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Pastels Chicago 2021 EIGHTH BIENNIAL NATIONAL JURIED OPEN EXHIBITION
Pastels chicago
2021
EIGHTH BIENNIAL NATIONAL JURIED OPEN EXHIBITION
October 4 — November 11, 2021
RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY
OCTOBER 10
Hosted by: McCORD GALLERY
9602 W. Creek Road, Palos Park, IL 60464
708.671.0648 • office@mccordgallery.org
For more information:
www.ChicagoPastelPainters.org
CHICAGO
COVER IMAGE: PASTEL
William W. Schneider,
CPP-M, IAPS-MC
PAINTERS
Waiting for the Sundance Kid chicagopastelpainters.org
Soft Pastel A society of professional artists dedicated to the promotion and
20 x 16”
exhibition of the medium of pastel in the Chicagoland area.
CATALOG DESIGN:
Dotty Carringi www.ChicagoPastelPainters.org
ABOUT THE SHOW CPP 2021 NATIONAL
SHOW AWARD
With great pleasure, the Chicago Pastel Painters presents its Eighth Chicago Pastel
Biennial National Open Juried Exhibition, which received 188 entries
SPONSORS
Painters Officers &
from 71 artists from across the US. We are extremely happy to be able
AirFloat Systems, Inc Committee Chairs
to have our national exhibition hanging on real walls—real paintings in
the presence of real-life fellow artists. BOARD
Ampersand Art Supply
Every two years, we exhibit somewhere in the Chicagoland area up to PRESIDENT
100 pastel paintings from around the country. This year we are very
Armadillo Art & Craft (Art Tatijana Jacenkiw, CPP-M
pleased to have the opportunity to return to the McCord Gallery and Spectrum)
VICE-PRESIDENT
Cultural Center to exhibit in their beautiful venue. We applaud Linda Art de Triumph & UART Brian Sauerland, CPP-M
Buchanan and the rest of staff for working with us to bring this exhibition
and supporting events to the public. Blick Art Materials SECRETARY
We appreciate the generosity of our sponsors and donors, whose Evelyn Brody, CPP-M
Chartpak
contributions and support of our society and this exhibition make possible TREASURER
more than $3200 in cash and $4500 in merchandise awards. Dakota Pastels Arlene Tarpey, CPP
We give special thanks to our juror and judge, as their job is not an easy EXHIBITIONS
Diane Townsend
one. Our juror of selections, Yael Maimon, had the task of selecting the
Mike Barret Kolasinski,
accepted paintings from the digital entries, choosing 75 pieces from 50 Great American
pastelists. A mountain of thanks also goes to Colette Odya Smith for CPP-M
ART WORKS
taking on the tough task of awarding this show. PUBLICATIONS
We thank the CPP Board, members and volunteers for their time and Hahnemuhle USA Dotty Carringi, CPP-M
energy spent to make this show a reality. And thanks to the public for WEBSITE
Heilman Designs
your appreciation of our work. It continues to motivate us to excel. Randy Karey
Most of all, we thank all the pastel painters—past, present and future H.K. Holbein
PUBLIC RELATIONS
participants of our exhibitions—for your dedication to this medium and for
Jack Richeson & Co. Nancie King Mertz, CPP-M
sharing your personal visions and interpretations of the world around us.
You are our inspiration! Method Lights VOLUNTEERS
Pastel—a wondrous medium, just a step away from pure pigment with MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
PanPastel
just enough binder to hold it in stick form—serves as the foundation for Ellyn Lanz
the exceptional works of art that make up this exhibition. Pastel Journal NEWSLETTER
This is a unique opportunity for the ardent pastel artist to see the work of Mary Ann Trzyna, CPP
other pastelists up close and personal, to get lost in the layers and study Royal Talens (Rembrandt)
Stephanie Welter
the strokes of color. For artists who work in other mediums and to the art- Savoir-Faire (Sennelier) Barbara Moline
loving public, we invite you to step into our world.
