BRATTLEBORO-Vermont Pastel Society (VPS) has announced the winners of this year's juried member show.
After an initial jurying process led by Margaret Dyer and Dawn Emerson determined the 23 pastels in this year's show, nationally recognized pastelist Liz Haywood-Sullivan selected the winners.
Best in Show went to Katrina Thorstensen's "Coastal Overlook," described by the judge as "wonderfully evocative of a foggy coastline."
Second place went to Chris Reid's "On the Rocks III," a "lovely observation of color on snow with confident mark making," according to the judge.
Third place went to Marianne Nealy's "The Slang, N. Ferrisburg." "Greens are hard to do, but this artist handles them well by utilizing bits of warm color. The bold energetic strokes and competent value work gives this painting great dimensionality," according to the judge.
"Big Red" by Laura Winn Kane is a "masterful rendering of metal and glass," said the judge in giving this painting fourth place.
"Slices of Sunshine" by Jocelyn Randles took fifth place. According to the judge, Randles made "good use of underpainting to support the top layers of pastel. It also made nice use of aerial perspective principles to create believable atmosphere and distance."
These paintings and others in the contest will be on display at Vermont Artisan Designs, 106 Main St., through Nov. 22. Call 802-257-7044 or email vtartisan2@gmail.com for more information.
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