Pastel

An exhibit of works in pastel juried by award winning pastel artist, Shawn Dell Joyce.

Join us for the Artists Reception Saturday, September 14, 2024 5:00-7:00 pm. Receptions are always free and open to the public.

The exhibit is on view September 6, 2024 – October 27, 2024  The gallery is open to the public Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12:00-5:00 pm or by appointment.

Featured Artists:

Susan E Baldwin

Cynthia Harris-Pagano

Cathy Copeland

Dennis Fanton

Jane Felber

Joyce Hill

Judy Howard

Jo Ann Johnson

Mary Mugele Sealfon

Melissa Small Cooper

William Noonan

Patricia Rottino Cummins

Vaune Sherin

Judi Silvano

Elizabeth Sundwall

Shawn Dell Joyce Biography

Shawn Dell Joyce was born in Texas in 1965 and grew up on the border in Brownsville Tx. She worked in her family’s citrus orchards until an unseasonable frost killed the trees in 1982. This loss changed the trajectory of her career from farmer to artist. She went to art school at University of North Texas in Denton, and studied Semiotics with artist Vernon Fisher, then transferred to San Francisco Art Institute in 1987. Her real education happened as an artist’s apprentice in SoHo section of NY where she worked in several artist’s studios until leaving the city for the beautiful farmlands North of the city and began teaching plein air classes in 2000, and continues weekly to this day in Tampa Bay.  She founded a plein air school with an Arts and Agricultural mission based on the historic Hudson River School, called the Wallkill River School of Art. It still exists today as a nonprofit arts organization with a mission of bringing cultural tourism to the Hudson Valley region through plein air painting workshops and events on local farms, historic sites and open spaces. Joyce has won many prestigious awards for plein air painting, and is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and Pastel Society of Tampa Bay (PSTB). She has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times, Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Podcast with Eric Rhoads, Pastel Journal Magazine, Tampa Bay Magazine. She is represented by six galleries around the country including Wallkill River School in NY, Woodfield Fine Art in St. Pete, and Lakeside Inn Gallery in Mount Dora, FL. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country in Staunton, VA, Olana, NY, Tampa Bay Florida, and is included in museum collections in the Georges Pompidou Museum in France and the Museum of Modern Art in NY. She recently won the Creative Pinellas grant for established artists in 2023, Best in Show for Central Florida Pastel Society Annual Exhibit, and Best in Show for 2024 Pastel Society of Tampa Bay Annual Exhibit.