Speedball Art Products PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Jessica Fine, CPP-M
Terry Ludwig Pastels
CPP PRESIDENT EXHIBITION CHAIR
Tatijana Jacenkiw, CPP-M Mike Barret Kolasinski, CPP-M
JUDGE OF AWARDS
Colette Odya Smith, PSA
For over 25 years, Colette Odya Smith has
pursued her love of pastels, refining her skills
Thoughts on the and being increasingly engaged in the artistic
Selection Process community. Known primarily for contemporary
landscapes that are a fusion of realism and ab-
By Yael Maimon straction, she has developed working methods
I was overwhelmed by many entries. So that affirm the expressive range of this versatile
narrowing down the number into just medium. Most often her paintings feature water,
75 paintings was bitter sweet, and very rocks, and foliage and are usually created with pastels over a watercolor
challenging. I made my selections in multiple underpainting. In doing this she is charmed to be using the same elements
rounds of viewing the entries. Basically, those of dust and water that inspire her to paint. Whether painting, teaching,
paintings that I found to be unique or grabbed judging, or writing, Smith feels blessed to be an artist and to be able to do
this work she loves.
my attention longer than other made the cuts.
www.coletteodyasmith.com
I looked for creative interpretation of the
subject/concept as well as technical skills.
I felt some paintings tell a story in a powerful
way. Others took me into a different time and Comments on
space. It was also important for me to sense Judging the Exhibit
the artist’s inner interest and excitement
By Colette Odya Smith
about the subject.
Judging this exhibition was a pleasure, not least of all, because
I was able to experience the paintings in person to enjoy the full
impact of their scale, texture and physical presence. The range
of subject matter and stylistic pastel handling allowed each
JUROR OF SELECTIONS
piece to stand on its own while contributing to an entire show in
Yael Maimon which all the works clearly deserved to be included. There were
Yael Maimon is best known for her Cats no losers here! Although there are always multiple pieces in
painting series. For her, it’s both fun and any subject category, what struck me most was the individuality
a challenge trying to capture their facial of each painting. I felt some degree of the character and intent
expressions, gestures and body language of each artist coming through their work, and that is something
on canvas or paper. She enjoys painting I prize highly. Another thing I noticed was that the impact of
in a variety of media including oil, pastel, a piece was not necessarily directly related to the size of the
acrylic, watercolor and mixed media. She work. There can be many reasons for choosing the size of a
likes “playing” with the colors and constantly
painting, including the cost of shipping to a show. Here we
experimenting. In her work process there’s always room for improvisation
see several of the smallest pieces packing a lot of punch. The
and spontaneity. Although grounded in realism, Maimon’s paintings
are often impressionist in nature. Her artwork was featured in collective Chicago Pastel Painters are to be congratulated on the staging
art exhibitions in Israel, gained international recognition and has been and sensitive hanging of this exhibition. We could all do well to
bought by private collectors. study these paintings not only to purely enjoy them, but also to
learn much about the many ways pastel can express so much.
www.yaelmaimon.com
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
DONNA BRANSON
Chandler, AZ
Gold Valley Hacienda
12 x 16 $1000 CATHERINE A BUSS
Sugar Grove, IL
Quarentime
11 x 13 $765
DARLENE BIGUS-DOHENY
New Orleans, LA
