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About the Artist
Lisa Mitchell received her formal art trainin
g at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, concentrating her studies in Illustration and Graphic Design. After painting primarily children's portraits for the past twenty years she is now concentrating on landscapes and figures as well as still life painting.
Lisa is a past President of the Maryland Pastel Society (2005 -2007) and currently serves on the board as the Web Site Administrator. She is a Signature Member of the Maryland Pastel Society, a Signature member of the Maryland
Society of Portrait Painters, a member of the Portrait Society of America, and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association.
Educational Workshops Attended:
Lisa continues her art education by attending international conferences as well as national workshops and has studied with nationally known artists such as, Doug Dawson, Bob Rohm, Richard McKinley, Kenn Backhaus, Kim English and Susan Ogilvie. She studies figure painting in oils on an ongoing basis under the instruction of Palden Hamilton at the Zoll Studio of Fine Art
Juried Shows and awards:
2009 BEST IN SHOW, Maryland Pastel Society, Biennial National Juried Show, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD. Juror of Awards, Richard McKinley.
2009 Merit Award, 3rd Havre de Grace, Plein Air Competition
2009 Artist Choice Award, 3rd Annual Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition
2009 Juried into the 5th National Plein Air Easton Competition, Easton Maryland
2009 Second Place, Maryland Pastel Society, Member's Only Exhibition, Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD.
2008 Honorable Mention Award for the International Association of Pastel Societies, 12TH Exhibition. Two points awarded toward the Master Circle!
2008 Juried into the Paint Annapolis Plein Air Competition and Exhibition at Maryland Hall in Annapolis, MD.
2007 First Place, Shades of Pastel National Juried Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD. Juror, Bob Rohm
2007 Second Place, Gunpowder Falls, Plein Air Competition and Exhibition in Monkton, MD. Juror, Nancy Tankersley
2006 First Place, Shades of Pastel National Juried Exhibition, Charles Sumner Museum, Washington, D.C. Juror, Duane Wakeham
2006 Juried into the Maryland Pastel Society, Member's Only Exhibition at the Glenview Museum, Bethesda, MD.
g at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, concentrating her studies in Illustration and Graphic Design. After painting primarily children's portraits for the past twenty years she is now concentrating on landscapes and figures as well as still life painting. Lisa is a past President of the Maryland Pastel Society (2005 -2007) and currently serves on the board as the Web Site Administrator. She is a Signature Member of the Maryland Pastel Society, a Signature member of the Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, a member of the Portrait Society of America, and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association.
Educational Workshops Attended:
Lisa continues her art education by attending international conferences as well as national workshops and has studied with nationally known artists such as, Doug Dawson, Bob Rohm, Richard McKinley, Kenn Backhaus, Kim English and Susan Ogilvie. She studies figure painting in oils on an ongoing basis under the instruction of Palden Hamilton at the Zoll Studio of Fine Art
Juried Shows and awards:
2009 BEST IN SHOW, Maryland Pastel Society, Biennial National Juried Show, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD. Juror of Awards, Richard McKinley.
2009 Merit Award, 3rd Havre de Grace, Plein Air Competition
2009 Artist Choice Award, 3rd Annual Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition
2009 Juried into the 5th National Plein Air Easton Competition, Easton Maryland
2009 Second Place, Maryland Pastel Society, Member's Only Exhibition, Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD.
2008 Honorable Mention Award for the International Association of Pastel Societies, 12TH Exhibition. Two points awarded toward the Master Circle!
2008 Juried into the Paint Annapolis Plein Air Competition and Exhibition at Maryland Hall in Annapolis, MD.
2007 First Place, Shades of Pastel National Juried Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD. Juror, Bob Rohm
2007 Second Place, Gunpowder Falls, Plein Air Competition and Exhibition in Monkton, MD. Juror, Nancy Tankersley
2006 First Place, Shades of Pastel National Juried Exhibition, Charles Sumner Museum, Washington, D.C. Juror, Duane Wakeham
2006 Juried into the Maryland Pastel Society, Member's Only Exhibition at the Glenview Museum, Bethesda, MD.