When I came upon Mr. Souders sitting in the remaining afternoon sun, with a dog adopted only 4 hours earlier from a local animal shelter, I grabbed my camera. The lighting was amazing and the scene iconic. The title Who Rescued Whom? Was in my head as I clicked away.
Published in Rachel Rubin Wolf's STROKES OF GENIUS 6, value/lights and darks.
18 x 21" Colored Pencil
The original currently resides at and is owned by The Louisiana State University Veterinary Medical School Library. This painting won Best in Show, CPSA District Chapter 119 Exhibition in 2012, where it was also awarded People’s Choice; Judge’s Award, in the International Exhibition on Animal’s in Art, hosted by LSU Veterinary Medical School spring 2012; Best in show non-signature member category of CPSA’s Artspectations spring of 2014; is published in Rachel Rubin Wolf’s STROKES OF GENIUS 6, value/lights and darks.
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Looking through reference material, I came across a series of photos taken in Cape May, New Jersey and immediately saw a figurative example of the "scale of justice." The scale is associated with the god Anubis, a guardian protector of the dead, who by weighing the heart, determines a soul worthy of Heaven or Hell.
In this image, two helmet-shaped, Horseshoe Crabs, living fossils estimated to be 450 million years old, are held at arm's length by a woman in dark sunglasses. Her expression is difficult to read. Is she amused? The white dress reminds us that our fate is yet to be determined. The off balance composition is intended to create tension. What will she decide?
AKA "Meghan's Scale of Justice"
26 x 28.5" Colored Pencil
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Like a firefly in a bottle, a successful portrait captures the moment. This is Alice as she prepares to board her flight to California and the beginning of her adult life.
19 x 22.5" Colored Pencil
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Judges Award, Cincinnati Art Club's VIEWPOINT 2015
Manifest Gallery's DRAWN Exhibition 2015
CPSA International Exhibition 2015
Somewhere between wild and pet, cats are cats.
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13" x 16.5" Colored Pencil on Linen
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The Society of Animal Artists Annual exhibition 2017, ART AND THE ANIMAL 57, Hiram Blauvelt Museum of Art, Oradell, NJ
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Sometimes the position says it all!
Colored Pencil on Rag
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8" x1 0" Colored Pencil on Linen.
Art used in LINEN AND COLORED PENCIL step by step demonstration for Anne Kullberg's Magazine for Colored Pencil Artists Aug. 2013.
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20x16" Colored Pencil on Linen.
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18"x 12.5" Colored Pencil.
Cover art of JAVMA Vol. 242 June 15, 2013.https://avmajournals.avma.org/toc/javma/242/12
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A pet portrait should never be boring!
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Sometimes expression and posture are all you need.
27 x 16” Colored Pencil
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11 x 14" Colored Pencil
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8.5 x 9.5 Colored Pencil on Linen
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14 x 11" Colored Pencil
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14" x 11" Colored Pencil
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8 x 10" Colored Pencil on Linen.
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14 x 11" Colored Pencil
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Three young women take a "selfie," while the serious photographer uses her professional camera to shoot something we can only surmise, based on stance and power coat, to be outstanding. None of the subjects of this composition are interested in their immediate surroundings. The patterns and suggestions of cables and guard rail place the figures in a ghostly urban setting of just about anywhere.
Multi layered perspectives, focal points and contrasting technology are explored in this piece. The viewer's attention is purposely dragged from rich color, to soft mid tones; from saturated to diffused, just as a camera lens comes in and out of focus while the photographer decides where to land her shot.
26.5 x 20" Colored Pencil
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CPSA 25th Annual International Exhibition, Bethesda MD, The Mansion at Strathmore June 10 -August 6, 2017. Mentioned in Washington Post July 13, 2017:
After seventeen years of creating portraits professionally, I have learned that it helps to have a strong connection to the subject.
Two dogs and a cat occupy their favorite perch, the weary back of a leather couch which sits under a row of windows overlooking the driveway. This is a typical day. A grainy, monochromatic foreground portrays that in-between state animals hold while they wait quietly inside. The full color seen through the window, is where life continues at a normal speed and for at least the dogs, all activity begins. The dogs wait patiently like bookends, while the cat has a bead on a bird in the tree.
The painting is 100% colored pencil. Solvents were used in places to bleed colors together, then many, many layers of grays, using the “scrumbling” technique, which simply put, is a light even swirling motion with a sharp point to slowly build values.
Published in Rachel Rubin Wolf's STROKES OF GENIUS 8, expressive textures.
CPSA International Exhibition 2015
30 x 16.5" Colored Pencil
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Sometimes you need to be literal.
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Surprise! Water is wet!
Colored Pencil on linen
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36 x 30" Colored Pencil
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CPSA 20th Annual International Exhibition 2012
32 x 21.5" Colored Pencil
Late afternoon, wading in Pensacola Bay, the Three Mile Bridge barely in sight.
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A little fox passes me on my morning walk along a cove in Harpswell Maine
Miniature series: 6x 3.5" Colored Pencil on linen.
