Juror Alain Picard’s Comments on the 2020 Members Show Award Winners I am honored and delighted to have served as Juror of Awards for the Vermont Pastel Society’s inaugural Members Only Online Show. I’d like to share a few comments … Continue reading →
Meeting Time and Place When: Monday, November 9, 2020, 7-8:30 p.m. Where: Remotely via Zoom, link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83883837663?pwd=amxYeFhTSnJFM2xLK1ZrTWRNa3dwZz09 We set an earlier date–October 17, 2020–before the pandemic, for those to attend who wanted to travel south for the winter, but since it is … Continue reading →
QUARTERLY QUOTE An empty canvas is the safest addiction in the world; art is the only drug that won’t kill you, instead it’ll save your life. Nikki Rowe Our first Online Juried Show will be accepting submissions October 1-31, 2020. … Continue reading →
QUARTERLY QUOTE Art is a step in the known toward the unknown. Kahlil Gibran Our Members Exhibition finally came down. Regional hubs are in need of innovation for remote activities, using platforms like zoom. Workshop planning is continuing for 2021, … Continue reading →
QUARTERLY QUOTE “The memories of influenza, it seems, are surreal, and to write them is seemingly to write nonsense or dreams or poetry. Perhaps this meant that even those who might vividly describe injuries to the body (like those caused … Continue reading →
QUARTERLY QUOTE Why not spend time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides this? Does algebra move you to tears? Can plural possessives express the feelings in your heart? If … Continue reading →
QUARTERLY QUOTE “I cringe when someone refers to pastels as chalk but it really grates when people call them crayons, as in ‘I just can’t believe you can do that with crayons!’ Are they referring to those waxy things children … Continue reading →
QUARTERLY QUOTE “I enjoy painting, but the most fun for me is thinking about what I want to do. Mostly it’s fiddling with an array of objects until they form a pleasing composition. I usually let out an audible ‘wow’ … Continue reading →
QUARTERLY QUOTE Even in certain kinds of impressionism, one can more or less imply perspective, but when you paint realistically, perspective has to be perfect. Daniel E. Greene Spring is here and the VPS has, and not so quietly, been … Continue reading →