Pastel 100 Winner!

My painting "Full House" won Third Place in the Still Life & Floral category of the 16th Annual Pastel 100 competition!!  It will be featured in the April 2015 edition of the Pastel Journal Magazine.

"Full House"

16" x 20"

Soft Pastel

For a full list of this year's winners, click here.

My Painting in the Pastel Journal!

I'm very happy to announce my painting "Saturday Evening Puzzle" was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Pastel Journal's 15th Annual Pastel 100!

"Saturday Evening Puzzle"

18" x 24"

Soft Pastel

Best of Show!

My painting "Train Wreck" was awarded Best of Show at the Northwest Pastel Society's 27th Annual International Open Exhibition!  It's an excellent show, so do stop by American Art Company if you happen to be in the Tacoma area before the exhibition ends on June 15, 2013.  If you are unable to get there in person, you can see the show online here.

"Train Wreck"

18" x 24"

Soft Pastel

For information regarding this painting, please contact American Art Company at (253) 272-4327.

You Be The Judge - Again!

My Banana Bread painting is in the fourth round of the You Be the Judge contest!

Please visit the voting page before April 14 and vote for your favorite.  Thanks in advance to all who vote for my painting!

Pastel 100 Winner!

For those of you who don't know, the Pastel 100 is the Pastel Magazine's annual competition where judges choose the best 100 paintings out of thousands of entries (almost 3200 this year!).  There are 30 top prize and place winners and 70 honorable mentions in five categories.  The winners are published in the April issue of the Pastel Journal Magazine.

I'm very happy to announce my painting "Banana Bread" won Fifth Place in the Still Life & Floral category:

"Banana Bread"

9x12"

Soft Pastel

(SOLD)

And my painting "Daily Habit" won an Honorable Mention in the Animal & Wildlife category:

"Daily Habit"

10x25"

Here are the pictures of the magazine pages for those of you who aren't likely to buy the magazine.  As you can see, I'm in excellent company!

Click here for information about the competition.

You Be the Judge...

My painting "Traffic Jam" is included in the first round of Brian Neher's "You Be the Judge" online art contest.  This is a unique contest where viewers are given the opportunity of voting for their favorite paintings in seven bi-weekly rounds, ultimately deciding who the Grand Prize winner will be.  Every two weeks, 15 paintings will be chosen and posted for your voting pleasure.  The three works of art which receive the most votes in each round will advance to the Grand Prize round.  The winner will receive an awesome Grand Prize package worth over $10,000!

Please visit the voting page and vote for your favorite artwork before March 3, 2013.  Thank you in advance to all who vote for my painting!

Read more about the contest here.

Artist's Magazine Finalist!

I entered my paintings "Traffic Jam" and "Train Wreck" into The Artist's Magazine's 29th Annual Art Competition.  Both paintings were were selected as finalists!  You'll find my name listed among the finalists in the Still Life category in the December, 2012 issue of The Artist's Magazine.

"Traffic Jam"

18" x 24"

Soft Pastel

"Train Wreck"

18" x 24"

Soft Pastel

Artist's Magazine Finalist!

My painting "Dog Tired" was selected as a finalist in the Animal/Wildlife category of The Artist's Magazine's 28th Annual Art Competition.  My name is listed among the finalists in the December 2011 issue.

"Dog Tired"

14" x 24"

Soft Pastel on Suede Matboard
(SOLD)

You can view WIP pics of this painting here.