Amber Puzzling Pieces EVELYN BRODY
12 x 9 $500 Chicago, IL
Loop Bound
27 x 16 $2000
EVELYN BRODY
Chicago, IL
DARLENE BOCK Breathless
Lindenhurst, IL 24 x 18 $4000 LINDA BROWN CATHERINE A BUSS
Day Is Done Rocky River, OH Sugar Grove, IL
12 x 18 $495 Footsteps 17 Song of Canadaigua
19.5 x 25.5 $3500 11.5 x 8.5 $560
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
AUDREY DULMES
Fox Point, WI
VINCENT CHIARAMONTE Orange Sky
Cortland, IL 6 x 6 $400
Twilight
22 x 18 $2400
CPP Best of Show
KEITH DEMANCHE TED FUKA
Rochester, NH Mokena, IL
Dahlia Heat Map Bluebell Zone
10 x 10 $675 8 x 10 $600
JESSICA FINE
Chicago, IL
Vintage
MARY ANN DAVIS 9 x 14 $800
Indianapolis, IN
Summer Color KEITH DEMANCHE TED FUKA
14 x 14 $995 Rochester, NH Mokena, IL
Night Moves Cloudburst
12 x 18 $875 9 x 12 $750
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
TATIJANA JACENKIW
Glenview, IL
Good Read
8 x 10 $600
RITA KIRKMAN
KUHN HONG New Braunfels, TX
Chicago, IL Persephone
Chicago River MIKE BARRET KOLASINSKI
8 x 6 $1150 Chicago, IL
24 x 18 $1000
Marsh Madness
16 x 12 $800
MIKE BARRET KOLASINSKI
SUSAN FRANCES Chicago, IL
TATIJANA JACENKIW Whipped Cream Sunday
Glenview, IL JOHNSON MIKE BARRET KOLASINSKI
Richton Park, IL Chicago, IL 12 x 16 $800
Muses Muse
12 x 12 $1500 On The Edge Spot On
11.75 x 7.75 $795 20 x 16 $1200
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
MARGARET LARLHAM
San Diego, CA
ELLYN E LANZ Lemon Truck
Glencoe, IL 12 x 16 $1800
SUSAN KUZNITSKY Twilight Glory
Portland, OR 9.5 x 14 $600
River Boat Tour
8 x 16 $950
SUSAN KUZNITSKY
Portland, OR
A Quiet Moment
12 x 9 $750
ELLYN E LANZ
Glencoe, IL JEAN LEWIS
Pot of Gold Glenwood, IL
12 x 16 $600 Generation Love
SUSAN KUZNITSKY MARGARET LARLHAM 22.5 x 16.5 $1500
Portland, OR San Diego, CA
Red Door Cactus Bloom
10 x 10 $750 18 x 12 $1500
Pastel Societies Award
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
CHARLENE MOY
Chicago, IL
Bounty
12 x 16 $475
CAROL A MELNYK
Indian Head Park, IL NANCIE KING MERTZ
Arches and Beyond Rockford, IL
14 x 11 $750 Let’s Go
13.75 x 9 $920
SHARON B MATISOFF
Frankfort, KY
Portrait of Aaron
20 x 16 $750
NANCIE KING MERTZ
Rockford, IL DIANA MITCHELL
Grand View Wheaton, IL
15 x 18 $1750 Maine Surf KATHLEEN NEWMAN
11 x 14 $450 Chicago, IL
Special Delivery
12 x 9 $950
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
MARY ANN PALS
JOHN M NICHOLAS Chesterton, IN
River Forest, IL Woodland Textures
Autumn Snow at Notchtop 11 x 14 $650 JOHN PLISHKA
Mountain Lindenhurst, IL
18 x 24 $1000 Bugging Old Tree Man
BOB PALMERTON 8 x 10 $900
Saline, MI
Winter’s Breath
27 x 21 $1800
MARY ANN PALS ANDREA PEJEAU
Chesterton, IN Hilton Head Island, SC
Trailside Treasure First Steps
MARYANN NOWAK 11 x 14 $650 14 x 11 $600 JOHN PLISHKA
Tinley Park, IL Lindenhurst, IL
Urban Waterfall Portrait of a Snowy Owl
17 x 10 $350 11 x 9 $1000
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CARLEEN O’CONNOR
RIVERA
Munster, IN
In The Shallows JERRI ROSS
18 x 24 $1200 Highland Park, IL
Scenic Valley WILLIAM SCHNEIDER
20 x 16 $1200 Naples, FL
My Wild Irish Rose
20 x 16 $3250
ROBIN SAMILJAN
Chicago, IL
Sunlit Pathway
12 x 19 $600
CARLEEN O’CONNOR
RIVERA
Munster, IN WILLIAM SCHNEIDER
Sunstruck BRIAN SAUERLAND Naples, FL
ROBIN SAMILJAN
12 x 9 $525 Palatine, IL Waiting For
Chicago, IL
Michigan Wildflowers Early Risers The Sundance Kid
24 x 18 $1200 12 x 16 $795 20 x 16 $3250
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GINNY STOCKER
Dover, OH
The Conclusion
9 x 12 $425
CAROL STROCK WASSON
Union City, IN
The Stray
18 x 24 $2500
CPP Award of Excellence
PAMELA SHAVER MARY LYNN SULLIVAN
Rockford, IL Downers Grove, IL
The Wait The Lake Road
12 x 9 $300 5 x 7 $4500
CAROL STROCK WASSON
Union City, IN
The Blues of Winter
12 x 16 $1100
MARY LYNN SULLIVAN
Downers Grove, IL
