. C. Young is via
Mockingbird Lane from the south.
March 2011 5
7801 Alma Drive
#105 – 186
Plano, TX 75025
2011 PSSW CALENDAR
NEXT MEETING SUNDAY
March 13th, 2011 3:00 PM March 13 Connie Erickson Portrait demonstration
April 10 Judy Pelt Landscape demonstration
Connie Erickson Demonstration May 15 Tony Saladino Critique
Summer Break
PASTEL SOCIETY OF THE
SOUTHWEST
September 11 PSA slide presentation/prize winners of 2010 show
October 9 Pernie Fallon Historical presentation/demo
MEETING LOCATION November 6 Doug Dawson Demonstration
Nov. 7-8-9 Doug Dawson Workshop
The Point Center For Arts
4847 West Lawther All meetings will be held at The Point except Nov 6. See page 4.
Dallas, Tx 75214
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