I am the Featured Artist for the month of June at Cary Gallery of Artists in Ashworth Village.
My pastel exhibit, Earth Water Sky, opens May 26th thru June 22nd at 200 S. Academy Street, Cary, NC.
There are 12 pastels on exhibit so please stop in.
Rita Kirkman had a painting accepted into the IAPS 2022 Exhibition, 8th Masters Circle Division. The 2022 IAPS PastelWorld Exhibition will take place at the 2022 IAPS Convention in Albuquerque, NM, USA from June 22-25, 2022.
Rita has also won the Gold Award in the Established Artist Division of the Austin Pastel Society Spring Non-Juried Exhibition with her painting “Seeking Social Sheep” (pastel, 30×40″)
Thank you to show judge Mike Etie!
The show continues at Artworks Gallery in Austin TX through June 11.
I am incredibly honored to have received First Place in The Pastel 100 Landscape/Interior competition published in the current issue of the Pastel Journal. I wish to thank the juror, Nancy Nowak, for choosing Canyon Patterns and for her inciteful words.
Rita Kirkman has won the Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Traylor Award for her painting “Cousins” (pastel, 32×32 inches) at the SAALM 92cd Annual Artists Exhibition.
The show continues through June 3rd, 2022, at the San Antonio Art League Museum, 130 King William Street, San Antonio, TX.
April 16 – $25
Take a virtual walk in the park and paint some springtime park trails with us! (we might even add some flowers!)
Rita will send you the Zoom invitation, some reference photos (or you can use your own) and materials suggestions.
Rita will be using pastel with an acrylic-based underpainting or a variety of pastel papers, but you can use the medium of your choice.
Rita has had some attendees enjoy use oil, acrylic, pastel pencil, and even watercolor with her paint-alongs. Plenty of instruction will focus on values and temperature which are universal to all color mediums. The paint-along will start at 1pm Central Time and will last about 2 hours.
All registrants will receive a link to the video a few days later, so if you have to miss part, no worries!
Register here: https://www.ritakirkman.com/workshop/29961/a-walk-in-the-park-paint-along-on-zoom
Gotta love this sweet face! Paint along with us on Saturday, March 26, at 1pm CT. $25
Register EARLY to have time to prep your drawing. Rita will send you the Zoom invitation, the reference photo, some surface prep info, some tips that include alternative underpainting methods in case you don’t have what she uses, and even a line drawing that you can use to transfer to your board or paper in case you don’t have time to freehand your drawing. No drawing skills required!
Rita will be using pastel with an acrylic-based underpainting, but you can use the medium of your choice. Plenty of instruction will focus on values and temperature which are universal to all color mediums. The paint-along will last about 2 hours.
(PS: Registration includes a link to the video which will be ready just a few days later, so if you miss the date, no worries!)
Rita Kirkman’s painting “Young Diana” (pastel, 12×9 in) is included in the Pastel Society of Southeast Texas 2022 Members Show, at the Arts for Rural Texas at 114 N Live Oak St in Fayetteville.
Opening Reception and Awards Presentation on March 12, 4-6pm.
The exhibit will continue through May 21, 2022.
My pastel piece, “Goat To It”, is part of the current curated exhibit at the beautiful Mayton Inn, 301 South Academy Street, Cary, NC. Do come and see the show, February thru the end of March, located on the second and third floors. Sponsored by the Fine Arts League of Cary.
Bev’s Fine Art The Centerpiece Gallery is featuring Pastel Artist BF Reed for the February Spotlight Show Opening on Thursday, February 17th from 5-8pm at the gallery.
Anyone can join us and marvel at the alluring pastel works of BF Reed, you can meet her, and there will also be light refreshments served.
Street Address: 7400 Six Forks Rd. Suite 18, Raleigh NC 27615
Please RSVP here (you can show up without RSVPing, we’ll still let you in, it just assists with a head count!)
Link to more information about pastel artist BF Reed: https://www.bfreedfinearts.com/
Dear Membership and Friends,
The Pastel Society face to face meetings scheduled for the NC Museum of Art have been cancelled for the time being.
Join us online whenever you can.
Thanks for your continued support,
Emily Thompson, current President PSNC
I am pleased to announce that my pastel, A Pawleys Autumn, is included in the Resolutions 2022 exhibit of the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts.
HillsboroughGallery.com
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday
12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
The gallery is open with masking and social distancing requirements. The Hillsborough Gallery website also has a virtual tour of the exhibit along with recorded remarks of the Guest Juror, Linda Dougherty, Curator of American and Modern Art of the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C.
Additionally, I am pleased to announce the opening of an exhibit of my pastels and watercolors titled Journey at the Page-Walker Arts and History Center next to the Town Hall in Cary, N.C. The exhibit runs through February 12, 2022. Although the reception planned for January 28, 2022 will not be held due to the resurgence of COVID, the Center is open for visits during regular business hours. I hope you will stop by and see the exhibit!
This exhibit features 33 paintings in pastel and watercolor. The subjects of my works express experiences of moments within journeys.
Page-Walker Arts & History Center
119 Ambassador Loop
, Cary, NC 27513
(919) 460-4963
Mon-Thu: Noon-9 p.m.
Fri: Noon-5 p.m.
Sat: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Special thanks to the Town of Cary for providing this opportunity to show my work.
BF Reed is having a spotlight exhibit at Bev’s Fine Art on February 17th from 5-8pm.
Latest Works
Short Stop’s Mitt and Ball: 9×11 charcoal and pastel drawing. This short stop’s mitt and baseball have been sitting on my husband’s dresser for a very long time. An occasion for a still life if there ever was one.
Old Dairy Road: 5.5×9″ soft pastel loose sketch. Exhibited at Captain White’s House – The Alamance Art Center 2021. Every morning, Brownie and Maggie and I walk this old dirt road. The original settler family had a dairy at the end of this road. History, art and a dog walk – all together – life is good.
Farm Textures: 12×18″ hard pastel. Exhibited at Captain White’s House – The Alamance Art Center in Autumn 2021. Old Basket, bricks, branches and black wasps from our farm. The bricks are from an 1850’s building razed in 2015. They are called “clinkers” because they were over baked.
Northumberland Beach: 9×11 Soft Pastel. Exhibited at Captain White’s House The Alamance Art Center. Sold.
