LUCY PETRIE:
 Lucy's primary career is as a clinical psychologist. In 2002 she read 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' by Betty Edwards. Six months later, after receiving a small set of pastels as a gift, she began taking pastel classes and was accepted into her first juried shows in 2004. Since that time Petrie has won awards at local, national and international competitions.
Lucy was elected in September 2007 a SIGNATURE Member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA). This is the most prestigious pastel society in the U.S. www.pastelsocietyofamerica.com
Dr. Petrie was born in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State and has lived in many locations in the northeast. She has spent the last 30 years in Vermont.
WORK METHODS:
Of her work methods Petrie says, "The creativity in my paintings begins with taking photographs. I use the camera to frame an image and, once printed, re-evaluate the compositions. I've found that Photoshop is incredibly helpful for customizing the photo.
"In general, pastel is not considered a medium that lends itself well to highly detailed imagery. Traditionally the beauty of pastel involves seeing the strokes that make up the finished image. My work is non-traditional in that it is highly blended. I use gloved fingers to do the blending. In tight spots I might also utilize a blending tool that is much like a paintbrush except that instead of bristles it has a rubbery wedge-shaped end.
"When working I often wear magnifying goggles over my glasses to ensure capturing the detail - both in the photograph from which I'm working and the painting itself. I rarely use a finish spray as I think it changes the crystalline pigment particles' ability to refract light."
AWARDS:
Salmagundi Club Award in the Connecticut Pastel Society's 16th Annual show "Renaissance in Pastel" October 2009
First Place in the Vermont Pastel Society Show at Artisan's Gallery in Waitsfield, VT 2009
William J. Kowalsky Memorial Award and Vermont Pastel Society Award at the 5th Annual Northeast National Pastel Exhibition - 2009
Recipient of the Master Circle Award from the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS)
Finalist/Runner-Up in the Cover Competition for the International Assocaition of Pastel Societies 2009 Convention Catalogue
Placed in the 2nd 100 in the Paint America competition - 2008, 2009, & 2010
M.H. Hurlimann Armstrong Award at the Pastel Society of America's 36th Annual Exhibition - 2008
Honorable Mention in the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) 12th Juried Exhibition
Certificate of Merit for PASTEL at the Salmagundi Club's Non-Members Juried Exhibition - 2008
Ampersand Art Supply Award at the Northeast National Pastel Exhibition at the Arts Center in Old Forge, NY and was chosen for the Honorary Postcard Award - Spring 2008
Jack Richeson Award - American Artists Professional League show at the Salmagundi Club in New York, 2007
Pastel Society of America Award - Pastel Painters of Cape Cod show "For Pastels Only on Cape Cod - 2007"
2nd Place for Pastel - 55th Annual Central Adirondack Art Show, Old Forge, NY - 2007
Honorable Mention - Vermont Pastel Society's Juried Exhibition - 2007
Honorable Mention - International Association of Pastel Societies 10th Annual Juried Exhibition
Naples, Florida - 2007
Outstanding Still Life (Best of Category) - Northeast National Pastel Exhibition
Old Forge, NY 2006
Honorable Mention (Still Life Category) – Pastel Journal's 7th Annual Pastel 100 Competition
Appeared in the
March/April, 2006 issue of Pastel Journal
Pastel Society of America Award - Connecticut Pastel Society’s 12th Annual “Renaissance in Pastel" Connecticut - 2005
Honorable Mention – Art in the Round Barn, sponsored by the Green Mountain Cultural Center
Waitsfield, VT – 2005
Honorable Mention – Pastel Society of Eastern Canada
Montreal, Quebec – 2005
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL JURIED SHOWS:
Pastel Society of America's 34th, 35th, 36th, and 37th Annual Exhibitions, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (M.H. Hurlimann Armstrong Award 2008)
International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th Juried Shows 2007 - 2009 (Received Honorable Mentions in the 10th and 12th)
Connecticut Pastel Society - 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Annual National Exhibition “Renaissance in Pastel”, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 (received the Pastel Society of America Award in 2005 and the Salmagundi Club Award in 2009)
American Artists Professional League's 79th (received the Jack Richeson Award), 80th and 81st Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Northeast National Pastel Exhibition - a juried national show in Old Forge, N.Y. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 (received Outstanding Still Life Award in 2006, the Ampersand Art Supply and Honorary Northeast Postcard Awards in 2008, and the William J. Kowalsky Memorial and Vermont Pastel Society Awards in 2009)
Richeson 75 Pastel Competition - 2009
Academic Artists Association 59th National Exhibition - 2009
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club’s 112th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC, 2008
Pastels by Invitation - Cape Cod, MA 2009 & 2010
Pastel Painters of Cape Cod's Annual "For Pastels Only on Cape Cod" 2007 & 2008 (Pastel Society of America Award 2007)
The Salmagundi Club's Annual Juried Non-Member Exhibition (Certificate of Merit for PASTEL) 2008
Pastel National 2008 & 2010 - Wichita Center for the Arts in Wichita, Kansas
Pastel Society of North Carolina 1st Juried Exhibition - Graham, NC, 2007
Pastel Painters of Maine 8th International Juried Exhibition "For Pastels Only" - 2007
49th and 50th National Fall Open Juried Exhibition - The Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT – 2005 & 2006
Pastel Society of Eastern Canada - 2005, Montreal, Quebec – Juried international show - (received an Honorable Mention)
PUBLICATIONS:
Best of American Artists - Pastel Vol. II
Pastel Journal - Painting ‘Apple – I’ appeared in the Mar./April issue as an Honorable Mention in the Still Life category of the Pastel 100
American Artist Magazine - July/Aug. 2007 issue – award winners from the International Association of Pastel Societies 10th Annual Juried Show
Burlington Free Press - October 2007. See the story.
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