Art Exhibition | 2022 IAA Award Pastel

2022 IAA Awards in Pastel
Juried International Achievement Awards Exhibition
Awards include: virtual award exhibition, cash prize to top three artists, 1st place main page slider promotion & exhibition link, top 10 award video, social media promotion & award certificate. Congratulation Artists!

1st Place

2022 IAA Award in Pastels

Deb Farrimond

"The red tailed black cockatoo is endangered and I wanted to show the beauty of the female cockatoo through the pure pigments of pastel. Pure colour." Deb

Title of work: Endangered Beauty

Medium: Soft pastel and pastel pencil
Artist locale: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

https://www.debfarrimondart.com/

Cash Prize: $150

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2nd Place

2022 IAA Award in Pastels

Ronnie Brogi

"In this work a Ukrainian woman is described in this period of war who finds hope in God, hence her gaze turned towards the light and hence the title." Ronnie

Title of work: In Lumine Video
Medium: Dry Pastels
Artist locale: Ponte a Poppi, Arezzo, Italy

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Cash Prize: $100

3rd Place

2022 IAA Award in Pastels

Beverly Carlson Bradshaw

"All flowers look so perfect but I wanted to make it look like what it is. Yet who can make it look perfect like nature?" Beverly

Title of work: Cone Flower
Medium: Soft Pastel
Artist locale: Carefree, AZ, USA

https://www.beverlybradshawart.com

Cash Prize: $50

4th Place IAA Awards in Pastel

Claudia Budana

Artist locale: Cologne, Germany
Title of work: Pear
Medium: Soft Pastels

I wanted to see what I can make out of a "simple to paint" object like a pear. Would I manage to make it look great & beautiful?

5th Place IAA Awards in Pastel

Lorrie Minicozzi

Artist locale: Gibsonia, PA, USA
Title of work: Weight of the World
Medium: Pastel

This portrayal of the young hero renders the struggle of youth and acceptance.

6th Place IAA Awards in Pastel

Ashley Anderson

Artist locale: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Title of work: Primeval Dream
Medium: Soft Pastel

I was inspired while looking at dinosaur bones in a museum to create this piece. I love the idea of life blossoming around the dinosaur's remains.

7th Place IAA Awards in Pastel

Ugo Paradiso

Artist locale: Olathe, KS, USA
Title of work: A Children's Journey
Medium: Soft Pastel

If there is something that kept me going in my art journey is the believe in my passion and let my inner child creativity be and grow.

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8th Place IAA Awards in Pastel

Stephanie Silverman

Artist locale: Wilmington, DE, USA
Title of work: Liminality
Medium: Pastel

Explores a sense of maternal loss, a recognition of my daughter becoming an individual. The blue wall represents a veil to the beyond.

9th Place IAA Awards in Pastel

Helena Cocentino

Artist locale: Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
Title of work: Layers of Time
Medium: Pastel

I was enchanted by the cheerful coloring of the rafts. Revealing the marks of time, with overlapping layers of paint, forming textures like scars.

10th Place IAA Awards in Pastel

James Kallenbach

Artist locale: Sun City, AZ, USA
Title of work: The Picnic
Medium: Soft Pastel

Loved her hat and wondered what she was watching and wanted to capture that mystery.