Is Pastel the Most Demanding Medium in Art? One Museum Director Thinks So.
Thirty-one paintings at the Butler Institute of American Art suggest he might be right.
From the Pulpit to the Pastel Box: Clint Howard’s Rocket Rise
Clint Howard didn’t pick up pastels until 2023 — he’s already an IAPS Master Circle designee and Pastel 100 Founders Award winner. Meet the pastel world’s most exciting new voice.
Painting Against the Clock
How one pastel artist turned construction chaos into luminous compositions.
What Renoir’s Pastels Reveal
Discover how drawing and layered color helped him move beyond Impressionism — and what that means for pastel painters today.
It Pays to Trust Your Gut
Mary Beth Drabiszczak reveals how a split-second decision changed the course of her prizewinning painting.
Unstoppable: An Age- Defying Plein Air Painter
Nancy Silvia gets candid about the challenges — and rewards — of plein air painting well into one’s 60s, 70s, and beyond.
Seeing Beauty Where Others Walk By
Dalibor Dejanovic gives the inside story on his prizewinning pastel.
What Was He Thinking?
Carol Peebles explores her subject’s inner life in a powerful portrait.