The PSSC 9th Annual Member's Exhibition took place at the South Bay Lexus Center in Torrance on March through May of this year. Liz Haywood-Sullivan juried in the entries to our show and Tony Allain was the awards judge!
Take a look at the beautiful pieces that won awards this year! Click on the thumbnail and then hover the cursor over the image to see the artist's name and painting title.
Browse the beautiful artwork of the winners at our 8th PSSC Member's Exhibiton!
Best of Show
1st Place Gold
2nd Place Gold
3rd Place Gold
Honorable Mention Gold
Honorable Mention Gold
Honorable Mention Gold
1st Place Silver Landscape
2nd Place Silver Landscape
3rd Place Silver Landscape
Honorable Mention Silver Landscape
Honorable Mention Silver Landscape
Honorable Mention Silver Landscape
1st Place Silver Portrait and Figure
2nd Place Silver Portrait and Figure
1st Place Silver Still Life and Floral
1st Place Silver Animal and Wildlife
1st Place Miniature
2nd place Miniature
3rd Place Miniature
Honorable Mention Miniature
Honorable Mention Miniature
1st Place Novice
3rd Place Novice
These are our Member Show Winners for 2016. Thank you to Alain PIcard for judging the show and choosing our winners!
Congratulations to all the artists who participated in this beautiful show!
Best of Show - GOLD - Alain Picard Award
GOLD - Richard McKinley Award
GOLD - Doug Dawson Award
GOLD - Desmond O'Hagen Award
GOLD - Sally Strand Award
GOLD - Elizabeth Mowry Award
MINIATURE - Dakota Art Traveler Box Award
MINIATURE - U-Art Sanded Pastel Paper Award
MINIATURE - Jack Richeson Certificate Award
MINIATURE - Jack Richeson Certificate Award
MINIATURE - Ampersand Pastel Boards Award
SILVER - Landscape/Interior- Great American Pastels Award
SILVER - Landscape/Interior - Terry Ludwig Pastels Award
SILVER - Landscape/Interior - Jack Richeson Certificate Award
SILVER - Landscape/Interior - Mahon Pastel Box Award
SILVER - Landscape/Interior - U-Art Pastel Paper Award
SILVER - Portrait & Figure - Alan Picard Video & Girauld Pastel Award
SILVER - Still Life & Floral - Diane Townsend & Rembrant Pastel Award
SILVER - Animal & Wildlife - Rembrandt Pastels Award
SILVER - Abstract & Non-Objective - Pan Pastels Award
Here is a look at the 2015 Member's Exhibition award winners. The categories were Gold, Silver and Miniatures. There were Best of Show awards for the Gold and Silver categories plus 1st, 2nd, 3rd places and honorable mentions for every category. Congratulations to all the winners! Enjoy!
Donna Yeager, "Summer Heat"
Lupe Backe, "Defiant"
Mike Ishikawa, "November at Rock Creek"
Dori Dewberry, "Any Given Morning"
David Wolfram, "Lunada Canyon Revisited;"
Catherine Cunningham, "Springtime, Yosemite Creek;"
Fran Nichols,"Aspen Glow"
Mary Pichette, "The River"
Melody Allen, "Sunset Cliffs"
Suzanne Kuuskmae, "Road from Mirror Lake, Yosemite"
Anna Yu, "Tree in Winter"
Rose Ash, "Santa Cruz Cliffs"
Paula Brown, Kapoho Sunrise"
Nancy Veits, "Corn Crib #2"
Larry Manning, "Kekaha Kauai Sunrise"
Paula Somma, "Heaven's Palette"
Karen Luttrell, "My Venice"
Eva Muchnick, "Cali in the Afternoon"
Ted Otis, "Lily Drawing with Violet"
Jessica Zerga, "Buddy"
Kim Gardner, "Shine On"
Karen Luttrell, "A Rose is a Rose is a..."
Joan S. Sanders, "Pensive in Pastel"
Kathleen Weil, "El Segundo Watertower"
Jean Choi, "Highway 6"
David Wolfram, "Foxen Canyon Variations #5"
Mike Ishikawa, "Quiet STreet"
Margaret Lindsey, "End of Day"
Here are a few of the PSSC Member show award winners!
Best of Show
Marla Baggetta Awards
2nd Place in Miniatures
Marla Baggetta Awards
First Place in Miniatures
Marla Baggetta Awards
2nd Place
Marla Baggetta Awards
1st Place
Marla Baggetta Awards
2nd Place in Miniatures for Popular Choice Awards
3rd Place in Miniatures for Marla Baggetta Awards
Honorable Mention
Marla Baggetta Awards
3rd Place in Figurative/Animal for Popular Choice
2nd Place in Seascapes/Cityscapes
Popular Choice Awards
1st Place in Miniatures
Popular Choice Awards
Honorable Mention in Landscapes
Popular Choice Awards
3rd Place in Still Life/ Abstract
Popular Choice Awards
3rd Place in Minatures
Popular Choice Awards
1st Place in Seascapes/Cityscapes
Popular Choice Awards
1st Place in Figurative/Animal
Popular Choice Awards
3rd Place in Seascapes/Cityscapes
Popular Choice Awards
3rd Place in Landscapes
Popular Choice Awards
Honorable Mention
Marla Baggetta Awards
1st Place in Landscapes
Popular Choice Awards
1st Place in Still Life/Abstract
Popular Choice Awards
3rd Place in Figurative/Animal
Popular Choice Awards
2nd Place in Landscape
Popular Choice Awards
3rd Place
Marla Baggetta Awards
2nd Place in Figurative/Animal
Popular Choice Awards
2nd Place in Still Life/ Abstract
Popular Choice Awards
If you received an award in this show for any category, please send me a photo of your winning artwork and I will include it in the gallery. Send it to Lupe, thanks!
Award winning paintings from the 2013 Pastel Society of Southern California exhibition.
Donna Yeager
Mike Ishikawa
Catherine Cunningham
Jannene Behl
Fran Nichols
Dori Dewberry
Margaret Lindsey
Bonny Botello
Sue Kuuskmae
Kim Gardner
Ada Passaro
David Wolfram
Three winners were from PSSC: Patricia Kellner (1st), Margaret Lindsey (3rd), and Mike Ishikawa (honorable mention)
