This is the pastel that won the Award of Exceptional Merit, the highest award in the exhibition, at the Degas Pastel Society Exhibition at the Laurel Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel, Mississippi. Eve Miller, from St. Helena, SC, also received the award. Thank you, Jill Chancey, Judge.

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  1. VanessaOctober 01, 2013

    Congrats Margaret! That's a great achievement.
    You have some cool lighting in the piece, did you use a wet brush on the right has side of the piece to get that effect?

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    1. Margaret DyerOctober 03, 2013

      Vanessa, I used one of these pastel sponges:
      http://www.dickblick.com/products/panpastel-sofft-tools/

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  2. CAROL HOPPER -- A PAINTER'S JOURNALOctober 02, 2013

    Who would ever have thought to paint that scene? I know it would never have occurred to me in a thousand years. You deserved to be a winner. Congratulations.

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  3. mel mageeOctober 03, 2013

    you rock. congrats on so many successes.
    glad i got to talk with you at college park thing.
    you write really well.
    melanie

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    1. Margaret DyerOctober 03, 2013

      It was great talking with you to Melanie. Congratulations on your award too! Looking forward to seeing you again soon.

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  4. Lorraine ShirkusOctober 03, 2013

    Really love this!!! Congratulations on the award for this exciting piece.

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  5. Nancy FrankeOctober 04, 2013

    Congratulations, Margaret -- your work is amazing!

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