Exhibits

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Lake Country Pastel Society - 2024 Non-Judged Exhibit
November 3, 2024 – January 17, 2025
Hosted by: St. Paul Monastery Gallery – 2675 Benet Rd, St. Paul (MN 55109)

From their earliest days, Benedictine Monasteries have supported the arts. Benedictines view beauty as a window into the presence of God, and the practice of making art itself as a spiritual discipline. Artwork contributes to keeping ourselves and others mindful of God’s abiding presence. Through permanent and rotating exhibits, St. Paul’s Monastery Gallery provides a place for that encounter. Guests are welcome to view the art gallery and beautiful public spaces daily from 9 am to 6 pm. We ask that you sign in at the front desk as you enter, and maintain the quiet, reverent atmosphere during your visit.

Past Exhibits

LCPS 2024 JUDGED EXHIBITION "TOUCH OF COLOR"
ON DISPLAY THROUGH JULY 26, 2024
WHITE BEAR CENTER FOR THE ARTS in White Bear Lake, MN.

We had a wonderful turnout for our Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony on June 20th. Judge Lisa Fertig presented the following awards:

1st Prize $150 - Kathe Drake - Wolf Hat

Drake

2nd Prize $100 - Laura Irwin Schack - Superior Vision

Schack

3rd Prize $75 - Wendy Peterson - Australian Banyon

Peterson

Pastel Society Award $100 - Lisa Stauffer - Enter the Garden

Stauffer

Outdoor Painters Society Award $100 - Connie Ludwig - My Space

Ludwig

Award of Merit $50 - Patricia Duncan - Our Sacred Earth

Duncan

Award of Merit $50 - Becky Jokela - Moonlight

Jokela

Honorable Mention $30 - Carol Rowley - Pink Path

Rowley

Honorable Mention $30 - Karen Stombaugh - Transcendence

Stombaugh

Fred Sommers Award - $100 - Wendy Peterson for her presented work

$25 Gift Card - People's Choice Award - Carl Zartner - Special Delivery

Zartner

You can view all entered pieces on the White Bear Center for the Arts website at https://whitebeararts.org/touch-of-color/

Lake Country Pastel Society 2023 Judged Exhibit

First Presbyterian Church - 535 20th Ave. N South St. Paul

AWARDS

First Place: Connie Ludwig, “Fairy in the Prairie Flowers”

Ludwig

Second Place: Wendy Peterson, “Charlie”

Peterson

Third Place: Lisa Stauffer, “Como Park Lily”

Stauffer

Award of Merit: Karen Berning, “Summertime”

Berning

Award of Merit: Kathe Drake, “Rare Beauty”

Drake

Honorable Mention: Carol Pruchnofski, “Reflections of Fall”

Pruchnofski

Honorable Mention: Michelle Wegler, “Maple Point Island”

Wegler

Pastel Society of America Award: Carl Nelson, “Rock Solid”

Nelson

Outdoor Painters Society Award: Joanne Meierhofer Carmody “Boundary Waters Winter”

Meierhofer Carmody

Fred Sommers Award: Lisa Stauffer, for her body of work.

Lake Country Pastel Society 2022 Judged Exhibit

The annual LCPS Judged Exhibit took place at Zeller Studio in Hopkins the months of August and September.

21 artists had 46 paintings on display in this exhibition.

The prize winners were:

First:
Dianna Shandorf for World Unto Itself

Second:
Carol Pruchnofski for Morning Hunt

Third:
Wendy Peterson for Redwoods and River

Awards of Merit:
Christine Tierney for Mesmerized
Kathe Drake for Exhuberance

Honorable Mentions:
Art Weeks for Abiquiu Reservoir, NM
Lisa Stauffer for Alley Angles

Outdoor Painters of MN Award:
Pat Duncan for Nature Takes the Credit

Pastel Society of America Award:
Frederick Somers for Held in Golden Light

Frederick D. Somers Award:
Christine Tierney for Clean Up Time

Lake Country Pastel Society 2021 Judged Exhibit

lakeville show info

Click on the above image to download it in PDF postcard form.
A PDF of the entire exhibit can be downloaded from this link.

Immersed
by Linda Ricklefs Baudry

22" x 20"

Baudry

Transition
by Karen M. Berning

15" x 18"

Berning

Minnesota River from "The Landing"
by Nancy Dahlof

17" x 21"

Dahlof

Abandon
by Stephanie Danek

20" x 16"

Danek

A Season of Transition
by Patricia Duncan

17.5" x 21.5"

Duncan

Minnesota River Valley
by Susan L. Estill

13" x 18"

Estill

December Grass
by Becky Jokela

22" x 26"

Jokela

Chickadee
by Carolyn Kalter

13" x 13"

Kalter

Invitation
by Connie Ludwig

20" x 26"

Ludwig

Dusk Over Mesa Verde
by Wendy Peterson

17" x 19"

Peterson

Fall Harvester
by Carol Nelson Pruchnofski

23.5" x 14.5"

Pruchnofski

Seven Falls Warming
by Frederick D. Somers

17.5" x 23.5"

Somers

Freshly Picked
by Lisa Stauffer

11" x 13"

Stauffer

Into the Woods
by Christine Tierney

22" x 18"

Tierney

Girls of Summer
by Susan Warner

21" x 27"

Warner

Lake Country Pastel Society “Winter Interlude” Show at the Paradise Center for the Arts
February 17, 2020 — March 28, 2020

Paradise Center for the Arts updated pickup information:
Pickup of artwork will be Monday June 8, 9am-noon and Tuesday June 9, 10am-5pm.
321 Central Avenue North; Faribault, MN 55021

An email will be mailed to all show participants listing contact information for exhibitors. Please make use of these contacts if you would like to help/or find someone to pickup your artwork.

Judge Rick Kokenash explained his process for judging the show:

First he stood back and looked at each piece from a distance to see which ones drew his eye. After that he made successive passes moving in closer and closer. His final pass was up close looking at fine strokes and mastery of the medium. He also looked at presentation — how each painting was framed and whether it complimented the art. He commented on matted and non matted works and pointed out examples of ones which worked well.

Award Winners for the 2020 Winter Interlude Show

First Place — “A Moment Worth Waiting For”
by Fred Somers

Somers

Pastel Society of America Award — “Siesta with Sorolla”
by Lisa Stauffer

Stauffer

2nd Place — "After the Storm”
by Carol Pruchnofski

Pruchnofski

3rd Place — “Waiting My Turn”
by Pat Duncan

Duncan

Award of Merit — “Amaryllis”
by Cynthia Kath

Kath

Award of Merit — “Winter at the Summerplace”
by Becky Jokela

Jokela

Honorable Mention — “Mississippi River Bank”
by Connie Ludwig

Ludwig

Honorable Mention — “Last Light”
by Christine Tierney

Tierney

At the 2020 Winter Interlude Show

Crowd Shot

Group Shot

Earlier Exhibits