Colored & Graphite Pencil Drawings
Viewing and creating art has given me great pleasure over the years, but I feel a “perfect fit” using the medium of graphite and colored pencil drawing. Although the process is slow and intensive, it is ultimately, very satisfying. I enjoy the blending, layering and detailing that allow me to represent extremes of light and shadow, and the subtle gradations in between.
My subjects may be children, flowers, natural objects, and people in outdoor settings. I react emotionally to them, strive to evoke their mood, and to share what I believe are universal feelings such as joy, wonderment, and the pleasure of being alive in nature. My drawings, through their visual language, are another means of communicating with people, something, about which I care a lot.
My work has been juried into many regional and national exhibitions, including those of:
•Weiner Library, F.D.U.•Hudson Valley Art Assoc.•Monmouth Festival of Art •Ringwood Manor Art Assoc. •The Pen & Brush Assoc. •Audubon Artists •American Artists Prof.League •Community Arts Assoc. •Rye Arts Center
•Ridgewood, NJ Art Institute •Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
•Stamford Art Assoc., Ct. •Rutherford, NJ Art Assoc.
2005 -2007 Awards
•2007 Focus NJ - 1st Place Drawing
•2007 New Jersey State Senior Exhibition - 2nd Place Drawing
•Gaelen Gallery 8th Ann. Invitational - Best in Show
•Bergenfield Arts Exhibition - 1st Place Pencil Drawing
•St.Catherine’s POA ‘ 1st Place, 3rd Place, Drawing
•American Artists Professional League - President’s Award
•Salmagundi Members Exhibition - Honorable Mention
•Bergen Cty.4th & 5th Juried Senior Art Show - 1st Place Professional: Drawing
•CAA Nat’l Open Exhibition- Drawing & Graphics Award
•HVAA 74th Ann. Exhib. - Salmagundi Club Award
•RMAA - 2nd Place Drawing, 2005 & 2006
•Art Assoc. of Rutherford - 1st Place Drawing
•Wiener Library, FDU - “Works on Paper” - Honorable Mention, Excellence in Drawing
•Art Center of Northern NJ, “Focus on NJ” - 1st Place Drawing
WHAT'S NEW?
Just Published!
"Graphite Pencil Drawings"
by Andrea Placer
30 images with commentary by the artist. Beautifully printed and soft bound. 30 pages. 6" x 8"
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Below : Manor in Spring, Tuscany
1st Place Drawing-2007 Focus NJ Exhibition
Left: "Caring Hands", featured at the
9th Annual Gaelen Juried Art Show, Lautenberg Family JCC, 901 Rte. 10 East, Whippany, NJ
5/18 -6/17, 2008; Reception 5/18, 12:30 - 3 pm
(973) 428 - 9300 for information and directions
April 13th - June 1st, 2008"Winter in the Park" (above) will be featured at the Gaelen Gallery East, JCC Metrowest, 760 Northfield Ave., W. Orange, NJ 07052.
Reception: Sunday, April 13th, 12 - 2 pm. Two person show. Take GSP to Rt. 280 West, to exit 10. Turn left onto Northfield Ave. Travel 3.2 mi. to JCC campus on the left.
"Moments in Time"
Solo show at Suffern Library
210 Lafayette Ave., Suffern, NY 10901
June 3 -29, 2008
Reception 2-4pm, June 8, 2008
Library Hours: (845) 357-1237
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