Presenting Our Next
PSA Member Pastel Showcase!
Wildlife/Creature
Is there any more mysterious idea for an artist than the conception of how nature is mirrored in the eyes of an animal? How does a horse see the world, or an eagle, or a doe, or a dog?

Franz Marc


The art presented here was selected from submissions,
by membership level, from all three PSA membership levels.


Thanks to the members who submitted art!
Please continue to submit art for our future showcase eblasts!
Scroll down for the complete showcase schedule
and submission guidelines.
Selected PSA Master Pastelist Member Art
Dubois Goat - 8" x 10"

Marlene Wiedenbaum PSA-MP
High Falls, NY
Round Robin - 8" x 8"

Cristine Kossow PSA-MP
Middlebury, VT
Selected PSA Signature Member Art
Vanishing Species - 16" x 24"
Second Place, Beyond Brushwork Exhibit, Rowayton Art Gallery

Joel Sobelson PSA
Chapel Hill, NC
Dreaming of Flight - 20" x 16"

Deborah LaFogg Docherty PSA
Village of Golf, FL
Growler - 16" x 12"

Marla Rush Parnell PSA
Bolivar, MO
Snacktime - 12" x 9"

Ted Fuka PSA
Mokena, IL
Where Did the Fries Go? - 16" x 12"

Susan Ellis PSA
Ipswich, MA
Selected Associate Member Art
Bubble Bath - 14" x 18"

Tracey Maras
Dawson, IL
Sea Turtle - 19" x 26"

Evalynne McDougall
Coldstream, Canada
Morning Shower - 8.5" x 11.5"

Irina Gromova
Dallas, TX
Squirrel on a Mission - 12" x 12"

Mardilan Lee Georgio
Santa Clarita, CA
Silverback - 12" x 16"

Wendy Koehrsen
McKinney, TX
Morning Light - 11.5" x 15.5"
Best Wildlife & Animals, International Guild of Realism 2021 Spring Salon

Keri Fisher
Kemptville, Canada
December Peace - 14" x 18"

Sandra Place
Sante Fe, NM
Portrait of a Parrot -10" x 9"

Julia Lesnichy
Crozet, VA
The Dude - 12" x 9"

Julie Raney
Mount Pleasant, SC
Blue Jay, With Attitude - 12" x 16"

Neal Allen
Canandaigua, NY
Beanie - 12" x 18"

Jory Mason
Plymouth, MA
Against All Odds - 20" x 16"

Lori Jeremiah
Narragansett, RI
The Rhapsody of Spring - 9" x 8"

Susan Shuk Lee
Newton, MA
Donkey Detente - 24" x 18"

Nancy R.M. Whitin
Westport, MA
Call for PSA Showcase Art
Early Sunday Morning - 35" x 60"
Oil on Canvas, c. 1930

Edward Hopper (1882 - 1967)
If you are a PSA member, you are invited to submit your pastel work for consideration for the upcoming 2022 Pastel Showcase Eblast Exhibits. Eligible work should be done in accordance with normal PSA standards: not copied from another artist's work; not done in a class or workshop; and done only from life, imagination, or reference photos taken by the artist.

You may submit more than one image. If submitting multiple images, please include them in the same email. No more than one image per artist will be chosen.

Following are deadlines for submission for 2021 and 2022. Please use the button below to submit.
Remaining 2022 Schedule:

Cityscape Pastel Showcase - April 15, 2022. The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, March 20, 2022. Please use the subject line Cityscape.

Figure Pastel Showcase - May 20, 2022. The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Please use the subject line Figure.

Interior Pastel Showcase - June 17, 2022. The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, May 22, 2022. Please use the subject line Interior.

Portrait Pastel Showcase - July 15, 2022. The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, June 19, 2022. Please use the subject line Portrait.

Landscape Pastel Showcase - August 19, 2022 - The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Please use the subject line Landscape.

Self-Portrait Pastel Showcase - September 16, 2022. The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, August, 21, 2022. Please use the subject line Self-Portrait.

Still Life Pastel Showcase - October 21, 2022. The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, September 25, 2022. Please use the subject line Still Life.

Industrial/Machine Pastel Showcase - November 18, 2022. The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, October 23, 2022. Please use the subject line Industrial.

Abstract Pastel Showcase - December 16, 2022. The deadline for submission is end of day, Sunday, November 20, 2022. Please use the subject line Abstract.


Art will be selected within each membership level. If selected, your pastel work will be emailed to the entire list of PSA subscribers (around 2000). There will also be a link to the eblast exhibit posted on the PSA official Facebook page.


Image Requirements:
At least 72 dpi
1500-2500 pixels on longest side
File name: LastName_FirstName_Title.jpg
For example: Smith_John_SunnyDay.jpg

Do NOT drag image into email. Please ATTACH Your labeled image to your email.

Please include the following information in your email:
— Name/PSA Membership level
— City/State/Country
— Image Title/Size
— Awards, if applicable

Thank you!
Kristin Divers PSA
PSA Board of Governors