2023 RAC Fall Members Fall Art Exhibition

JUROR FOR SELECTION AND AWARDS:
Corey Pitkin, PSA, IAPS/MC
Corey Pitkin’s award winning work has been featured in The Pastel Journal, Art Renewal Center, Portrait Society of America, Pratique des Arts Magazine, and International Artist Magazine, and is held in collections across the world. He is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America where he also serves on the Board of Governors.
Corey has achieved Master Circle status with the International Association of Pastel Societies and assists with their technology needs. Pitkin teaches frequently online and regularly travels for in-person workshops. He currently resides in upstate New York with his wife Esther and children Anastasia and Xavier.
2am Pastel Corey Pitkin
AWARDS:
● Best of Show Award ($100 Rochester Art Supply gift card).
● Rochester Art Supply Award ($50 Rochester Art Supply gift card).
● 6 Juror Awards ($50 Rochester Art Supply gift cards).
● 6 Merit Awards ($25 Rochester Art Supply gift cards).
● Only one award per member is allowed.
SALES:
All sales of paintings are to be handled by the individual artist.
The RAC 2023 Fall Member Show reception and awards ceremony at Barnes & Nobel, Pittsford Plaza on November 9. 55 pieces were accepted for the exhibit from 132 submitted. Judge Corey Pitkin did a great job in jurying the show, selecting the winners, and provided written critiques. The show ends Friday,December 1, 2023.
Awards presented are as follows:
Best of Show
Bedazzled, Kathleen Bolin
Rochester Art Supply Award
Grizabella, Laurie Maddalina
Juror Awards
Altay Store, Steve BonDurant
Wyatt, Brian O’Neill
Apple Tree, Kevin Feary
Punchline, Steven Peet
Triscilla’s Hat, Erika Hutch
Early Morning Fog, Tim Winter
Merit Awards
Bread Box, Kathy Armstrong
Fresh Baked, Christine Norris
Radiance, Nancy Lane
Shane and Brooke, Jeffrey Tokarz
Puppy Love, Andrea Nadel
Remembering Bonnard, Bill White
The exhibition is on view at Barnes & Nobel, Pittsford Plaza, or online.
See the Gallery of Images here and visit them in person until Friday, December 1st, 2023.
If you are interested in purchasing artwork, Contact the artist directly *email
- Armstrong, Kathy - Bread Box $375
Oil - 8x10. Part of my Confinement Series representing how people spent their time during the Covid lockdown. Each mini-still life contained the word 'box'.
- Armstrong, Kathy - Lotus Pond Late Summer 850
Watercolor, 15x12. 23x20 Frame. I discovered a farmer's pond with exotic lotus pods and a few blooms left and loved their beautiful color and uniqueness.
- Barlis, Teresa - Woman in Blue NFS
Watercolor - 13.5 x 10.5. 20x 16 Frame
- Barlis, Teresa - Key West Runner 300
Watercolor - 13x18. 18x24 Frame
- Bellenger, Diane - On the Brink 350
OIl - 11x 14. 15x18 Frame
- Bliek, Fran - Doors of Italy 450
Watercolor - 10x20. Inspired by doors in Italy, 6 doors were painted using a variety of techniques. I fan-folded the paper, mounted on linen, and framed.
- Bolin, Kathy - Bedazzled 750
Oil - 16x12. 24x20 Frame.
- Bolin, Kathy - Daydreamer 750
Oil - 16x20. 22x18 Frame
- BonDurant, Steve - Altay Store 750
Oil - 12 x 12. 18.5x18.5 Frame.
- Brzustowicz, Victoria - Midsummer Woods 350
Pastel - 8x8. 11x11 Frame.
- Cretney, Brenda - Joey 300
Watercolor - 12x16. 22x18 Frame. As a tiny kitten Joey was found at a construction cite almost froze my son picked him up at the vet's and taught him to love people.
- Crilly, Claire - Hollyhocks NFS
Watercolor - 22x15. This painting is intended to capture the vibrant beauty of the hollyhocks growing in my garden.
- Eastman, Carolyn - Hot Dog NFS
Oil - 14x18, 16.5x20.5
- Feary, Kevin J - Apple Tree 400
Oil - 8x8. 15x15 Frame.
- Feary, Kevin J - Black Eyed Susan Vine 400
Oil - 12x6. 19x13 Frame.
- Capron Galan, Lori - Monet's Home at Giverny
Gouache - 8x6. 16x14 Frame.Sitting on a bench in the front yard, this gouache was done on a visit to Monet's home in Giverny, France.
- Gardner, David - Imagined Hobby Farm 500
Watercolor - 21x17. 26x22. Watercolor on paper of iconic rural structures happily cohabitating.
- Gardner, David - Imagined Miles Square Farm 750
Watercolor - 30 x 22. Watercolor on paper of farm buildings happily overlapping.
