”At a moment in 1970, when a model dropped her robe and stood naked in front of a class of wide-eyed eighteen year old art students, I found something in life I loved – the challenge to draw the living, breathing, continuously moving landscape of the human body. What started out as a challenge quickly became a passion. Ten years later, when I happened upon an artist’s dynamic pastels at a local exhibition, I knew I had discovered my medium.”
Margaret has lived in Atlanta, GA, since her family moved from New York in 1960. She attended the Atlanta College of Art at the High Museum of Art and furthered her studies under painters Roman Chatov and Kate Fetterolf. A Master Pastelist with the Pastel Society of America and award-winning member of the American Impressionist Society, Margaret has made her living for over 20 years selling her work and teaching workshops.
PUBLICATIONS
The Pastel Journal (Feb. 2011; Dec. 2005; Mar. 2002; Mar. 2001; Mar. 2000; May 1999)
American Artist Magazine (Nov. 2011; 2010 Cover Competition; Jun. 2001)
International Artist Magazine (Jun. 2005; Aug. 2003; Sep. 2002)
The Artist’s Magazine (Nov. 2011; June 2002)
Pastel Artist International (Jan. 2001)
“How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Figures” (2005; 2004)
“Pastel Highlights 2” (2004)
“Pure Color: The Best of Pastels,” (2006)
SELECTED AWARDS
2012 Honorable mention, National League of American Pen Women, Atlanta Chapter
2011 Honorable Mention, International Association of Pastel Societies Web Exhibition
Honorable Mention, Artist’s Magazine’s 28th Annual Art Competition, Portraits/Figures
Best of Show, Southeastern Pastel Society, Gainesville, GA
Finalist, International Society of Pastel Societies Poster Competition
2010 Great American Pastel Award, Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans, LA
Best of Show, Southeastern Pastel Society International, Atlanta, GA
Hurlimann Armstrong Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
Finalist, American Artist Cover Competition
2009 3rd Place, American Impressionist Society, Saks Gallery, Denver, CO
3rd Place, Southeastern Pastel Society, Marietta/Cobb Museum, Atlanta, GA
Honorable Mention, Southeastern Pastel Society, Marietta/Cobb Museum, Atlanta, GA
2005 Best of Show, Main Street Art Festival, Ft. Worth, TX
2004 Best of Drawing, Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IO
Best of Show, Tallahassee Chain of Parks, Tallahassee, FL
3rd Place, Drawing, Coconut Grove Art Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
2003 2nd Place, International Artist Magazine Competition August/September
2002 Best of Show, Coconut Grove Art Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
Best in Drawing, The Austin Fine Art Festival, Austin, TX
2nd Place-Drawing, Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, FL
Finalist, The Pastel Journal’s “Pastel 100” Exhibition, Portrait & Figure
2nd Place-Drawing, St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
2001 Juror’s Award, Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO
Finalist & Merit Award, The Pastel Journal’s “Pastel 100” Exhibition
Best in Drawing, The Austin Fine Art Festival, Austin, TX
2000 Pastel Society of New Mexico International Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
Finalist, The Pastel Journal’s “Pastel 100” Exhibition, Portrait & Figure Category
1999 Pastel Society of America, NY, NY
2nd Place-Drawing, Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA
1st Place, Southeastern Pastel Society Members Exhibition. Atlanta, GA
1988 3rd Place-Drawing, Disney Festival of the Masters, Buena Vista, FL
3rd Place, Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO
1997 3rd Place-Drawing, Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park , FL
Jurors’ Choice, Atlanta Art Festival, Atlanta, GA
1996 Helen Oehler Award, American Artists Professional League, New York, NY
Marie Devor Award, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
1994 1st Place–Painting, Uptown Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2nd Place, The National Arts Program at Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
1993 Award of Distinction, Fine Arts Museum of the South, Montgomery AL
1992 Grumbacher Silver Medal of Excellence, SE Pastel Society, Atlanta, GA
Honorable Mention, The Florida National, FSU, Tallahassee, FL
SELECTED JURIED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 DK Gallery, Marietta, GA
2011 International Association of Pastel Societies Web Exhibition
Randy Higbee Gallery 6x6 Gallery Winter Exhibit, Costa Mesa, CA
Pastel Invitational, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Southeastern Pastel Society, The Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, GA
Richeson 75 Small Works Exhibit, Kimberly, WI
Sedona Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Sedona, AZ
2010 Randy Higbee Gallery 6x6 Gallery Exhibit, Costa Mesa, CA
International Association of Pastel Societies Web Exhibition
Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Degas Pastel Society, Hammond, LA
Southeastern Pastel Society, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA
Pastel National, 2010, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Brandon Michael Fine Art Figurative Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2009 American Impressionist Society Exhibition, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO
“Metro Montage,” Cobb Marietta Museum of Art, Marietta, GA
Southeastern Pastel Society, Athens, GA
2007 American Impressionist Society National Exhibition, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 “Explorations: Pastels and Paintings”, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Bennett Street Gallery Invitational, Atlanta, GA
ATLart[04] Atlanta Contemporary Art Center “Under Different Circumstances”,
assembled by Lisa Kurzner, former curator Museum of Modern Art, NY; Atlanta, GA
2002 The 3rd Annual Pastel 100 Exhibition, The Pastel Journal
Southeastern Pastel Society International Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
2001 The 2nd Annual Pastel 100 Exhibition, The Pastel Journal
“Concerning The Figure”, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Allied Artists of America 88th Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
28th Annual Pastel Society of America Exhibit, National Arts Club, NY
The 1st Annual Pastel 100 Exhibition, The Pastel Journal
1999 Pastel Society of America Exhibit, National Arts Club, New York, NY
“On Reflection”, Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1998 Southeastern Pastel Society International Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
The Taos Gallery, Taos, NM
1997 “The Female Figure”, The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL
1996 American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans, LA
Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, NY
1993 Pastel Society of New Mexico International Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
Northwest Pastel Society International Exhibition, Seattle, WA
San Diego Art Institute National Exhibition, San Diego, CA
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Show, National Arts Club, New York, NY
1992 Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, NY
“Figurative Small Works Exhibit”, The Armory, West Palm Beach, FL
“The Florida National”, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
SELECTED SOLO AND 2-3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2010 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2007 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN • Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN • Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 16 Patton Gallery, Asheville, NC
2002 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN • 16 Patton, Asheville, NC
2001 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN • Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999 Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1998 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN • Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1997 Aliya/Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995 Goodyear Cottage, Jeckyll Island, GA • Trinity Arts Group, Atlanta, GA
1993 Aaron Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1992 Gallery MSL, Tula, Atlanta, GA • Mercer University, Atlanta, GA