tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post7380342778042400022..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: CPSA 16th Annual International Exhibition 2008 - Award winnersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-2900523169299357732008-08-12T12:49:00.000+00:002008-08-12T12:49:00.000+00:00Julie - it was most remiss of me last night to fai...Julie - it was most remiss of me last night to fail to say "Congratulations" to you for your own award!<BR/><BR/>Julie won an Award for Outstanding Recognition for her portrait "Dappled Son" - on the left hand side about half way down on the awards web page.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-54101599519718349812008-08-12T00:16:00.000+00:002008-08-12T00:16:00.000+00:00Julie - I'm not sure I agree with you.I think ther...Julie - I'm not sure I agree with you.<BR/><BR/>I think there has always been a focus on technical excellence - but technical excellence alone won't win respect for coloured pencil artists outside the coloured pencil community. <BR/><BR/>My own view is that technical excellence in execution of a work - in whatever sort of style or technique an artist chooses to employ - is in a way a 'given' for any work selected for an exhibition of this sort. In other words it MUST be of a high standard.<BR/><BR/>However, for coloured pencil artists to be taken seriously within the wider art community they must also excel in those fields where all other artists must also strive - that of concept and design. That's why having a judge who comes from outside the coloured pencil art community can be of such value. They judge pieces as art - pure and simple. IMO that's very definitely the way it should be. <BR/><BR/>That's why John Smolko winning the American Artist 70th Competition was such a landmark achievement for coloured pencil. His work was up against people working in oils, acrylics, watercolours, pastels etc - and he won - because of his art and his style. That's precisely the sort of achievement which will help coloured pencil artist to be taken much more seriously within the wider art community.<BR/><BR/>While it's good to applaud the winners at the CPSA Annual Exhibition, I also hope we see many more artists using coloured pencils entering their work in competitions open to all media - and doing well. That, for me, will be a sure sign that coloured pencils are being taken seriously as a medium. :)Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-84569915559518992742008-08-11T23:49:00.000+00:002008-08-11T23:49:00.000+00:00This is a comments by Julie Douglas who had diffic...This is a comments by Julie Douglas who had difficulty posting a comment<BR/>_____________________________<BR/><BR/>once again, can't manage to blog you, hope this form of contact will suffice. (and first of all, thanks so much for your constant hard work putting together so much information for artists, you are clearly tireless.)<BR/><BR/>I attended the award ceremony for the cpsa show in Seattle and really enjoyed meeting the other artists. Like all shows, there were some fantastic pieces which DIDN'T win awards - maybe some time the judge will be a coloured pencil-ist, which would, I think, make for an interesting selection. For, while the judge selected what he liked, one wondered if subject became more important than skill, in which case, the hope of moving forward with coloured pencil as a serious medium may be compromised? It was great to see so many fine pieces, a great variety of styles and techniques - in particular, Bonnie Autens work was, as they say in Seattle, Awesome. And it was worth traveling all that way to see Jeff Georges amazing artwork.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes<BR/><BR/>Julie DouglasMaking A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-63958195897339603372008-08-11T18:20:00.000+00:002008-08-11T18:20:00.000+00:00Delighted to see UKCPS member Julie Douglas get an...Delighted to see UKCPS member Julie Douglas get an award, and thoroughly agree with your comments on all of the winners that you selected Katherine - some fine work.Bob Ebdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706756445971562444noreply@blogger.com