Word from the president
Johnston Myles, PSEC President

Canada

Sunset Flow, 18×24

1,500 $

Welcome to the 2nd edition of ‘Pixel Pastel’, our official online international juried exhibition 2023.

The exhibition will run from December 15th through to March 15th 2024. We are truly honoured and humbled to say that we have received submissions from 17 different countries from around the world and this year, once again, several new countries have joined our exhibition!

Congratulations to the 120 artists who had their artwork accepted from 522 submitted images,and chosen by a jury panel of 2 world reknown masters and teachers at studio incamminati in Philadelphia – Jafang Lu and Lea Wight. We are truly amazed by the outstanding artwork and exceptional artistic talent on display this year!

Congratulations to all of the award winners! 18 magnificent paintings were chosen by our awards judge, internationally reknown master Kerry Dunn, who was listed as one of the world`s top 50 contemporary artists to follow. On behalf of the PSEC Executive Committee, I wish to thank both jury teams for their generosity, dedication and time devoted to this very difficult and daunting task.

We also wish to invite you to visit our special jury gallery as well as our very own PSEC Masters’ gallery on the exhibition page.

Special thanks and much gratitude to our dedicated PSEC committee members and everyone who volunteered their valuable time and skills in order to make this online exhibition a success. We’d like to thank Fannie Blaney, our graphic designer for our publicity and social media posters, and to Marie-Hélène Archambault of Conceptions Web Archambault who worked long hours to set up our website and exhibition page. Thank you also to Austin Hamby from ShowSubmit, the man behind the platform we use for the submission and the selection process and that makes everything so much easier!

Last but not least, to all of our sponsors for your continued support and generosity. Your contributions are an essential part of our exhibitions and we truly value our partnership with all of you as we strive to promote the pastel medium and its wonderful artists around the world.

We truly wish you will enjoy our international exhibition that portrays a variety of artistic styles and subjects and puts on display the colourful world and sheer beauty of pastel paintings!

I take the occasion to wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe holiday season.

Sincerely,

Myles Johnston – PSEC President


TO BUY A PAINTING FROM THIS EXHIBITION, CONTACT MONIQUE

 

Master’s Gallery

 

Denis Jacques

Canada

Crac! , 24 x 18

2,300 $

Danielle richard

Canada

Soleils verts, 29 x 39

NFS

Siddick Nuckcheddy

Mauritius

Chantier naval, Guilvinec, 60 x 40

NFS

Melissa Breault

Canada

Internal Flight, 7 x 11

NFS

Claude Texier

France

Gousses de Glycine, 23 x 30

NFS

Jury

Jafang Lu

USA

Dan

Prix sur demande

Lea Collie Wight

USA

Woman Writing

NFS

Selection Jury Gallery

 

Kerry Dunn

USA

Levon Brooks

NFS

Prize List

 

Winners – Exhibition 2023

1st prize (2 000$) – Grand prix Horace Champagne : TD Bank Wealth / Pygmaliart / Restaurant Marathon Souvlaki / PSEC

Red Coat

39.3 x 25.5

$10,000

He Shilei

Chine

2nd prize (1 000$) – TD Bank Wealth / Secure Financial

That lucky old sun

26 x 20

$30,000

Giuseppe Lucantoni

Italie

3rd prize (775$) – Pygmaliart / PSEC

City Home

16 x 16

$4,200

Tai Meng Lim

Malaisie

4th prize (635$) – PanPASTEL by Golden Atists Color Inc / Pastel Girault / Dakota

