PPPS 2024 Juried Show Art
And the winners are:
With comments from our juror Diane Fechenbach!
Terry Ludwig Best in Show awarded to Beth Gramith for Pelican Pair
$250 + $250 Terry Ludwig gift
Wonderful placement of the subject, their heads are at the strong intersection of the thirds which strengthens the story and draws attention to their eyes. Nice use of complementary colors. Love the handling of the waves and water to make the foreground and background as interesting as the main subject.
1st Place awarded to Carey Pelto for Makin’ Waves
$150 + a Leder Easel + Pan Pastels
Wonderful handling of the figure. The pose is dynamic even though the figure is caught in mid-movement. Nice organizing the big shapes to draw the viewer into the painting and direct them around to finally end at the figure. Lovely use of a complementary color scheme to tie it all together.
2nd Place awarded to Patrick Kochanasz for Whale Hunt
$100 + 2 $50 Dakota gift certificates + Unison pastels
Great use of space and directional lines to tell this dynamic story. The mark making reinforces the energy by combining the choppy fury of the foreground water with the calm, negative flat shape of the background sky. While the palette is almost monochromatic, the touch of orange at the horizon is a lovely complementary touch.
Honorable Mention awarded to Jo Behrens for Flower on a Desert Dune
$50 Blick gift certificate
Beautiful mark making to convey interesting, subtle texture in the background and table. The glass vase of lovely. I really like the complementary color palette.
Honorable Mention awarded to Marcia Ballowe for Water Dance
$50 Blick gift certificate
Nice use of value and directional lines to move the viewer’s eye from the foreground to the background of the painting. The texture on the central waterfall is lovely.
Honorable Mention awarded to Katie Cassidy for Hydrangeas
$50 Blick gift certificate
Wonderful complementary color scheme. The clean, bright color notes enhance the freshness of the subject. Good use of edges from the harder marks on the central flowers to the lost edges in the background. Lovely mark making throughout.
Honorable Mention awarded to Katerina Kostin for June’s Wild Roses
2 packages of UArt paper
This painting gets its energy from the edges and values used to depict the texture of the flowers and leaves. Nice use of a subtle complementary color palette.
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About Our Juror
We are very excited to have Diane Fechenbach as our judge and juror for this show. Diane is a Colorado pastel and oil artist who has been interested in art since she was a child. Diane has earned many pastel awards including, Master Circle pastelist in IAPS, Signature membership in the Pastel Society of America, Master Signature member of the Pastel Society of Colorado. She has published in Pastel Journal several times, has been a guest pastelist in Gail Sibley’s How to Pastel, and is the author of Art Journey—A Celebration of Contemporary Art, published by FW Media in 2017. She has won numerous First Place awards awards for her paintings, including in the IAPS Juried Exhibition, PSC’s Mile High Show, Pastel Society of the Southwest, as well as others. View her work at www.lightnshadowstudio.com.