March 28 - May 11, 2014

Pastel National 2014

Portrait of the Onion Family by Sangita Phadke, Colts Neck, NJFirst Place - Mary R. Koch Memorial Award

Pastel National at The Wichita Center for the Arts

About The Wichita Center for the Arts

The Wichita Center for the Arts Board of Trustees

The Wichita Center for the Arts is pleased to sponsor the Pastel National 2014 Exhibition. This event is made possible thanks to underwriting from the Fred C. and Mary R. Koch Foundation.

The Pastel National Exhibition features one of the art disciplines we teach and support at the Center, and allows our members, students and community at large to view the direction of pastel media nationally. The next Pastel National Exhibition will be presented March 2016.

Howard W. EllingtonExecutive Director, The Wichita Center for the Arts

Becky S. Turner, Chair Kathy Knorr, Vice Chair Dr. Vincent Farha, Secretary William Tinker, Jr., TreasurerCarol Wilson, Immediate Past Chair AdvisorMickie BrownChris BrunnerShannan DevlinBuff DodsonKarla FazioKathy GalichiaHelen GallowayDana MastioMarianne MiskoMary O’BrienPriscilla O’ShaughnessyLinda PeressinDr. Courtney RuthvenShoko SevartPaula Varner

Honorary Trustees:Elizabeth B. KochBetty Murfin

The Wichita Center for the Arts, founded in 1920 as the Wichita Art Association, is a non-profit cultural and educational organization. The area’s oldest and most comprehensive multi-disciplinary art center houses a permanent collection of fine and decorative arts, gallery exhibition space, an art reference library, theatre, The Mary R. Koch School of Visual Arts, and The Creative Child Center Preschool.

Maya # 2 by John Philbin Dolan Santa Fe, NM Second Place Award

Introspection by William Schneider, Village of Lakewood, IL Third Place Award

Pastel National 2014 Award Winners Juror’s Statement

First Place - Mary R. Koch Memorial Award - $1,000 Portrait of the Onion Family by Sangita Phadke

Second Place - $750 Maya #2 by John Philbin Dolan

Third Place - $500 Introspection by William Schneider

Honorable Mention - $100 Light in the Forest by Colette Oyda Smith

Honorable Mention - $100 Park Drive by Don Coons

Honorable Mention - $100 Light on the Ice by Cristine Sundquist

Honorable Mention - $100 Rusty Tanker by Ted Fuka

Executive Director Purchase Award for The Wichita Center for the Arts in memory of Mary R. Koch Sky Bridge by Rob Ramage Dangerous Curiosity by Leslie Trujillo-Batts Surrogate Family by Bernadette Bradshaw Water Ballet by Barbara Mason Light on the Ice by Christine Sundquist Low Country Panorama by Eve Miller Habitation by Bob Regier

First of all I want to thank each and every artist who submitted work to be juried. This is a brave thing. Entering your works for public scrutiny and viewing can be very difficult and stressful, but it is ultimately a lovely gift that your give to yourself, art admirers and those who support your work. You are sharing both the work and a piece of yourself.

There is nothing I’d rather do than paint. It is simply my happy place. When I approach my own work I’m hoping for a little magic; that special place where my skills meet my ideas and a painting simply flows through me, it paints itself and is effortless. It doesn’t happen very often. I’m hoping for that place where the science, craft and the poetry (expression of the human experience), meet and dance together, a place where the conflicts of painting mesh...nuance and bold authoritative expression.

When I approach and access another artist’s work, and I do so very humbly, I’m looking for that foundation of science and craft and hoping for that extra something; the poetry. The medium of pastel particularly affords these chance moments of magic; it’s immediacy, it’s glittering particles sitting up on the paper surface, it’s fragility and it’s fleeting and ethereal quality. To all of the award winners who caught a little magic, congratulations. May it happen very frequently for you!

A quick word about the awards. I chose the top awards, then the merit awards which I gave in no particular order. A quick mention regarding framing; I realize it can be a huge expense, however it can make a huge difference in your work. It is a worthy investment in work that deserves to be presented in the best possible light.

-Marla Baggetta - Pastel National 2014 Juror

Exhibiting Artists Exhibiting Artists

Donna Branson | Stillwater, OKSunset over White Marsh Lake (14x18)$800

Don Coons | Wichita, KSRiverside Park (12.5x16) | $875

Janet Aiken | Wichita, KSGrandma’s Dryer (12x18) | $500 Shirley Anderson | Hot Springs Village, AR

May Flowers (9x12) | $350

Shirley Anderson | Hot Springs Village, ARView from an Alaskan Train (16x12) | $425