Bangkok Tuk Tuk

22 x 16

$1,950

Andrew McDermott

Canada

5th prize (525$) – PSEC

Along the Arroyo Seco

10 x 8

$325

Natalie Richards

USA

6th prize (425$) – PSEC

Good Night ISLA

19.7 x 26.4

$8,000

Yuli Chang

Taïwan

7th prize (360$) – PSEC

The Light, The Land, The Landing

17 x 29

$8,600

Melissa Breault

Canada

8th prize (340$) – PSEC

In Algorithm We Trust

25 x 19

$8,000

Alex Kasyan

Canada

9th prize (287$) – Dakota / PSEC

Ready To Wrap

17.7 x 19.6

$1,000

Silja Salmistu

Danemark

10th prize (262$) – PanPASTEL by Golden Atists Color Inc / PSEC

Bouquet of peonies

19 x 19

$1,200

Olena Duchene

France

11th prize (212$) – Dakota / PSEC

It’s my new car

24 x 18

$850

Michele Duretete-Brodel

France

12th prize (150$) – PSEC

My Heart is Flying

20 x 15

$5,000

Yanqi Zhai

Chine

13th prize (125$) – PSEC

Cerises du Minervois

12.59 x 11.81

$1,000

Yves Serny

France

14th prize (125$) – PSEC

Made to fit

20 x 13

$900

Glen Maxion

USA

15th prize (120$) – PSEC

Samadhi Jardin

36 x 24

$1,950

Guylaine Jacques

CANADA

16th prize (110$) – PSEC

Après les remous

8 x 11

$395

Sylvie Geneau

Canada

17th prize (100$) – PSEC

Vase on golden lace

23 x 28

$7,000

Hsiu-Min Hung

Taïwan

18th prize (100$) – PSEC

Awakening

16 x 20

$2,400

Margaret Larlham

USA

Our participants

That lucky old sun

26 x 20

$30,000

Giuseppe Lucantoni

ITALY

Star on Earth

28 x 20

$24,000

Giuseppe Lucantoni

ITALY

Cerises du Minervois

12.59 x 11.81

$1,000

Yves Serny

France

Fleurs et fruits

13.38 x 13.38

$1,000

Yves Serny

France

Port Cartier

13 x 19

$750

Caro Perreault

Canada

Treasures of a Goddess

19 x 25

$2,600

Harsha Rodage

USA

Sommet

12 x 18

$650

Johanne Charron

Canada

Bike Sharing

21 x 31

$3,000

Chi Kuang Lin

TAIWAN

Porcelain

11.81 x 19.69

$5,000

Cheng Li

CHINA

Silent night

27.56 x 39.37

$6,000

Cheng Li

CHINA

Traces

15.75 x 11.75

$500

Marie Noel Gouet

France

A l’ombre du grand sapin

08 x 8

$350

Jeannine Desmarais

CaNada

Wired

18 x 20

$2,000

Anne K Spivey

USA

Sagesse

14 x 18

$750

Sylvie Gelinas

Canada

Royal Storm Iris

9.8 x 9.8

$295

Olga Parr

NEW ZEALAND

Les yeux du coeur

21 x 16

$1,580

Elizabeth Laflamme

Canada

L’arbre multiformes

24 x 12

$700

Lucie Lucas

Canada

It’s my new car

24 x 18

$850

Michele Duretete-Brodel

France

Hommage aux Anciens

36 x 30

$4,500

Dabere Pascal

FRANCE

Parallel Tracks

18 x 24

$750

John Sherry

USA

Fruitilicious

8.2 x 9

$1,200

Davina Xinyue Wang

UNITED KINGDOM

Bloomin’ Radishes

24 x 18

$1,200

Terri Levine Rosenblum

USA

Autumn’s Bittersweet

9 x 18

$3,200

Barbara S. Groff

USA

Restless Moments

17.5 x 13.5

$1,500

Paula Phelps

USA

Rebirth

24 x 17

$6,500

Julie Davidson

USA

Jade

15.4 x 21.3

$1,000

Yi-Chen Wu

TAIWAN

Pashminas

40 x 40

$450

Cauchois Danielle

France

Cobalt Reflections

12 x 9

$400

Lisa DeLuise

USA

Here Comes the Sun

12 x 14

$300

Laura Mocnik

USA

Good Enough To Eat

14 x 10

$2,500

Jackie Krzyzewski

NEW ZEALAND

Suspension

24 x 48

$3,500

Carleen O’Connor Rivera

USA

El Charro

20 x 16

$3,000

Stephanie Pericat

FRANCE

Fragile

22 x 16.5

$1,800

Dominique Bisson

Canada

Hot Stuff

12 x 13.5

$700

Terri Brooks

USA

Made to fit

20 x 13

$900

Glen Maxion

USA

Stream

15.4 x 10.6

$2,000

Li Chu Shih

TAIWAN

Mother’s embrace

15.35 x 21.65

$1,500

Yen-Hung Wang

TAIWAN

Bangkok Tuk Tuk

22 x 16

$1,950

Andrew McDermott

Canada

Gathering with the Geese

39 x 32

$3,475

Roberta J Condon

USA

Symphonie en vert (2)

