Collective Works in Colored Pencil

July 6 - August 12, 2006

The Colored Pencil Society of America is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 exclusively dedicated to artists working with colored pencil.  Representing sixteen countries with more than 1600 members CPSA offers an annual International Exhibition & Convention, product research information, workshops & seminars, a newsletter, a networking directory and district chapters across the United States.
The Chicago District Chapter 103 was formed in 1993.  It is now the largest chapter with 80 members from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Arizona, Texas and Maryland.  Yearly, the chapter presents a juried exhibition for members to enter.  Meetings are held eight times a year and include programs, critiques, speakers, or workshops.  A quarterly newsletter, "What's the Point?"  inclusion in the distribution roster and information networking in serve to benefit all chapter members.

The "CPSA" designation is the Signature award given by the Colored Pencil Society of America for artists who have exhibited 100% colored pencil pieces in three or more annual juried CPSA International Exhibitions.

Gallery Talk by Twyla Horten
Friday, August 11, 2006

Gallery Talk by Anita Baedke-Plucker
Thursday July 20, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


       
Robert C Lasky                   Sylvia Westgard
"Mushroom Melange"      "Midsummer Oasis"

       
Gail T. Collier                Tracy Frein
"Artichoke & Peppers"     "Japanese Bird Screen
"Things on Strings -                     #4"             
Tossed Salad"                                           


Tracy Frein
"Isolation in Green"  and "Eye Study"


Joan E. Robertson
"Star Gazer Lilies & Bird Boxes" "Pretty in Pink  
                                                             (petunias)"


       Priscilla Humay                          Elaine Jeffress
"Mango Morning"  #1,  #2 ,  #3     "Solar Breeze"

     
Priscilla Humay                  Elaine Jeffres
"Mango Morning #1"             "Solar Breeze"      

     
Twyla D. Horton
"Homestead Polka"
"Music on a Summer Afternoon"

     
Beverly Miotke
"Celestial Wonder"  "Autumn Harvest" 
"Dolls on Board"