Purely Pastel Artists

Germaine, Anna, Kate and Joy at UVAA

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

CONGRATULATIONS GERMAINE!
Germaine's piece, Painted Hills, won the Jack Richardson Pastels Award at the Northern California Arts 2011 Bold Expressions Exhibit. The show is at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, up from October 4-29, 2011. Juror was Margot Schultzke, a pastel artist herself. Bold Expressions Gallery

Kate had three pieces juried into the Vistas and Vineyards plein air show at the La Salles Center on the OSU campus in Corvallis. It will be up through October 28th.

Gladys Bacon's work is regularly at the La Velle Vinyards Wine Bar in Eugene, OR

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

November, 2012 Jaqua Gallery, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

August 15 thru October 15, 2011
Pizza Research Institute, Blair Ave., Eugene OR.

May, 2011 Springfield Art Museum
Springfield, OR Purely Pastel Group Show

Gladys Bacon Rust, Germaine Hammon and Kate McGee had pieces in the juried Emerald Spring Exhibition 2011, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR

March thru April, 2011 Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Gallery II, Roseburg, OR

2010 Pastel Society of Oregon International
Gladys Bacon-Rust and Anna Horrigan won major awards, Kate McGee won a merit award, Joy Descoteaux and Germaine Hammon were also juried into the show. Umpqua Valley Art Center, Roseburg, OR

Nov-Dec, 2010 Eugene Public Library
Eugene, OR

June, 2010 Purely Pastel Artists' Premiere
Jaqua Gallery, Emerald Art Center
Springfield, OR

PURELY PASTEL ARTISTS

Purely Pastel Artists is a group of pastel painters from Western Oregon. We meet monthly for support, critiques, ideas, news of new materials, techniques, and to share experiences. We also have group shows several times a year.

Each artist works with a unique approach that complements the others'. Together, our work represents the broad spectrum of pastel effects and techniques; from the lively strokes of impressionism to the abstract layering of bold color blocks to the gentle blending and shading of near photographic realism. The subject matter varies also. Anna Horrigan often paints landscapes that record contemporary everyday life. Joy Descoteaux paints landscapes, still lifes and expressive portraits that come alive under her hands to tell their own stories. Gladys Bacon Rust creates impressionist still-lifes and landscapes with movement and nuance. Germaine Hammon paints color soaked landscapes, exploring the contours and rhythms of nature. Kate McGee paints plein air landscapes and abstracts, creating both real and imagined places. All of us enjoy the immediacy and tactile satisfaction of directly placing pigment on paper with our pastels.

PASTELS

Pastels are color sticks of pure pigment and clay that never fade. Pastel is applied to sanded paper with a degree of tooth, in layers, to create a great richness of color.