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Sometimes expression and posture are all you need.
Colored Pencil on Rag
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A monochromatic palette shifts focus from color to the relationship of shapes and their values.
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10.5 x16" Graphite
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7 x 26" Graphite
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8 x 26" Graphite
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8x8" Graphite and Colored Pencil
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AKA "Meghan's Scale of Justice"
26 x 28.5 " Colored Pencil.
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30 x22.5" Graphite Pencil
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26 x 20" Colored Pencil
Dick % Dianne Wham Wildlife Award, Ohio Valley Arts League, 2018 KY National Wildlife Exhibition, Preston Arts Center, Henderson KY
http://www.ohiovalleyart.org/kentucky-national-wildlife-art-exhibition-prospectus-coming-soon/
22 x 14” Colored Pencil on Linen
Reference courtesy of Steven G. Gnam, photographer
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Miniature series: 20 x 4" Colored Pencil on Linen.
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10x8" Colored Pencil on Linen.
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Miniature series: 5 x 3.5" Colored Pencil
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Late afternoon in Maine.
Miniature series: 8x4" Colored Pencil on Linen.
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Perdido Key, Pensacola
25 x 10.5" Colored Pencil.
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A portrait should sum up the personality of the subject.
Bay Side, Perdido Key, Pensacola FL,
27 x 17" Colored Pencil
CPSA International Exhibition 2014
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The patterns and rhythms of real life are the foundation of abstraction.
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8x11” Colored Pencil on Linen
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8x10” Colored pencil on Linen
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16 x 11" Color Pencil
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4.5 x 9" Colored Pencil on Linen
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This pretty much sums up politics for me.
9x8" Colored Pencil on Linen
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This portrait was a Christmas present for a person who prides herself in crafting the best snowman every year. Because the portrait was commissioned in the summer, there was ample time to work out the composition. The client had a very clear idea in mind, featuring the snowman as the main character, but also including their three dogs, one sadly deceased. Due to the clandestine nature of the project, I relied on client photos and suggestions throughout. Goofy hat and nubbly scarf were quietly stolen for me to use as props. Branches from the tree used for the arms were provided. Many angles of the yard were put together so I could at least suggest the real thing. This was a bit daunting, but in the end we managed the perfect Christmas present and I'm very proud of the results!
24 X 22" Colored Pencil
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Pigeons roost in the Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Manhattan, NYC- resting place of John James Audubon.
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6" x 9” (approximate)
Colored Pencil on Silk
Part of a Triptych that is Available for Sale
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9" x 6” (approximate)
Colored Pencil on Silk
Part of a Triptych that is Available for Sale
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6" x 9” (approximate)
Colored Pencil on Silk
Part of a Triptych that is Available for Sale
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30" x 20" Colored Pencil
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Miniature series: 18x 4", Colored Pencil on Linen
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22"x16" Colored Pencil
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Contact: Page Waterman Gallery, 26 Church St. Wellesley Ma, 02482.
Bailey Island Maine.
12 x 6" Colored Pencil on Linen.
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East Fork, Little Miami River
16 x12" Colored pencil
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Somewhere near Hocking Hills OH.
Miniature series: 3"x 5" Colored Pencil on Linen.
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Little Miami River in Milford OH.
Miniature series: 3x6" Colored Pencil
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Somewhere near Lancaster OH.
Miniature series: 3"x 5" Colored Pencil on Linen
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A view of the cove, Harpswell Maine.
12 x 8" Colored Pencil on Linen.
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Miniature Series: 4x6" Colored Pencil on Linen
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Three curious ponies wander toward the fence to visit. Bur infested manes and tails are evidence of a summer spent happily out to pasture.
13"x8" Colored Pencil on Linen
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Where's the sugar?
16x29.5" Colored Pencil
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Two horses separated for the winter months are placed together in their summer pasture. This is their moment of recognition.
8" x 13.5" Colored Pencil on Linen
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Pueblo at sunset. Commissioned portrait using client reference photos.
Approximately 16x20" Colored Pencil
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Graphite Study of Pueblo for colored pencil portrait.
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Miniature Series: 5x 3.5" Colored Pencil in Linen
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Miniature series: 4x 6" Color pencil on Linen
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Miniature series: 6x4" Colored Pencil on Linen
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Three ponies broke away from their heard to come investigate me. They've clearly had plenty to eat, while free ranging in their ample field.
13x8" Colored Pencil on Linen
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This was a fun but challenging commission. The client provided me circa early 80’s reference material, from a stack of worn photos. She had been searching for her biological Mom for a long time. Though successfully found, the birth mom unfortunately had passed away before she could meet her adult daughter in person.
In this composition, the deeply tanned woman, her amused expression partially hidden in deep shadow, bleached hair stiffened with salt, a pack of cigs in her hand and a beach bag full of supplies, is spending a day in the sun. The empty chair next to her begs the question, “What might have been?”
20x24" Colored Pencil
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