Annual Member Show
Open to all members working in pastel. This year we hosted the23rd Annual Member Show
at Gallery 53 in Meriden, CT, from March 7 - March 28, 2009.
2008 CPS Member Show Award Winners
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or to view a slide show of the award winners
CPS Best in Show
#30 Roger Salisbury: "Morning Snow,Taos"
CPS Award of Excellence Award
#38 Suzanne Siegel: "Two Shacks, Stonington"
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CPS Honor Award
#7 Steve Linde: "New Snow at Old Sturbridge"
CPS Honor Award
#101 Peter Seltzer: "Artifacts"
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CPS Honor Award
#95 Mee Sang Skrajnowski: "Breakfast in the Diner"
CPS Award
#10 Lynne Savini: "Stony Meadow Creek"
CPS Award
#8 Alain Picard: "Captivating"
CPS Award
#15 Mary Lang Killilea: "Montana Breeze"
CPS Award
#9 Jean Dalton: "Divertissment"
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Pastel Society of America Award
#94 Shauna Shane: "Three"
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CPS Merit Award
#88 Rainie Crawford: "French Teapot"
CPS Merit Award
#65 Pamela Reese: "Contemplating Mancini"
CPS Honorable Mention Award
#60 Robert K. Carsten: "Tool Tub, Double Duty"
CPS Honorable Mention Award
#59 Barbara S. Groff: "Earth, Sea, Sky"
CPS Honorable Mention Award
#18 Jane McGraw-Teubner: "Pacifica"
CPS Honorable Mention Award
#13 Christine Vitarello: "Martha's Vineyard"
Frank Federico Workshop Award
#32 Rhoda Yanow: "Jerusalem Market"
Laurel Crest Pastel Palette Award
#90 Christine Ivers: "Opening Night"
Guerilla Pochade Box Award
#68 Gigi Horr Liverant: "Kansas Stormfront"
Jerry's Artarama Nupastel Award
#62 Sylvie Cabal: "The Pastel Painter's Palette"
Diane Townsend Pastel Award
#97 Joe Baker: "Sunset Sentinel"
Wholesale Framing Gift Award
#75 Nancy Bauer Howell: "Evening Tree"
Jerry's Artarama Rembrandt Pastels Award
#87 Lynda Regina: "Pergola-Anacapri"
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Jerry's Artarama Rembrandt Pastels Award
#44 S. Fielding-Gunn: "Still Protected"
A. I. Friedman Award
#46 Deborah Crossman: "Little Love"
Remarks by the Awards Judge:
My first impression of a painting sets the stage. Does it work coherently? The workable elements I look for are: composition/design, subject matter, color/value contrasts, light condition, structure/volume, aerial/linear perspective, proportion, emotional presence, pastel skill level, framing/presentation, and sometimes I experience that indefinable essence that grabs you without explanation. How these visual, technical and emotional elements come together in forming the painting is my judging criterion. I have difficult, but exciting, decisions to make in determining those who have done the better job. Artistic experience and openness to the varied talents in this member show have helped me make the deserved choices.