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Alain J. Picard
Picard cites Sargent, Degas, and Sorolla among his artistic influences. A love of light and beauty are immediately apparent in his pastel and oil paintings. Alain’s work has been featured in such publications as The Artist’s Magazine and The Pastel Journal. He has garnered top awards throughout the Northeast in esteemed exhibitions including the Pastel Society of America, Hudson Valley Art Association, the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, and the Connecticut Pastel Society where he holds signature member status. In 2004, The Artist’s Magazine highlighted Alain as one of 20 contemporary artists “On the Rise”.
Awards 2007 CPS Founders Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - West Hartford, Connecticut Pastel Society of America Award, Member’s Show, Connecticut Pastel Society - Meridan, Connecticut 2006 Pastels Girault Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - Norwich, Connecticut Honorable Mention, Portrait and Figure category, Pastel 100 Competition, The Pastel Journal, April Issue Honorable Mention, Faces of Winter, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists - Greenwich, Connecticut 2005 Dakota Art Pastels Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - West Hartford, Connecticut Shirley Weiss Epstein Award, 33rd Annual Pastel Exhibition, Pastel Society of America - New York, New York Best in Show, Member’s Show, Connecticut Pastel Society - Meridan, Connecticut Second Prize, Faces of Spring, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists - Old Lyme, Connecticut 2004 Honorable Mention, Faces of Summer, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists - Darien, Connecticut President’s Show Kent Art Association Award, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut Certificate of Merit for Pastel, Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club - New York, New York 2003 Joseph V. Giffuni Foundation Award, 31st Annual Pastel Exhibition, Pastel Society of America New York, New York Best Portrait Award, President’s Show, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut Honorable Mention, New England Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association - Cape Cod, Mass. Honor Award, Member’s Show, Connecticut Pastel Society - Meridan, Connecticut Immaculata University 20th Annual Art Show - Immaculata, Pennsylvania 2002 Second Annual Juried Exhibition, The Brush and Palette Club - New Haven, Connecticut Wallis Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - Norwich, Connecticut Connecticut Pastel Society, Signature Members Show - New Canaan, Connecticut Grand National Exhibition, The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club New York, New York Award for Pastel, Fall Show, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut Art of New England, The Lyme Art Association - Old Lyme, Connecticut Art of the Human Spirit-A Portrait and Figurative Exhibit, Bennington Center for the Arts Bennington, Vermont Mrs. John Newington Portrait Award, 71st Annual Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association Hasting-on-Hudson, New York Signature Award, Member’s Show, Connecticut Pastel Society- Meridan, Connecticut Young Talent Exhibit, Washington Art Association - Washington, Connecticut Finalist in two categories, Portrait and Animal, “Pastel 100 Competition”, The Pastel Journal March/April Issue 2001 Mount Vision Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - West Hartford, Connecticut Housatonic Art League Invitational Exhibitit - New Milford, Connecticut One man show, Wilton Library - Wilton, Connecticut One man show, Corner Gallery, Walnut Hill Community Church - Bethel, Connecticut Two man show, Cendant Mobility - Danbury, Connecticut 2000 Best in Show, President’s Show, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut One man show, Seattle Espresso - Danbury, Connecticut 1999 Best in Show, President’s Show, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut Best in Show, Spring Show, Bethel Art League - Bethel, Connecticut Publications The Pastel Journal, Pastel 100 Competition Finalist, April 2006 The Artist’s Magazine, Special 20th Anniversary Issue, January 2004 The Artist’s Magazine, September 2003 The Pastel Journal, January/February 2003 Education Spring 1998 Portrait and Figure Painting from Life in oil and pastel Professor: Americo DiFranza Art Students League, Manhattan, New York Spring 1997 Graduate Bachelor of Arts Degree, Illustration, Western Connecticut State University, ~ Cum Laude ~ WCSU Achievement in Illustration Award
School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, New York - Funded by a student grant from WCSU for outstanding artistic excellence
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