Month: November 2012

Nathan Oliveira – figurative painter extraordinaire!

  As you know, with my passion for figures I am delving into some exploratory figurative work, both in pastels and acrylics. One of my inspirations is Jylian Gustlin who I mentioned in an earlier blog. Reading a bit about her, I discovered that she in turn was inspired by the Bay Area Figurative Artists.

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IAPS web show award!

IAPS AWARD   Whoo hoo!!! I just got off the phone with Paula Ford, Chair for IPS, the  International Association of Pastel Societies 2012 Web Show. She announced that I have won an Honourable Mention in the IAPS 2012 Web Show. I am thrilled to bits!!   I was so happy when I received an

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RED – a red pastel for Remembrance Day

  Nothing ventured nothing gained.   It’s the 11th of November in a couple of days time and in thinking about Remembrance Day, poppies and their redness came to mind, and I thought about Rothko and his red paintings as written about in my blog a couple of weeks ago and since I haven’t been

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