Again The Connoisseur Gallery Congratulates Artist Anna Wainright

April 7, 2015 - Bedminster, NJ - Anna Wainright was awarded Honorable Mention in the Pastel 100 Competition in the category of Abstract & Non-Objective for her painting “Undefined” 18X24 Pastel. Wainright’s painting can be found now in the current April Issue of the Pastel Journal.

To see more works by Anna Wainright visit the Connoisseur Gallery, Bedminster, NJ,
or online at www.cfineart.com.

Anna Wainright, PSA - Self Taught; B.A. Rutgers, Urban Studies; A.A. from Brookdale, CC, in Graphic Design. Workshops and private lessons with Master Pastelist Brooke Allison, and PSA signature members Marge Levine and Stan Sperlak. Other artistic influences, the Masters, all of the Impressionists, Sargent, Homer, Gruppe, and the Tonalists.

Awards: Pastel Society of America 41st Enduring Brilliance “Allied Artists of America Award” 2013; Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100, April 2011 & 2014 issues; Artist Magazine 2011 Finalist, December 2011 issue; Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, 2nd Place 2013, Merit Award 2012, First Place 2007; Pastel Society of New Jersey Merit Award 2011, 2012; 2013; Connecticut Pastel Society Dick Blick Award 2012; 1st Place Lrg Works – PAPJC 2011; 2011 NJPS Merit Award - 2010 & 2011 Bayonet Farms - Best Use of Light; 2007 Top Award of Excellence Tampa Bay Possibilities in Pastels – 4th Merit Place 2011; 2nd Place 2008/3rd Place 2007 Annual NJPPS Show - Sovereign Bank Award - 1st Annual NJ Open Juried Pastel Show at the Guild of Creative Arts.

Associations: Signature/Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of New Jersey, and Pastel Painters of NJ. Also a member of the Tampa Bay Pastel Society, Degas Pastel Society, Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, and the International Association of Pastel Painters (IAPS).

The Connoisseur Fine Arts, Inc. is located at 2493 Lamington Road, Bedminster, NJ, 07921. Tracy Pollock can be reached at 908-766-1139 or by email at connoisseur@cfineart.com, and on facebook at The Connoisseur Gallery, Inc.https://www.facebook.com/pages/...Connoisseur...Inc/154114954629185

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About the Connoisseur Gallery:

The Connoisseur was founded 44 years ago in Bernardsville, NJ by Phil Fico, now celebrating its 45th year in Bedminster, NJ. We represent contemporary artists Rhoda Yanow, PSA., Tracy Pollock, Anna Wainright, PSA., and Susan Blubaugh. With a history specializing in 19th – early 20th century American art. The gallery provides professional restoration for public and private collections as well as individual works and custom framing. The Connoisseur Gallery buys, sells and handles consignments.