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 PSNH Presidents Roster

 

Founding President Barbara Danser, 2005 -2007   

Photo to follow

 

Barbara Stevens Adams, 2008 & 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 - Past Events

 

2009 National Juried Exhibition

The 2009 National Juried Exhibition was held at the Discover Portsmouth Center, September 19th through October 19th in Portsmouth, NH.

Portsmouth Discovery Center Gallery                                    It's Pastel!

                                                                   

Selection Juror - Liz Haywood-Sullivan, PSA         Awards Juror - Bob Rohm, PSA

Many thanks to everyone who supported this exhibition making it a huge success!

We would like to acknowledge a special thanks to our patrons:

  • NH Foundation for the Arts     

  • The Adams Family                  

  • Michael Kenslea                  

  • Tess Feltes                            

 

Especially to Deirdra Baldwin for her tireless dedication and work to co-ordinate this event.

                              

 

Awards for 2009 Juried Show

Congratulations to:

Tom Weinkle - "Card Sound Aftermath"                                                      Best in Show:                                              $1000

Dawn Gardetto - "Emma"                                                                              2nd Place:                                                   $  500

Carol Volz Begley – "Evening Shadows on No Name Alley in Carnegie"        3rd Place:                                                    $  300 

Christine Swann – "Stargazer"                                                                    Hunter Editions                                            $ 500

Patricia Seekamp – "Sentinel’s Autumn Uniform"                                    Great American Holy Cow                          $ 300

William Schneider – "White Scarf"                                                              Piscataqua Savings Bank                          $ 250

Sandy Machell - "Still Life with Pears"                                                        Heilman Designs                                          $ 225

 Mona Podgurski – "Summer Garden"                                                      Whitehouse Award                                       $ 200

Tom Weinkle – "South of Cooperstown"                                                    Griffin Corporation                                        $ 200

Mona Podgurski - "Bottles"                                                                         Fuller Foundation                                          $ 200

Suzanne Siegel – "Two Shacks"                                                                First National Bank of Ipswich                      $ 100

Katrina Thorstensen – "In the High Meadow"                                         Connecticut Pastel Society                          $ 100

Suzanne Siegel – "Midsummer Moon"                                                     Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod         $ 100

Anne Oliver Nickerson – "Dianies Lillies"                                                Pastel Painters of Maine                              $ 100

Susan Carey – "Wintery Way"                                                                     Vermont Pastel Society                                $ 100

Jeff Fioravanti - "Late Afternoon Surf"                                                       Pastel Society of America                             $ 100

Fran Butsavich  - "After the Storm"                                                            Pan Pastels                                                     $ 100

Peggy Davidson Post – "Alluvial Lane"                                                   Graphick Dimensions                                     $150

Eileen Casey – "Empty Nest"                                                                      AirFloat Systems, Inc.                                     $150

Ann MacLeod – "House Across the Street"                                              Terry Ludwig Set of 90 Greens                      $ 252

Nancy Lee Lovley – "The Violinist"                                                           Terry Ludwig  Set of 60 Intense Dark            $ 176

Kitty Cloud – "December Sky"                                                                    HK Holbein Set of 48 Landscape                  $ 130

Christine Bodnar - "Against the Storm"                                                    Unison set of 18 Pastels with Pastel Board  $100

Jeff Fioravanti - "Summer Repose"                                                           Unison set of 18 Pastels with Pastel Board  $100

Jeanne Smith – "Great Expectations"                                                        Richeson Pastel Surface Samplers               $100

Donna Rosetti-Bailey - "Marsh Ribbon"                                                   Cheap Joe’s Art Supply                                   $100

Susan Ellis - "Lemon with Silver Cup"                                                        Terry Ludwig Maggie Price Essential Grays $  90

Margaret Emerson - "Awakening"                                                               Girault Set of 25                                                $  75

Sally Leenhouts - "Blue Glass"                                                                   Dakota Art                                                         $  50

Trisha Kaman – "Scottish Hat"                                                                    Diane Townsend Thin-line Gift Set                  $ 50

 

