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Susan
Foster was given the Bowles Endowment for Excellence in
Portraiture, at the Faces And Figure
show currently being held at the Punta
Gorda
Art Center.
Igor
Babailov shared with us exciting news about the induction
of his portrait of the late Frederick Hart, American sculptor
and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, into The
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center’s museum in Washington,
DC on October
27, 2007.
Linda
Dulaney is featured in a 12 page article about the Bay
Area Classical Artist Atelier in American Artist magazine. The article, titled “BACAA: Classical Training
From Contemporary Masters,” is in
the Fall 2007 issue on drawing.
Rich
Nelson was featured in an article in December’s American
Art Collector, titled “Blue Ridge Beauty” showcasing his show
at the Edward Dare Gallery in Charleston.
Marian
Flahavin received the Art Spirit award, the gold medal
for Pastel in the 79th Grand National Exhibition of the American
Artists Professional League juried show in New
York with her painting, She
Opens the World.
Joseph Anthony Pearson has been awarded an artist service
award from Louisiana State Arts Council. Joseph says, “I will be using the grant money
to organize a series of public demonstrations to promote portrait
painting.” He has already hosted one demonstration in
Alexandria, Louisiana.
Irene Bailey has been chosen as one of the
100 Incredible
East
Carolina
University
Women of the last 100 years. The 100 women were honored October 17th at a
luncheon called A Legacy
of Leadership: 100 Incredible ECU Women, as part of ECU’s
Centennial Celebration.
Michele Rushworth was selected to paint the official
portraits of the three living former governors of Wyoming. Earlier this year she also painted
the official portrait of the governor of Nevada and last year completed the official
portrait for the governor of Washington State.
Marion W. Hylton’s pastel painting, Sunset on the South Rim which recently won the Grand Canyon Association
Purchase Award in the current Paint
America
Paint The Parks Top 100 show. She also won the
Art Spirit Foundation Gold Medal in Pastel for her pastel
painting, Old Roses.
William A. Schneider's paintings Budding Artist and Evening Chore have been selected as finalists in the Portrait and
Figure category of the 24th Annual Artist's
Magazine Art Competition. Competition winners will
be featured in the December 2007 issue of the magazine.
Evening Chore also won Best
of Show at the National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society’s
BEST of America!
2007 National Juried Exhibition.
Johanna Spinks’s painting Sienna
placed first at the Portrait Society of Atlanta's Fall Juried Exhibition. Sienna was also recently a finalist in
the Oil Painters of America’s 16th
National Juried Show at the prestigious Whistle Pik
Gallery in Fredricksburg, Texas.
John
Ennis authored an article in the Aug/Sept issue of
International Artist Magazine. More than a dozen of his
paintings are featured, including several Portrait Society
award-winning works. John is also a Finalist in The Artist's Magazine 24th Annual Art Competition,
Portrait and Figure category for his painting Limoncello. The painting will be
featured in The Artist's
Magazine's 2008 Calendar.
Lisa Gleim
received 2nd place in the Southeastern Pastel Society's
Members' Exhibition for her pastel portrait
of her dog, Aslan.
The same portrait also received an Honorable Mention in the
Pastel Society of America's Member
Exhibition at the Eastern Shore Arts Association this
spring.
A new organization, the Portrait
and Figure Painters Society of Southwest Florida is hold
a brainstorming session Thursday, October 18th from 9:30am
-12pm. For
more information, please contact Renate M.
Reuterat 239-481-2081 or at nadi@nadifineart.com
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