11 x 8.5

$320

Louise Bourgault

Canada

Fall Heat

12 x 9

$500

Jeri Greenberg

USA

Layne

21 x 15

$800

Matthew Kestner

USA

Lumière Sur L’avenir

18 x 12

$3,950

Maureen Finnerty

Canada

Golden Marsh

16 x 12

$1,600

Eveline Miller

USA

Remaining Snow

13 x 10

$400

Reine Goodrow

Canada

Wuthering Heights 2 / Hurlevents 2

19.5 x 13.25

$1,200

Marlene Grenier

Canada

Along the Arroyo Seco

10 x 8

$325

Natalie Richards

USA

Oak Glen Mellow

8 x 16

$525

Natalie Richards

USA

Awakening

16 x 20

$2,400

Margaret Larlham

USA

Duck Pond at Lithia Park

10 x 11.5

$1,100

Suzanne Leslie

USA

Silent Anticipation

21.5 x 15.5

$9,999

Li-Yin Chou

TAIWAN

Samadhi Jardin

36 x 24

$1,950

Guylaine Jacques

CANADA

Après les remous

8 x 11

$395

Sylvie Geneau

Canada

It’s Always Sunny, 2

20 x 13

$2,000

BF Reed

USA

Contrejour

16 x 12

$540

Martine Tulet

France

Prairie Wind

7 x 5

$200

Donna Spears

Canada

Blue Cascade

24 x 12

$1,800

Juanita Nelson

USA

En chute libre

16 x 12

$700

Suzanne Proulx

Canada

Mazama

18 x 24

$1,800

Jane Penfield

USA

View from my studio

14 x 11

$1,700

Billy Moro-Wey

USA

Trajectoire de lumière

14 x 18

$1,050

Michel Raymond

Canada

Toujours plus haut

16 x 12

$450

Ann Duckett

Canada

Pur bonheur

12 x 12

$1,200

Izabel Dagenais

Canada

Mother

14 x 28

$2,200

Margaret Ferraro

Canada

Quando Ascoltavamo

39.3 x 55.1

$65,000

Fabio Cuffari

ITALY

The Warrior Woman

39.3 x 27.5

$50,000

Fabio Cuffari

ITALY

Sun and Moon Shine Together

9 x 12

$450

Cheery Young

USA

Deep and Dark

28 x 8

$400

Stacy L Mayou

USA

Shallows

18 x 13

$2,500

Joyce Hanson

USA

Une rose rouge

15 x 11

$500

Lise Nadon

Canada

Good Night ISLA

19.7 x 26.4

$8,000

Yuli Chang

TAIWAN

Vase on golden lace

23 x 28

$7,000

Hsiu-Min Hung

TAIWAN

Vieille cabane

21.6 x 15.7

$2,500

Patrick Henry

FRANCE

Wishing Upon A Rose

18 x 14

$3,000

Shuk Lee

USA

My Heart is Flying

20 x 15

$5,000

Yanqi Zhai

CHINA

Different Views

9 x 11

$475

Suzanne Godbout

Canada

Abundance

26 x 19

$2,000

Nanette Nacorda Catigbe

USA

Coming In

11 x 14

$4,500

Toby Reid

USA

In Algorithm We Trust

25 x 19

$8,000

Alex Kasyan

Canada

Symbiosis

22.5 x 15.5

$4,800

Susan M Story

USA

Edge Of Darkness

16 x 20

$3,500

Susan M Story

USA

Old wall

31 x 21.3

$10,000

Qingquan Zhang

CHINA

Hmm?