His Favorite Flannel MARY LYNN SULLIVAN
JUDY SKULBORSTAD 7 x 7 $4500 Downers Grove, IL
Geneva, IL The Observation Car
Botanic Garden Beauties 9.5 x 15.5 $4500
16 x 20 $1700
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JILL STEFANI WAGNER
Saline, MI
Glory Day
16 x 20 $1400
VIANNA SZABO
Romeo, MI
LIZ WALL
Persephone
ANU VEDAGIRI Palos Park, IL
11 x 14 $1500
Windsor, ON, Canada Fresh Cut
Hopeful Expectancy 10 x 8 $650
18 x 14 $850
VIANNA SZABO
JILL STEFANI WAGNER
Romeo, MI
Saline, MI
Plum Pots
Still Waters
11 x 14 $1250 ANU VEDAGIRI LIZ WALL
24 x 20 $1850
Windsor, ON, Canada Palos Park, IL
Waiting For You Contemplating Her
To Look At Me Next Move
11 x 14 $750 12 x 12 $650
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AWARDS, COLETTE ODYA SMITH
1. Best of Show 3. Pastel Societies
Vincent Chiaramonte – Award (PSA, Degas,
Twilight Southeastern, Cape Cod)
This piece quietly Margaret Larlham –
demanded to be recognized, Cactus Bloom
for although it isn’t flashy, This is a piece that needs
being worked tightly within a to be seen in person to
very limited color and value appreciate the excitement of
range, it is compelling. The how well the composition is
obvious skill with pastel built from the conversation
handling and rendering of between the watercolor
SHARON WILL the portrait is used to create underpainting and the
Washington, MI the image’s own integral pastel application. The color
Erosion reality, the way a skillful modulation and textural
11 x 14 $1100 sci-fi writer creates a details build the creation
believable world. The man of light deftly focused on
in this painting kept calling the blooms sensitively
me back to engage directly rendered and placed as our
with him. focal point.
STEPHANIE JEAN
WIARDA
2. Award of Excellence 4. Blick Art Materials/Diane
Portland, OR
Carol Strock Wasson – Townsend Award
Pigeon In The Park
The Stray Ted Fuka – Cloudburst
18 x 18 $550
This painting excels in This is quite a small painting
many ways: fresh, confident that packs a big punch. The
pastel handling, both atmosphere of the scene
subtle and bold color and is captured with exquisite
form choices, exceptional finesse and detail, yet never
abstraction while using a becomes fussy or irritating
recognizable subject matter, in its exactitude. Every mark
and making much of nearly is accurate and contributes
SHARON WILL
nothing in this unassuming to the overall conviction of
Washington, MI
Hazel’s Cafe scene. It even reaches the image. One can almost
12 x 16 $1200 us emotionally as well as smell the rain-charged air.
purely aesthetically.
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5. Method Lights/Jack those paintings that makes effects, fabulous surface When I saw this painting,
Richeson & Co. Award you want to be inside it. treatments, understated I didn’t know the title, yet
Nancie King Mertz – figure work and body I understood its message
Grand View language, and an overall quite clearly. While I wish
7. Jack Richeson & Co./ appeal. And I haven’t the piece were featured in
In this piece we can see Method Lights Award
an expert melding of rapid even mentioned the skill more light, the dimness of
John Plishka – at making the centered the background surfaces,
plein air pastel painting and Portrait of a Snowy Owl
a well-honed knowledge vanishing point succeed supporting her with
of the subject matter. A The creative close crop (when it shouldn’t), or the rhythmic verticals, serves to
scene this complex, with its showing us this limited part fascinating color palette, dramatize the light not only
many issues of perspective, of the bird immediately or the delicious abstract on her face and hands, but
light and shadow, and elevates this portrait above reflections on the cabin also within her uplifted gaze.
