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CPSA Silent Auction 2018

The CPSA silent auction, "Small Works of Great Magnitude," will be held during the upcoming 26th convention in Chicago. This is an annual fund-raising tradition that began in 1999. It offers attendees an opportunity to purchase original colored pencil art donated by award-winning artists. 

Bidding begins Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in the hospitality room and culminates with final bids at the Art Gala on Thursday evening, August 2, 2018.

Below you can see my donation, "Poppy, No. 2". Click here to preview all the beautiful entries.

 

 

CPSA Silent Auction 2016

The CPSA silent auction, "Small Works of Great Magnitude," will be held during the upcoming convention in Tacoma, Washington. Bids are accepted starting Tuesday, July 26, and culminate with final bids at the Art Gala on the evening of Thursday, July 28. 

Below you can see my donation, "Cambria", created for the new Caran d'Ache Luminance brochure. Click here to preview all the entries: http://cpsa.org/silent-auction-2016

 

“Metamorphosis” Donated to Silent Auction

Metamorphosis

"Metamorphosis" is one of 38 artworks donated to the 2013 CPSA Silent Auction in Brea, California. Final bids will be due the evening of August 1st during the Membership Meeting. The bidder or representative must be present. Purchase is by cash, check or credit card and must be paid that evening.

Click to preview the beautiful artworks:
http://www.cpsa.org/coloredpencilartists/SILENTAUC2013/

Embassy Suites - 900 East Birch Street, Brea, CA 92821

 

Silent Auction and Awards Banquet

The Colored Pencil Society Silent Auction is a very popular convention event. This year it began on Wednesday, July 28,  in the hospitality suite and ended on Thursday evening during the membership meeting. The piece that I donated, True Colors, came in as the third contender for the highest bids in the auction. Elizabeth Patterson and Cecile Baird took first and second place respectively.

The awards banquet was particularly meaningful since the Colored Pencil Society was celebrating its Twenty Year Anniversary. Vera Curnow, CPSA founder, gave a memorable talk and introduced a slide show of the history of the Colored Pencil Society. Kay Schmidt, CPSA president, and Paula Parks, CPSA exhibition director, presided over the awards ceremony. My artwork "The Lightness of Being" received one of the top awards, the $1,000 Sanford Prismacolor Award for Exceptional Merit. Best of Show went to "Grapes in a Basket" by Shinji Harada.

Signature status is given to active members who have been accepted into the International show 3 times within 10 years. This was my third time in four years and therefore I gladly received my signature which entitles me to use the initials "CPSA" after my name.

Following is my last set of pictures from the CPSA convention in Santa Clara.

 

CPSA SILENT AUCTION 2010

Happy Fourth of July! I hope you are all celebrating Independence Day with your family and friends.

The 2010 Colored Pencil Society Silent Auction images have been posted online for everybody to preview. This is a show of  "Small Works of Great Magnitude" that will give convention attendees an opportunity to purchase original colored pencil art. My piece "True Colors" is one of the 36 donated artworks. I can't wait to bid on some of my favorites.

CPSA Silent Auction