Blog index

July 2020

• Central Massachusetts Pastel Society's Marks of Distinction 2020 7/12/20
  

March 2020

• Pastel Society of San Diego's First National Juried Show 3/25/20
  

November 2019

• Central Massachusetts Pastel Society Online Exhibition 11/17/19
  

September 2019

• Pastel Society of North Carolina Online Exhibition 9/1/19
  

July 2019

• PSSC International Online Exhibition 7/31/19
  

June 2019

• 2019 San Diego County Fair Fine Arts Show 6/1/19
  

June 2018

• Catnip Connection 6/7/18
  
• San Diego County Fair Fine Art Show, 2018 6/7/18
  

May 2018

• The San Diego County Fair Art Show is around the corner 5/5/18
  

September 2017

• Pastel Society of North Carolina 9/2/17
  

July 2017

• Chesty Wins an Award at Brandon Gallery 7/26/17
  

June 2017

• San Diego County Fair, 2017, Small Image Show 6/13/17
  

May 2017

• Pastel Society of San Diego, 31st Annual Juried Exhibition 5/15/17
  

February 2017

• Fourth IAPS Master Circle Exhibition 2/18/17
  

December 2016

• Doggone Art Show 12/29/16
  

October 2016

• Vista Visions 2016 10/29/16
  
• Foothills Art Association's 2016 Small Image Show 10/8/16
  

June 2016

• San Diego County Fair Fine Art Show, Small Image Show 6/10/16
  
• San Diego County Fair Fine Art Show 6/5/16
  

May 2016

• Vista Shades of Red Art Show 5/27/16
  

January 2016

• PSSD holds the first Dusty Finger Challenge 1/14/16
  

December 2015

• Critique by Jamie Markle 12/18/15
  
• Twenty-Seventh IAPS Juried Exhibition 12/16/15
  

November 2015

• 27th IAPS Juried Exhibition - 2015 Web Show 11/9/15
  

July 2015

• Small Image Show, San Diego County Fair Fine Arts 7/4/15
  

June 2015

• Awards night at the San Diego County Fair Fine Art Show 6/8/15
  

May 2015

• San Diego County Fair Student Art Showcase 5/23/15
  
• San Diego County Fair Fine Art Show 5/6/15
  

October 2014

• Chula Vista Art Guild Juried Show 10/4/14
  

June 2014

• Small Image Competiton 6/27/14
  
• Pastel Society of San Diego Demos at the Fair 6/27/14
  
• Getting ready for the small image contest at the Fair 6/23/14
  
• People's Choice at San Diego County Fair Art Show 6/22/14
  
• San Diego County Fair Fine Arts Show 6/7/14
  

May 2014

• San Diego County Fair Art Show 5/12/14
  

April 2014

• An Extra Slice of Lemon...again 4/7/14
  

March 2014

• At the Diner 3/31/14
  

February 2014

• North County Society of Fine Arts Juried Show 2/27/14
  
• North County Society of Fine Arts Juried Exhibition 2/17/14
  

January 2014

• Vi 1/29/14
  
• North County Society of Fine Arts 2014 Open Juried Show 1/17/14
  

December 2013

• The 23rd IAPS Juried Exhibition 12/15/13
  

November 2013

• The IAPS finalists 11/11/13
  
• Another IAPS web exhibition 11/8/13
  

October 2013

• Pastel Society of America, Signature Member 10/30/13
  
• La Jolla Art Association's 4th Annual Black and White Show 10/13/13
  
• 1st place for little apples 10/7/13
  

September 2013

• "I'm Not Moving!" 9/28/13
  
• IAPS 2nd Master Circle Exhibition 9/25/13
  
• La Jolla Art Association presents ..... 9/25/13
  
• Get Dusty 9/24/13
  
• 2013 Master Circle - IAPS 9/14/13
  
• The Dames' Show 9/13/13
  
• La Jolla Art Association's 4th Annual Black and White Exhibition 9/9/13
  

August 2013

• Pastel Guild of Europe, invited judge 8/29/13
  
• There Ain't Nothin' Like a Dame Show returns 8/12/13
  
• Pen and ink 8/10/13
  

June 2013

• San Diego County Fair...2013 6/30/13
  
• San Diego County Fair 6/18/13
  
• International Association of Pastel Societies Convention 6/18/13
  

April 2013

• Pastel Society of San Diego Juried Exhibition awards reception 4/29/13
  
• Honorable Mention, Paste Society of San Diego's Juried Show 4/25/13
  
• International Association of Pastel Societies 4/25/13
  
• Which Came First? 4/21/13
  

March 2013

• Blue Butterfly 3/21/13
  

January 2013

• The Race 1/30/13
  
• San Diego Hospice Reception 1/20/13
  
• Pastel Journal 1/4/13
  
• Artists' Reception, San Diego Hospice 1/4/13
  

September 2012

• Dames show opens Wednesday. 9/7/12
  

August 2012

• IAPS opening reception 8/8/12
  

June 2012

• Inernational Association of Pastel Societies' Juried Show 6/15/12
  
• 2012 San Diego County Fair 6/8/12
  
• Daffodils and Lemons 6/5/12
  

May 2012

• Finished! 5/6/12
  

April 2012

• Getting closer...the clock is ticking 4/30/12
  
• Daffodils and Lemons 4/26/12
  
• Waiting for the Southbound 4/5/12
  

February 2012

• Charcoal drawing finished 2/7/12
  
• Working with charcoal 2/1/12
  

January 2012

• Waiting for the train 1/25/12
  

December 2011

• Bird of Paradise 12/30/11
  

November 2011

• Working in black and white 11/12/11
  
• Wildlife in Art 2011 11/6/11
  

September 2011

• Yellowstone 9/28/11
  
• There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame 9/6/11
  

August 2011

• There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame, and that's for sure! 8/26/11
  
• Another rose for the Dame Show 8/17/11
  
• There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame 8/14/11
  
• The Color of Sunshine 8/5/11
  

July 2011

• Festival of the Arts 7/31/11
  
• First rose...now onto the leaves 7/29/11
  
• Dianna Ponting workshop #5 7/24/11
  

June 2011

• San Diego County Fair 6/30/11
  
• San Diego County (Del Mar) Fair 6/14/11
  
• IAPS convention 6/6/11
  

May 2011

• High School Students Rock! 5/19/11
  
• Ready for the Fair 5/18/11
  
• For the Fair 5/12/11
  

April 2011

• Painting selected for IAPS Show 4/20/11
  
• Tangerines 4/12/11
  

March 2011

• New still life 3/23/11
  

February 2011

• Demo 2/6/11
  
• Workshop with Mary Aslin 2/5/11
  
• Raffle painting for Pastel Society of San Diego 2/2/11
  

November 2010

• Finished 11/23/10
  
• WIP 11/22/10
  
• WIP 11/21/10
  
• WIP for a 5 X 7 small image 11/21/10
  
• 11-15-10 11/15/10
  
• ll-9-10 11/9/10
  
• 11-5-10 11/5/10
  

October 2010

• 10-20-10 10/20/10
  
• 10-19-10 10/19/10
  
• 10-15-2010` 10/15/10
  

September 2010

• 9-30-10 9/30/10
  
• 9-14-10 finished! 9/14/10
  
• 9-13-2010 9/13/10
  

August 2010

• 8/30/10 8/30/10
  

April 2010

• Karen's Blog 4/22/10