Juried Exhibition Photos

Best in Show                                                                                                  

Tom Weinkle receiving his award                   Tom's painting "Card Sound Aftermath"

                                 

                                   

                                      

                                    Second Place

                                    Dawn Gardetto for "Emma"   

 

Some of the Winning Exhibitors' Work

 

                                                

"Stargazer"                                            "Sentinel's Autumn Uniform"                      "Still Life with Pears"

Christine Swann                                 Patricia Seekamp                                     Sandy Machell

 

                                                           

"In the High Meadow"                        "Midsummer Moon"                                    "Dianies Lillies"

Katrina Thorstensen                       Suzanne Seigel                                           Anne Oliver Nickerson

 

                                                            

 "Wintery Way"                                  "After the Storm"                                       "Alluvial Lane"

 Susan Carey                                   Fran Butsavich                                       Peggy Davidson Post

 

                                                                    

"Empty Nest"                                  "House Across the Street"                       "December Sky"

Eileen Casey                                  Ann MacLeod                                           Kitty Cloud

 

                         

"Against the Storm"                          "Summer Repose"                               "Great Expectations"

Christine Bodnar                             Jeff Fioravanti                                     Jeanne Smith

 

          

"Marsh Ribbon"                                         "Lemon with Silver Cup"             "Awakening"

Donna Rosetti-Bailey                              Susan Ellis                                  Margaret Emerson

 

             

"Blue Glass"                                         "Scottish Hat"

Sally Leenhouts                                 Trisha Kaman

More Photos...

 

                       

Kitty Cloud for "December Sky"                             Sandy Machell for "Still Life with Pears"     

    

2009 Workshops                               

Bob Rohm, PSA - Plein Air Pastel Workshops

Sponsored by the Pastel Society of New Hampshire

Four Day Workshop: September 21, 22, 23, 24, 2009 (Monday through Thursday)

Three Day Workshop: September 25, 26, 27, 2009 (Friday through Sunday)

Both workshops were based in the historic Discover Portsmouth Center which contains the Gallery for the PSNH 2009 National Juried Exhibition. Workshop participants painted in the historic Strawberry Bank in the seaport town of Portsmouth and in scenic New Castle.

                    

Bob Rohm, first work shop demo                        Rohm, second workshop demo

 

July 11th Paint-Out - Fuller Gardens, Rye, NH

                     

Barbara Adams                                       Eileen Belanger and Betsy Craumer          Deirdra Baldwin                        Pat DuBois

                                                            

Saturday, August 15 - Moffatt-Ladd Historic House and Gardens, Portsmouth, NH. Moffatt-Ladd House plans to have significant publicity about our painting in the  gardens, and we can have extra finished paintings scattered about in case people visiting the gardens are interested in purchasing.

Paint-Out Thursday, July 16  at Kappy Fisher's wonderful farm and barn in Orford, NH. 

Paint-Out - Saturday, July 11 -  Fuller Gardens, North Hampton, NH.  A multiple garden area near the ocean with a rose garden, oriental garden, shade garden, perennial garden, greenhouse,  coach house and more.  

 

"The Painterly Pastelist" with Frank Frederico, PSA, NWS 

 Sponsored by the Pastel Society of New Hampshire                                                 

 A Three Day Workshop:    Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,   June 23, 24, 25, 2009

                                               Hours:  9:30 – 4:00       

Held at Gibson House B. & B., Haverhill, New Hampshire, a charming B & B at the gateway to the White Mountains in a scenic village overlooking the upper Connecticut River Valley.  A partial scholarship was offered for this workshop for NH residents or PSNH members. 

 

2008

Our Paint-In on January 12th.

 

 

 

 

Members of the Pastel Society of New Hampshire were invited by Pastel Painters of Maine to join them on February 21st to paint the dancers of the Portland Ballet.

 

 

 

Robert Carsten gave us an excellent demonstration, discussion, and critique at our March 15th Members' Meeting.

 

 

These images are of a paint-out in Jaffrey on June 17th.  Attendees were Sharon Allen, Roger Block, Barbara Coburn, Carol Corliss, Barbara Danser, Linda Dessaint, Nancy Massey, and Sue Whitten.

