Awaiting an Artist

Soft pastel 30x30cm (12x12") on Canson MT Touch paper

This painting "Awaiting an Artist" was the winner at the Get Dusty Competition for May 2013 organized by the Pastel Guild of Europe.

I did a lot of preparation and made many setups for this painting. This was so much not my way of doing painting but the end result was a painting that I still watch and enjoy. I guess the lesson learned from this is to always carefully plan the composition and the colors.

The additional honor was the use of it for the cover of the Pastel Scribbler newsletter for June 2013.

Here is what the jury said:

Great abstract simplicity in the arrangement makes this painting

a real eye catcher. The muted background lets the brighter colours really shine.

The application of pastel is simple and straight forward, using the darkness of

the paper to provide some variety and structure to the areas. The little corner

of tape curling up in the foreground is adding to the realism.