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. • The Salmagundi Club
2005 -2008 Awards
1st Place Drawing - 2008 Focus NJ
Best in Show &1st Place Drawing - 2008 New Jersey State Senior Exhibition
2nd Place Professional Drawing - 2007 NJ State Senior Exhibition
Bergen Cty.Juried Senior Art Show - 1st Place Professional: Drawing, 2007, 2008
Gaelen Gallery 9th Ann. Invitational - Hon. Mention Drawing
•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
"Graphite Pencil Drawings"
by Andrea Placer
30 images with commentary by the artist. Beautifully printed and soft bound. 30 pages. 6" x 8"
Shipped directly to you. $30 (incl. tax and shipping). Contact Andrea by e-mail to order.
"Tuscan Doorway" , (o & r)
12" x 8"
"Tuscan Vista", (o)
11" x 14"
Below: 3 images from Tuscany series
1st Place Drawing Award
2008 Focus NJ
"Feline Guardian" (below)
HERE'S WHAT'S NEW!!
"Upward Climb" and "Out and About" (below), will be exhibited at the Gaelen Gallery 10th Annual Show, May 17 - June 18, 2009. The gallery is at 901 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ
"Tuscan Urn", (r)
12" x 8"
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Images from Montana, Canyon de Chelly, Arches, and more.
I'm proud and excited to report that my drawiing, "Petal Power" (left) has been selected for exhibition this summer at the Colored Pencil Society of America's 17th Annual International Exhibtion in Atlanta, Ga
