Jeanne Rosier Smith (NRA-2012) of Sudbury, Massachusetts, won the Prix de Pastel (top prize) in the International Association of Pastel Societies twentieth juried exhibition. This year, the show is being held in the city of Brea, California and runs through September 14th.
“The winning painting is one in a series of waves I’ve been working on for the past three years. They just got more interesting to me — the movement, power and light — the possibilities for abstraction and yet absolute realism. There’s something also about capturing an illusion of splash and foam with a completely dry medium that appeals to me.”
Jeanne Rosier Smith, PSA • Splash • Pastel
Prix de Pastel • 20th Juried Exhibition of the IAPS • Brea, CA
The Salmagundian 
she is super talented and so inspiring! i was lucky enough to see her work on the Cape this summer