Linda Armstrong | Port Crane, NYMarch Snow (7x10) | $800

Bernadette Bradshaw | Wichita, KSSurrogate Family (23x33) | $650

Donna Branson | Stillwater, OKOil Tank at Sunset (11x14) | $800

Cris Chapin | Lawrence, KSOld Hay Barn (12x24) | $750

Don Coons | Wichita, KSPark Drive (12x15) | $725

Exhibiting Artists Exhibiting Artists

Elizabeth Corbett | Iola, KSGoodland Highrise (12x16) | $700

Elizabeth Corbett | Iola, KSShades of Gray (12x15) | $700

Elizabeth Corbett | Iola, KSGreen Composition with Red Roof (12x15) | $575

Diana DeSantis | Whitestone, NYJohanna (30x22) | $5000

John Philbin Dolan | Santa Fe, NMMaya #2 (10x8) | $2000

John Philbin Dolan | Santa Fe, NMLois (12x9) | $2000

John Philbin Dolan | Santa Fe, NMLost (15x12) | $2000

Pamela Douglas | Clive, IADancing Tulip (37x29.5) | $865

Pamela Douglas | Clive, IAHeirloom Tomatoes II (26.75x37.5) | $865

Michael Duane | Overland Park, KSDistant Storm Building (19x25) | $1250

Exhibiting Artists Exhibiting Artists

Michael Duane | Overland Park, KSFlint Hills Spectacular 2 (19x25) | $1250

Loreta Feeback | Leawood, KSThe Artists (12x18) | $650

Loreta Feeback | Leawood, KSMy Blocks 2 (18x18) | $675

Joey Frisillo | Sand Springs, OKAzalea Impact (10x14) | $900

Joey Frisillo | Sand Springs, OKAutumn Gold (6x9) | $375 Ted Fuka | Mokena, IL

Rocky Shore (14x13) | $900

Ted Fuka | Mokena, ILRusty Tanker (14x26) | $1300

Ted Fuka | Mokena, ILRed Barn (9x20) | $750

Joyce Hanson | Punta Gorda, FLTwo Birches (14x10) | $1500

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Joyce Hanson | Punta Gorda, FLWhitewater (18x12) | $1600

David Harmon | Brownwood, TXPast-Tense (40x30) | $750

David Harmon | Brownwood, TXUnchained (40x30) | $750

Dianne Howard | Wichita, KSSplendid Resignation (10.25x13.5) | $2500

Dianne Howard | Wichita, KSMarys Garden (14x11) | $1000

Tatijana Jacenkiw | Glenview, ILYellow Flowers, Purple Shadow (12x9) | $600

Pat Jessee | Kansas City, MOBicycles on the Beach (21x36.5) | $1200

Pat Jessee | Kansas City, MOOctober Sky (25.5x18) | $800

Brian Higgins | W. Brookfield, MAGrowth with Interest at the Bank (14x18)$800

Brian Higgins | W. Brookfield, MAWinter Golf with Gallery (14x18) | $400

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Randall Kronblad | Prairie Village, KSEdge of the Storm (17x20) | $750

Randall Kronblad | Prairie Village, KSGoing Home (12x16) | $825

Randall Kronblad | Prairie Village, KSTangerine Sky (14x20) | $795

Elaine Lierly Jones | Gardner, KSCharlotte’s Cow (18x24) | $1750

Tricia Kaman | Chagrin Falls, OHStill Waiting (20x16) | $700

Tricia Kaman | Chagrin Falls, OHScottish Hat (20x16) | $1500

Mike Barret Kolasinski | Chicago, ILBush Lite (16x20) | $1200

Judi Krew | Canton, OHStreets of Toronto #84 (23.5x17.5) | $975

Monika Linehan | Lawton, OKShy Girl (27x19) | $1500

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Michael Mahoney | Macomb, ILGladiolas in a Small Creamer (20.25x12) | $650

Michael Mahoney | Macomb, ILStill Life with Sculpture and Horn (22x30)$1000

Michael Mahoney | Macomb, ILStill Life with Sunburst Pitcher (22x30)$1000

Barbara Mason | Frisco, TXWater Ballet (13x13) | $960

Barbara Mason | Frisco, TXShow Stopper (10x8)$850

Eve Miller | St. Helena Island, SCSkull Creek (11x14) | $1200

Eve Miller | St. Helena Island, SCLow Country Panorama (8x8) | $400

Thomas Montgomery | Wichita, KSJenni and Wyatt at the Rodeo (20.5x16)$350

David Mudrinich | Russellville, ARSummer Soybeans (16x12) | $1000

John Nieman | Dobbs Ferry, NYLet’s Get Wet (29x19) | $1800

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Sangita Phadke | Colts Neck, NJPortrait of the Onion Family (16x20)$6500

Rob Ramage | Lake Oswego, ORSky Bridge (20x13) | $695

Rob Ramage | Lake Oswego, ORSheep Mountains (9x23) | $595

Bob Regier | North Newton, KSHabitation (13x13) | $600

Martina Salerno | Wichita, KSPeggy’s Cove (19x25) | $350

William Schneider Village of Lakewood, IL Introspection (18x24) | $3225 William Schneider

Village of Lakewood, IL Steadfast (15x16) | $2175

William Schneider | Village of Lakewood, ILJenny Tan (15x20) | $2525

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Colette Oyda Smith | Wauwatosa, WITracery (24x30) | $2600

Colette Oyda Smith | Wauwatosa, WIOld Friends (20x20) | $2000

Diane Stolz | Kansas City, MODecember Bouquet (19x27) | $1400

Diane Stolz | Kansas City, MOFreeze Frame (19x27) | $1400

Cristine Sundquist | Independence, KSPath to the Sunset (16x20) | $675

Martin Siegel | Silver Lake, OHThe Quiet Room (21x26) | $700

Colette Oyda Smith | Wauwatosa, WILight in the Forest (20x20) | $2000

Marcia Streepy | Shawnee, KSRoaming (12x11.5) | $500

Exhibiting Artists Exhibiting Artists

Leslie Trujillo-Batts Colorado Springs, CO Dangerous Curiosity (24x28) | $900

Debbie Wagner | Bennington, KSAre You My Mother? Yard Long Series (12x36) | $650

Chris Willey | Kansas City, MOEvening Sun Streak (9x9) | $225

Jean Terry | Lenexa, KSFlint Hills Companions (20x24) | $1160

Cristine Sundquist | Independence, KSLight on the Ice (8x8) | $250

Jean Terry | Lenexa, KSClearing Skies (16x20) | $675

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