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This is a fabulous opportunity to enter your best work in PAO Membership Online Exhibition without the expense involved in framing and shipping.

Steve is a life long professional artist well known in the plein air art world. He’s won top awards in over 100 major competitions in the past 2 decades. His work has been featured in the Plein Air Magazine Salon, The Pastel Journal Top 100 and The Artist’s Magazine, and resides in 3 art museums as well as many private and corporate collections. He has also been published in several other notable art magazines and books. In 2018 Steve was nominated and voted into the prestigious Salmagundi Club in NYC.

His most recent honor was winning the “Best Plein Air Landscape” in the January 2025 Salon competition of Plein Air Magazine. There were 830 entries from 23 countries. Steve is a long-time instructor at Dakota Art Pastels. Since 2004, he has taught over 100 workshops in the U.S. and Europe.

There are two categories for entry and awards.

Emerging Pastel Artists:
PAO members who have not yet attained signature membership status in any pastel society, have not won an award in any other pastel societies’ competitions, or not had work accepted into any art magazine competition or any art supply distributor competition.

Established Artists:
PAO members who have achieved Signature, Master or Eminent pastel membership status in any pastel society including PAO or has had work accepted into any art magazine competition or art supply distributor competition.

Cash awards in EACH category:

Winners must provide a mailing address for payment by check or an email address that will accept payment by PayPal otherwise the award is forfeit.

PAO members only: $30 for 1 image, $40 for 2, $50 for 3, $60 for 4 entries.

Entry fees are non-refundable and must be paid by entry deadline. Each member is guaranteed at least one painting will be accepted.

Work may be for sale; NFS is allowed.

Purchasers will be given the Artist's contact information. Artists will handle the sales and shipping, no commission to be paid to PAO. (Shipping artwork unframed is an option at the artist’s and purchaser’s discretion.)

Accepted images may be used in Pastel Artists of Oregon in advertising, on our website, social media accounts and newsletters with credit to the artist. All artworks juried into the show will be displayed on our website Exhibition Gallery.

Additional Notification Information

Notifications will be emailed and posted in your ShowSubmit account by the end of the day on August 29, 2025.

You may view the notification in your ShowSubmit account by logging in and clicking tapping the Notifications at the top right of the screen, or in your Entry History.

If you do not receive your email, login and view the notification in your account. We cannot respond to inquiries regarding the status of notifications.

Note: Entries made prior to 2023 may not display the View Notification link.

Image and Filename Specifications

• File Format: Submit original, high-quality JPEG image files. Other formats (e.g., PNG, TIFF) are not accepted.
• Crop Your Image: Ensure only the artwork itself is visible in the image. Do not show any visible matting, frames, or background distractions.
• Orientation: Make sure your image is oriented correctly (right side up) so that the artwork appears in its intended viewing direction.
• Image Size: You do not need to resize your image files before uploading. The system will automatically resize them. Smaller images cannot be enlarged to meet the requirements, so ensure your images are high resolution before uploading.
• File Names: You do not need to rename your files before uploading them. The system will handle any file naming requirements.
• File Size: There is a 30mb maximum file size limit. Larger image files will take longer to upload and process.

Additional Entry Information

• You will pay for your entry by credit or debit card using our secure checkout system.
• After your entry is submitted and paid for, you may log back in to review your entry, edit artist and image information, and add or substitute images up until the entry deadline (August 15, 2025.)
• Entry fees are not refundable and must be submitted and paid by the entry deadline.
• Entries cannot be accepted or changed after the deadline. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.

Support

For questions about PAO or this Prospectus, please contact Peggy Braeutigam ([email protected]) or Cheryl Lockhart ([email protected]).

For technical support or entry questions, first check our Help Center or Entry Guide. If you still need help, email ShowSubmit Support ([email protected]). We’ll respond between 9am and 6pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.