Your Pastel Today™ Editorial Team

With nearly 30 years experience in art publishing, Kelly Kane has served previously as Content Director for Pastel Journal, The Artist’s Magazine, Drawing, and Acrylic Artist, and Editor-in-Chief of Watercolor Artist magazine.

She has interviewed many of the preeminent artists of our time and written numerous articles about painting, drawing, art education, and art history.

She is now the Editor-in-Chief of PleinAir Magazine and the Pastel Today and American Watercolor Weekly newsletters. Click here to send her an email.

Kari first discovered pastels 10 years ago while attending her first Plein Air Convention & Expo.

Since then she has become passionate about the medium and encouraged Streamline Publishing, Inc to produce more pastel-related videos and events.

Kari also co-hosts The Pastel Podcast with Lisa Skelly who is also an artist and owner of the Huse Skelly Gallery in California. We chat with your favorite pastel artists about their journey with pastel. Give us a listen at ThePastelPodcast.com.

Kari is the Director of Operations, as well as the manager of the monthly Salon Art Prize Competition.