- Heen, Leslie - Serenity 350
Oil - 8.5x11.5. 13.5x16.5 Frame. Painting in oil of my backyard
- Heen, Leslie - Old Cottonwood Tree 400
Oi - 10.5x17.5. 16x23.75 Frame. Painting of an old cottonwood tree with Spanish Moss
- Hutch, Erika - Triscilla’s Hat NFS
Pastel - 19x16. 28x25 Frame. Profile of woman in a straw hat
- Hutch, Erika - A Moment In Time NFS
Pastel - 17 x 16. 21 x 20 Frame.
- Jablonski, Barbara - Storm Is Coming 1400
Oil - 15 x 24. 16.5 x 25.5 Frame. l was painting the vineyard, house and church at the Genesee Country Village when a threatening storm came out of the west. I finished & dashed to car
- Kane, Dick - Gloucester Trip #3 1400
Acrylic - 16 x 20. 20 x 24.
- Lane, Nancy E. - Radiance 700
Watercolor - 15 x 22. 18.5 x 26 Frame.
- Lesniak, Pat - Evening Twilight 800
Watercolor and Gouache - 11 x 14.
- Lesniak, Pat - Tea Time 800
Watercolor - 11 x 9.
- Lesniak, Pat - Floating 800
Watercolor - 14 x 11.
- Lodder, Gabriele - End of Stream 400
Pastel - 11 x 8. 16.5 x 13.5 Frame.
- Maddalina, Laurie T - Grizabella 3000
Charcoal - 22 x 30. 24.5 x 32.5 Frame
- Maddalina, Laurie T - Herb 600
Pastel - 13 x 10. 24 x 20 Frame.
- Malone, Kristin - Traveling Companions 375
Watercolor - 8.5 x 14. 14.5 x 20.
- Manaseri, Chris - Ripple Effect 400
Watercolor - 21 x 14. 30 x 24 Frame.
- Martinek, Melanie Rinn - Colorful Country Road 330
Oil - 9 x 12. 15 x 18 Frame.
- McCune, Anne - After the Rain 295
Encaustic - 8 x 8. 9 x 9 Frame. This was created by embedding wax monotype pieces into a more traditional application of wax. Scraping, spattering and adding India Ink completes it.
- McCune, Anne - Summer Rain 298
Encaustic - 8 x 8. 9 x 9 Frame. This was created by building layers of wax over collaged original wax monotypes. Scraping into the wax and adding Indian Ink completes the image.
- Monroe, Joni Mack - Forest Behind the Cabin 300
Charcoal - 13 x 11. 20 x 17 Frame.
- Nadel, Andrea - Symphone 450
Oil - 16 x 12. 18 x 14 Frame.
- Nadel, Andrea - Puppy Love NFS
Oil - 12 x 16. 14 x 18 Frame.
- Norris, Christine D - Fresh Baked 550
Oil - 9 x 12. 14.25 x 17.25 Frame.
- Norris, Christine D - Flaming Java 400
Oil - 6 x 12. 11.5 x 17.5 Frame.
- O'Neill, Brian - Wyatt NFS
Oil - 10 x 8. 15 x 11 Frame.
- Parr, Jo Anne - Stephania & Esma NFS
Watercolor - 20 x 16.
- Peet, Steven - Punchline 650
Acrylic - 30 x 22.
- Sheller, G.a. - Evening On The Canal 850
Watercolor - 12 x 16. 20 x 24 Frame.
- Tokarz, Jeffrey J - Shane And Brooke NFS
Charcoal & Pan Pastel -11 x 8.5. 18 x 13.75 Frame.
- Tokarz, Jeffrey J - Summer Girl 345
Watercolor - 10.5 x 8.5. 21 x 17 Framed.
- Tokarz, Jeffrey J - Oh My! 245
Charcoal & Pan Pastel - 9.5 x 7.5. 16 x 13
- Tubens, Susan - Spring Clouds 300
Oil - 8 x 10. 14 x 16 Frame.
- VanDeusen, Karlene - The Farm Stand 350
Soft Pastel - 12 x 9. A quick stop for Tomatoes at a roadside stand was my inspiration for Unison, Great American, & Terry Ludwig Soft Pastels on Sanded Paper.
- Verstraete, Elaine S - Early in the Gully 325
Oil - 12 x 9. 15 x 12 Frame.
- Vitale, Christy - Marbles A 95
Watercolor - 8 x 10. 11 x 14 Frame.
- White, Bill - Remembering Bonnard 895
Oil - 22 x 28. 24 x 30 Frame.
- Winter, Tim - Early Mountain Fog 650
Oil - 20 x 16. 25.5 x 21 Frame.
- Zaretsky, Bruce - Jellyfish 200
Oil - 26.5 x 7.25. Oil on Leftover PVC Building Trim, applied with a knife