ABOUT THE ARTIST

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Margaret Dyer is a Master Pastelist with the Pastel Society of America. She has been featured in The Artists Magazine, American Artist, International Artist, Pastel Artist International, The Pastel Journal, "How Did You Paint That?-100 Ways to Paint People & Figures, Vols. 1 and 2", and "Pure Color: The Best of Pastels".

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.

The subjects of my paintings are almost always people. They're my daughters, sisters, friends, and sometimes just a passer-by who caught my attention and was not frightened by my proposition to paint her. Every once in a while you'll see a bald guy--that's my husband (believe it or not, his paintings sell surprisingly quickly).

After painting with pastels for over 20 years, I recently started painting with oils. It's a whole new animal for me, one that will most likely take me 20 more years to learn. But what joy it is to see a new world open up to me -- so much to learn. I can't wait to get back into the studio.