20.4 x 13.0

$15,000

Michael Freeman

NEW ZEALAND

Soda and Sweets Symphony

11 x 16

$950

Tatsiana Harbacheuskaya

USA

Portrait of a lady

23.75 x 17.5

$1,290

Polina Levin

ISRAEL

Magnolia de Bresson

19 x 27

$2,000

Mireille Ledrappier

FRANCE

Beach

15.75 x 11.75

$400

Olena Duchene

France

Bouquet of peonies

19 x 19

$1,200

Olena Duchene

France

Recline

23 x 17

$1,200

Brian E. Bailey

USA

Essence

23 x 17

$1,500

Brian E. Bailey

USA

The Golden Glow

8 x 10

$450

Martha Morozovitch

Canada

Moving Past mObstacles

12 x 18

$700

Anita Gladstone

USA

Grand Canyon IV

12 x 16

$1,250

Kenneth Keith

USA

Hunting incident.

16 x 21

$1,300

Sergey Pietila

FINLAND

Untamed

12 x 12

$600

Janet E. Johnson

USA

Sandbanks

24 x 18

$695

Lorraine Roberts

Canada

On The Rise

12 x 9

$450

Cathy Cullis

Canada

Douceur hivernale

9 x 6

$300

Celine Montpetit

Canada

Saule pleureur

30 x 20

$700

Stephane Le Mouel

France

Sweet Olive

15 x 12

$300

Hilda Kurtz

USA

The Historian

18 x 24

$1,200

Iris Babao Uy

Philippines

Ready To Wrap

17.7 x 19.6

$1,000

Silja Salmistu

DENMARK

White Sweater

22.83 x 14.96

$1,200

Yuji Sakuma

JAPAN

Red Hair band

22.83 x 14.96

$1,000

Yuji Sakuma

JAPAN

Warm Buttered Toast

10 x 10

$700

Pam V Agan-Smith

USA

Qingquanshi upper stream

15.35 x 21.3

$3,000

Yu-Yuan Yang

USA

Royal Copenhague

21 x 27

$1,000

Dumont Christine

FRANCE

Breakthrough

20 x 26

$800

Linda Sweeney

USA

Beaver Dam

16×20

$950

Michael Gaudreau

USA

A New Day

16 x 20

$1,250

Dawn Limbert

UNITED KINGDOM

A Smurfy Day

16 x 20

$550

Dave Francis

USA

Autumn bouquet

12 x 9

$700

Dorothea Schulz

BELGIUM

There went My Diet

18 x 24

$5,000

Judith Kazdym Leeds

USA

Red Coat

39.3 x 25.5

$10,000

He Shilei

CHINA

Browsing

23 x 17

$3,500

Bithia Bjurman

USA

Quiétude

8 x 6

$750

Mireille St-Pierre

Canada

Eva’s Smile

9 x 12

$750

Darlene Bigus-Doheny

USA

Meadowsong II

12 x 16

$575

Stephanie Brown

USA

Torrent, Rossi Falls

12 x 20

$850

Diane E Leifheit

USA

Green

11.4 x 11

$400

Anna Kalugina

Türkiye

Wind Dance

18 x 24

$2,000

Christina Davis

USA

Baraway

14 x 11

$1,100

John Plishka

USA

Micro Aggression

8 x 10

$180

Sarah Rose

USA

Black Cat Blue

17 x 24

$1,500

Michelle Bonneville

Canada

Little Beggar

8 x 9

$1,850

Michelle Bonneville

Canada

Goleta Beach

18 x 24

$2,800

Kelly Ann Hine

USA

Long Since Retired

11 x 14

$700

Chris Gipson

USA

The Sun Always Sets but Never Says

16 x 11

$5,000

Melissa Breault

Canada

The Light, The Land, The Landing

17 x 29

$8,600

Melissa Breault

Canada

My Other Life

24 x 18

$3,950

William Schneider

USA

Catching A Dream 3

12 x 17

$3,500

Tai Meng Lim

MALAYSIA

City Home

16 x 16

$4,200

Tai Meng Lim

MALAYSIA