The 40th Annual

Pastels USA: 99 Voices in Pastel 2026

International Exhibition

Congratulations to all of the artists with both awarded and accepted works!

Awarded Works

Best of Show: Daniel Green Memorial Award

Funded by donation from the Pastel Society of the West Coast
Long Day by John Sherry
Long Day by John Sherry

1st Place: Governing Board Award

Funded by donations from Pam Comfort, Goodmundson Family, Bonnie Griffith, SA Kushinka, Kris Finfer
Morning Fruit by Julie Skoda
Morning Fruit by Julie Skoda

2nd Place: Membership Award of Excellence

Funded by donations from Marla Baggetta, ShowSubmit, Cheery Young, BF Reed, Mike Ishikawa, Patti Arbino, Louise Chandler-Hones, Margie Murray
Summer Reflections by Glen Maxion, Signature
Summer Reflections by Glen Maxion

3rd Place: Wakeham/Sutherland Honor Award

Funded by donations from Pastel Painters of Cape Cod, Pastel Society of America, Connecticut Pastel Society
Sunflowers And Tea by Dori Dewberry
Sunflowers And Tea by Dori Dewberry

Streamline Publishing Award

Shadows In Nude Wash – Borrego by Natalie Richards
Shadows In Nude Wash – Borrego by Natalie Richards

Fine Art Connoisseur Award I

Borderless by Carol McAlester
Borderless by Carol McAlester

Fine Art Connoisseur Award II

Applesauce Today by Barbara Archer-Baldwin
Applesauce Today by Barbara Archer-Baldwin

Mungyo Handmade Pastel Award

Slowing Down by Andrew McDermott
Slowing Down by Andrew McDermott

FASO/BoldBrush Award

The Minstrels by Patti Arbino
The Minstrels by Patti Arbino

Earthberry Pastels Award

Synergy by John Plishka
Synergy by John Plishka

Dakota Art Pastels Award

Indigo by Kim Niehans
Indigo by Kim Niehans

Royal Talens Award

Clare in the Philodendron by Jan Frank
Clare in the Philodendron by Jan Frank

Terry Ludwig Pastels Award

Coloring by Laura Mocnik
Coloring by Laura Mocnik

HK Holbein Award

Zooming by Enid Wood
Zooming by Enid Wood

Jack Richeson Award

Lightning Strike by Carol Harden Hall
Lightning Strike by Carol Harden Hall

J. Luda Award

Forest Frolic by Kim Eshelman
Forest Frolic by Kim Eshelman

Clairefontaine Pastel Mat Award

Apple Slices by Elizabeth Amacher
Apple Slices by Elizabeth Amacher

Great American Award I

Dare To Dream by Anne Spivey
Dare To Dream by Anne Spivey

Great American Award II

Afternoon Light by Kathleen Weil
Afternoon Light by Kathleen Weil

Airfloat & Ampersand Award

Juanita by Cynthia Baker-Gusman
Juanita by Cynthia Baker-Gusman

Blick Art Supplies Award

Low Tide, Galway by Nancie King Mertz
Low Tide, Galway by Nancie King Mertz

Canson Award

Joshua Glow by Kathryn Young
Joshua Glow by Kathryn Young

UArt & Diane Townsend Award

Cloudburst by Patrick Harron
Cloudburst by Patrick Harron

Golden Peak Media Award

La Quinta Desert Morning by David Wolfram
La Quinta Desert Morning by David Wolfram

Golden Artist & Easel Butler Award

Meeting by Lisa Rico
Meeting by Lisa Rico

Girault Award

Meandering by Carol Strock Wasson
Meandering by Carol Strock Wasson

Schmincke Award I

Imposing Bristlecone Pine by Zuzana Drobnik
Imposing Bristlecone Pine by Zuzana Drobnik

Schmincke Award II

Shimmer by Ann Sanders
Shimmer by Ann Sanders

Accepted Works

Old Salt by John E Baldwin
Into the Wild by Marcia A Ballowe
Winter Solstice by Jennifer Blackburn
Cable-Car Up Sugar Loaf in Rio by Gerald Boyd
Mirror Lake by Dawn Buckingham
The Calm Before the Storm by Denise Busony
Timeless Confection by Nanette Catigbe
Crowned by Han Christ
This Pool Ain’t Gonna Mop Itself: Taj Mahal by Pamela Comfort
Evening Path by Keith Demanche
Shimmering Tendrils by Katy Despot
Garden of Blossoming Hope by Bridget Duffy
Cloud Break on the River by Janis Lacey Ellison
Exit USA by Kristine K Finfer
Prickly by Terri Ford
Frosty Gathering by Ted Fuka
Gossip Girls by Mardilan Lee Georgio
Little Orphan Annie by Karen L Glancy
Cracks in My Heart by Elizabeth Gomes
Super Bloom Lupines, Granite Bay, CA by Marie Yoshiko Gonzales
Reflections by Joy L. Gonzalez
Queen Anne’s Lace by Bonnie Zahn Griffith
Clear Creek, Quiet Current by Rebecca Guinn
Promised The Moon by Ellen Gust
Light in the Valley by Kelly Ann Hine
Afternoon Shift by Karen Horne
What a Dune by Mike Ishikawa
Pond in the Forest by Inge Ivens
Side by Side by Janet E. Johnson
Blood Moon Rising by Diann Johnston
Morning Praise by Virginia Kamhi
Stick Figures by Mike Barret Kolasinski
Riot in the Valley by Lynda Kravitz
Ricordi di Via Vittoria by S A Kushinka
Drift of Light by Carmen Lamp
Buckwheat Greeting by Margaret Larlham
Nocturne in Silence by Li Lin
California by Margaret Lindsey
Nevada Canyon by Matt Lister
Tides Out by Mike Major
Half Moon Bay by Tatiana Makht
Fiery Autumn by Maureen McHale
Dancing Weeds by Eve Miller
Geyserville Sunflowers by Karen A Miller
What Remains by Joy Morgan
Peace And Quiet by Linda Louise Mutti
Prickly by Becky Neideffer
Rocky Mountain Line Dance by Shannon O’Dunn
Creek Bend by Erika Perloff
Water’s Edge by Sandra Place
Local Surf by Peggy Davidson Post
A Life Arranged by BF Reed
Drama at Fajada Butte by Letitia Roller
Garden of Falling Light by Carolyn Romer
Nothing To Be Done by Mary H Russell
Buffalo Gal by William Schneider
Radiant by Dilmit Singh
Songs in the Surf by Lisa Skelly
Love this River by LaVone Sterling
Fields of Gold by Christopher Stillians
Hat Trick by Jill Storey
Beach Grass by Rachel Sylvers
Bluff Trail Homestead by Vianna Szabo
Waiting to Dance by Nori Thorne
The Light and the Shadow by Jim Tyler
Sunrise, San Pedro Harbor by Paula Vukmanic
Red Rocks Rhapsody by Melissa Walton
Into the Negative Space by Avon Waters
Nature’s Rush by Rachel White
Red Caboose by Sharon Will
Cotswold England by Cheery Young

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