recognizable objects, would an ordinary animal painting. ceiling. A real winner. Everything from the urban
fall apart in lesser hands. The quiet control of pastel setting, to the coffee-to-go,
The strong color strokes strokes creating the effect to the mask, to her shiny
of different types of feathers 9. Sennelier (Savoir Faire)/ winter coat, marks this as a
keep the effect fresh and Jack Richeson & Co.
painterly while convincingly and various color shifts portrait of our times.
confirms that estimation. Award
creating a “realistic” scene. Carleen O’Connor Rivera –
This partial portrait, with
its simple dark supporting In The Shallows 11. AirFloat Systems, Inc./
6. Great American Art background ends up telling This is a piece that shows PanPastel Award
Works/Ampersand Art us so much without spelling us a happy marriage of Bob Palmerton –
Supply Award out every detail. subject matter and pastel Winter’s Breath
Mike Barret Kolasinski – handling. The sunny colors In this painting we see the
Spot On and happy blues against vision of a winter forest
8. Nancie King Mertz & the skin tones, beautifully
For any lover of the blue- UART/Pastel Journal as a light-filled realm of
green landscape, this backlit, tell the story this is beauty, delicacy, and even
Award all about. The movement in
painting is a lush, joyful Mary Lynn Sullivan – warmth. The vertical format
celebration. The variety the mark-making also helps and high key palette are
The Observation Car express the energy, joy, and
of colors and forms in the the means used to assert
shadowed areas keep This piece has so much love that is evident here. this artist’s take on what to
the large, massed areas going for it I can only make others might be a cold, dark
interesting as they lead mention of the various ways and uninviting season. This
10. Terry Ludwig Pastels/
us up the stream to the it succeeds. It begins with demonstrates the power of
Chartpak Award
sparkling light calling to being a great narrative treat the artist to express their
Anu Vedagiri –
us near the top of the – a most unusual choice individual take on our world.
Hopeful Expectancy
composition. This is one of of scenes. It has perfect
perspective, accurate light
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12. Dakota Pastels/H.K. on the figure pop from the elimination of details, we
Holbein Award warm reds around him – a are treated to the simple
Stephanie Wiarda – nice reversal of expected elegance of the scene.
Pigeon in the Park color use – with great The warms and cools play
economy, giving us just the well together to create a
I simply love this painting.
amount of information welcoming effect.
Using the pastels as more
we need.
of a drawing medium and CHICAGO
PASTEL
using the toned paper as PAINTERS
Heilman Designs Award of
a significant color and chicagopastelpainters.org
14. Royal Talens/Hahnemuhle Encouragement
value element makes this
painting stand out. The bird
USA Award Catherine A. Buss LEARN, CREATE,
Pamela Shaver – SHARE
is presented as a distinctive
The Wait
character and its feathers Join the Chicago
are beautifully rendered This abstraction could
be about water with a
Pastel Painters and
as separate strokes of
color. Altogether, both birds high distant horizon, but help expand interest
create elegant shapes well- whether it is doesn’t matter in the fascinating
positioned in the space of because the movement of medium of pastel in
the painting. the colors and the energy the Chicagoland area.
are satisfying purely as
Become a member
themselves. It is somewhat
13. Armadillo Art & Craft/ moody yet uplifting. Where or patron of one of
Speedball Art Products the colors are placed and Chicago’s fastest
Award how they interact is all we growing art societies.
Tatijana Jacenkiw – need in this painting.
Visit
Good Read
chicagopastelpainters.org
This small piece isn’t small to see how!
15. H.K. Holbein/Speedball
at all. The subject may
Art Products/Pastel
be sitting still, but there
Journal Award
is plenty of energy and
Audrey Dulmes –
movement here, particularly
Orange Sky
in the dark marks that
surround the man. They This small landscape study
both define the background captures a strong feel for
and read almost like the the presence of the place.
busy thoughts in his mind. With great economy of
The neutral tones used paint application and the
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PASTEL
PAINTERS
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