 

 

 

These images are from the July 20th paint-around with the Vermont Pastel Society at Kappy Fisher’s house in Orford, NH.

Painters: Candy Barr, Barbara Danser, Martha Davis, Betsy Derrick, Carrie Fradkin, Phyllis Orem

Viewers: Kappy Fisher, Debra Kraemer, Ann Wickham

 

 

These images are from the Aline Ordman Workshop on July 17-18.

 

These images are from the Susan Ogilvie Workshop in September.

       

 

Juried Show "It's Pastel" September 8th  -  Library Arts Center Gallery, Newport, NH

 

                               

   

       Photos provided by Sal Santo on the evening of 2008 Juried Show opening reception September 19th.      

       Other photos from this event are available upon request. Contact Sal at: www.palsal1@comcast.net.

                                                

2008 Award Winners

           

 

Awards                       Artist                     Painting Title

     Best in Show                            Kathleen Leavitt                        "Grace"

 1st                                           Christine Bodnar                        "Channel Blue"

2nd                                           Susan Parmenter                       "Daffodil and Limoge"

3rd                                            Caren-Marie Michel                   "Scarborough Marsh 20"

Award Prizes

Robbie Parker                                    Lucy Ellen Smith                          "Child’s Work"

Sugar River Bank                              Ellen Pelletier                                "Late Day Colors"

Dorr Mill Store                                    Shaunna Duffy Smith                   "Taking Time"

LaValley Building Supply                  Maureen Keough                          "Still Life with Two Spoons"

Pastel Society of America                Lisa Regopoulos                          "Fields of Flavor"

Connecticut Pastel Society              JoAnne Lussier                             "Spring Morning"

Pastel Painters of Cape Cod           Donna Rosetti Bailey                   "The View"

Pastel Painters of Maine                   Jan Robertson Lynsky                 "Evening on Little Island"

Vermont Pastel Society                     Kathy Detzer                                "Sweet and Sour"

Hunters Edition                                   Katrina Thorstensen                    "Off Hopson Road"

Ditto Edition                                        Sue Whitten                                  "Ray’s Orchids"

Heilman Design                                  Nancy LeeLovley                         "Reflections of Wyatt"

Artist Air                                              Christinne Reid                            "Freshly Plowed"

Daler Rowney                                     Wendy Soliday                            "Turrenne Turkeys"         

Jack Richeson (150)                         Barbara Stevens Adams            "Piscassic Pond"

Airfloat Systems                                 Robert Carsten                            "Nascent"

Graphik Dimensins                            Mary Barrett                                 "Garlic"

Cheap Joe’s Art Supply                    Norma Johnsen                           "Kennebunk"

Soltek Easel                                       Wolfgang Ertl                               "Sand Beach, Mt Desert Island"

Soltek Easel                                       Alicia Geilenberg Drakiotes      "Old Friend II – Susie in Winter

North Light Books                              Linda Dessaint                            "Goodnight Castine"

Jack Richeson (50)                            Nancy Johnson                            "Portsmouth Lighthouse"

Pearl Art Supply                                 Luann Hume                                 "Parson’s Beach"

Great American Holy Cow                Kitty Cloud                                    "The Catbird’s Nest"

Terry Ludwig SE Landscape            Paula Murphy                               "Have You Any Wool?"

Art Spectrum Product                        Debra Kraemer                           "Lake House"

HK Holbein                                         Dawn Gardetto                            "Exuberant"

Terry Ludwig Intense Dark II             Gill Truslow                                   "Perrennial Beauty"

Girault Pastel                                     Susan Benoit                               "Ladies in Waiting"

Diane Townsend                               Phyllis Orem                                 "PeckingOrder"

                                             

 

 

These images are from the Members' Exhibition.

 

Carolyn's Window

D. Gardetto

Lazybones

J. Durkin

Summer's Passed

K. Cloud

Morocan Shoppers

P. Orem

Lunch at Stubby's

R. Frisella

Still Time To Play

C. Reid

 

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