20th Biennial National Exhibition

This is an online exhibition ONLY and no work will be shipped. It may be viewed on the Degas Pastel Society website at degaspastelsociety.org.

Over $5000 (including two $1000 Awards of Exceptional Merit and two $500 Awards of Excellence.)

Lyn Asselta is a Pastel Society of America Master Pastelist, an International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Eminent Pastelist and a member of the Salamgundi Club of New York City. She is the founder and past president of the First Coast Pastel Society (FL) and a Southeastern Pastel Society Member of Excellence. Her award winning paintings have appeared in shows and exhibitions throughout the United States and.in invitational exhibitions in France and China. Her work has been featured in several books on the pastel medium, as well as in Pastel Journal magazine, Pratique des Arts magazine, and Plein Air magazine. In 2018 Lyn published her first book, Seeing the Landscape, a collection of her paintings and prose. She teaches workshops in both studio and plein air and writes a weekly newsletter on life and art, Saturdays at the Cove.

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Work may be for sale; NFS is allowed.

All inquiries for sales will be directed to the artist who will be responsible for completion and shipment of the sale. DPS charges NO commission.

Artists will be notified of the decision of the judge by November 29, 2024. The judge will select 90 to 100 paintings with a maximum of 2 paintings from each artist. Please add [email protected] to your safe senders list to ensure mail delivery.

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