Artist Senses...Anna Wainright in Pastel Journal Jan/Feb 2016 Magazine

January, 2016 - Bedminster, NJ - Connoisseur Fine Arts, Inc., a gallery located in Bedminster, NJ, is thrilled to announce Anna Wainright, MC/IAPS, PSA, is starting off 2016 just fine. Wainright was chosen as a featured artist in the Pastel Journal Jan/Feb 2016 Issue. Traces of Memory | Anna Wainright Pastel Landscapes. By: Beth Williams

http://www.artistsnetwork.com/medium/pastel/anna-wainright-pastel-landscapes

Having been chosen 3 consecutive years 1 of PASTEL 100 Competition Award Winners Pastel 100 Contest 2014, 2015, and 2016, juried into multiple shows from the east coast to the west coast. Anna Wainright’s successful “Modern Day Tonalist” exhibit this past November at the Connoisseur Gallery. Keep an eye out for atmospheric, evocative pastel landscapes by Anna Wainright in 2016. Free issue of Pastel Journal signed by Anna Wainright while they last at the Connoisseur.

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

Anna Wainright, MC/IAPS, PSA, PSNJ, PSTB, PPSCC - Self Taught; B.A. Rutgers, Urban Studies; A.A. from Brookdale, CC, in Graphic Design. Workshops and private lessons with Master Pastellist Brooke Allison, Richard McKinley, PSA Hall of Fame; and PSA signature members Marge Levine, and Stan Sperlak. Other artistic influences , the Impressionists, Sargent, Homer, Turner, Innes, and Whistler.

Awards: PSA 43rd Enduring Brilliance, Richeson Bronze Award 2015 ; Pastel Society of the West Coast Holbein Award 2015; 26TH Pastel World IAPS Honorable Mention 2015; PSNJ Studio 7-Best In Show/Landscapes; 2015 Pastel 100 – Pastel Journal – Honorable Mention; IAPS 25th Exhibition 2014- Honorable Mention; Connecticut Pastel Society 2014 President’s Award; Pastel Society of America 41st Enduring Brilliance “Allied Artists of America Award” 2013; Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100, April 2011 & 2014 issues; Artist Magazine Finalist, December 2011 & 2014 issue; Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, 2nd Place 2013/2014, Merit Award 2012, First Place 2007; Pastel Society of New Jersey Merit Award 2011, 2012, & 2013; Connecticut Pastel Society Dick Blick Award 2013; 1st Place Lrg Works – PAPJC 2011; Merit Award - 2010 & 2011 Bayonet Farms; 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 2009.

Associations: Master Circle of the International Association of Pastel Painters (IAPS); Signature Member-Pastel Society of America; Signature-Pastel Society of New Jersey; Signature/Emeritus Pastel Society of Tampa Bay. Signature-Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod. Also a member of Connecticut Pastel Society, Pastel Society of West Coast, and American Impressionists Society.

Publications: Pastel Journal 2015, 2014 & 2011 April Issues – Pastel 100 Honorable Mention; Feature in Southwest Magazine, May 2014; Finalist “Artist Magazine” December 2011, 2014, 2015; Featured artist in Princeton Packet article ; Three Pastelists June 2014, Winter Gala 2014, “Art Show: The Artful Deposit: Celebrating 25 Years” July 6, 2011.

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 46th 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.

Image: 2016 Pastel Journal article – Anna Wainright. “Dock of the Bay”