Current Exhibit
Lake Country Pastel Society – 2026 Judged Exhibit
May 21, 2026 to June 21, 2026
Hosted by: Hopkins Center for the Arts - Hopkins, Minnesota
Show Awards
Congratulations to this year’s winning entries!
First Prize - Lazy Afternoon - Nancy Punderson Parr
Second Prize - Edge - Dianna Shandorf
Third Prize - The Dancer - Gayle Gilman
Outdoor Painters Society - Living Water and Spiritual Renewal - Patricia Duncan
Pastel Society of America - Satori by Mary Pow
Fred Somers Award - Tacos! - Nancy Punderson Parr
Award of Merit - Captured - Eileen France
Award of Merit - Roadside Relic - Dianna Shandorf
Honorable Mention - Irish Cows - Joan Hughes
Honorable Mention - Gruyere - Gwen Solberg
Past Exhibits
LCPS 2025 Member Exhibit
Hosted by Boreal Art Loft - 2276 Como Avenue, St. Paul
November 1-29, 2025
Many artists, friends and family showed up to kick-off this year's member show on Saturday, November 1st. High praise was heard throughout the evening for the beauty and variety of work in this year's show.
Craig Britton
Medicine Lake Feathers
Eileen France
Burst of Orange
Jan Johnson
Winter Trout Season
Mary Cleary
Bee Balm
Gwen Solberg
Light Finds A Way
Lisa Stauffer
Sunnies For The Birds
Lake Country Pastel Society – 2025 Judged Exhibit
July 19, 2025 to August 23, 2025
Hosted by: Frameworks Art Gallery – Highland Park, St. Paul
Wow! What an exhibit of high quality paintings do we have up now at Frameworks Gallery. Our Judge, Suzann Beck, even admitted this exhibit of 80 plus paintings was more challenging to judge than last year’s exhibit of over 300 paintings she did in Nebraska. And here are the winners of her efforts!
First Place – Lisa Stauffer for “River Barges”
Second Place – Michelle Wegler for “Befriends”
Third Place – Fred Somers for “Scarlet Promise Called Hope”
Award of Merit – Janice Johnson for “Crazy Crow”
Award of Merit – Kathe Drake for “Buccaneer”
Honorable Mention – Michelle Wegler for “Memory”
Honorable Mention – Karen Stombaugh for “In the Weather of the Heart”
“Sense of Place” – Fred Somers for “Last Hour of Light”
“Best use of Medium” – Christine Tierney for “Into the Sunset”
“People’s Choice Award” – Kristina Rodby for “Hallow”
The Fred Somers annual award was given to two people this year, in honor of the Fred Somers Studio having been in business for fifty years! The two winners are Lisa Stauffer and Pat Duncan. Congratulations to both of them.
