Short Bio
Patricia Prescott Sueme. Soft Pastel & Fine Art Studio. prescottstudio.net
Biography
PATRICIA PRESCOTT SUEMEPatricia grew up surrounded by creative people. She was educated in fine art and graphic design at the Claremont Colleges and Art Center College of Design. While maintaining a successful graphic design career, she returned to oil painting in 2000. Patricia’s first oil painting exhibition at Lisa Coscino Gallery (Pacific Grove), sold out. For several years she participated in solo and group shows and became noted for her style; a graphic eye for pared down compositions and an obsession with subtleties of layering color... Fast forward 12 years after raising two boys… She opens a vintage box of pastels inherited from her grandmother, and a new obsession begins! Soft pastel brings a freedom to devote time daily, experimenting with unusual tools and techniques with the goal of bringing freshness and her distinctive point of view to this exquisite medium. She shares this passion by teaching workshops and offering techniques through Instagram, hoping every artist will appreciate the amazing versatility of pastel.
Resume / CV
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS2020 (Oct) CAP “Reframing Nature” 4 artist exhibition, Community Art Project Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA,
2020 (April) The 36th IAPS Juried Exhibition, (International Association of Pastel Societies) Dunedin Fine Arts Center, FL,
Jurors Myles Johnston, Anna Wainright, Charles Peer
2020 (March) Art Matters, The Huntington, Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, Jurors Stephen Nowlin, , Seth Baker, Richard Rice,
2020 April Issue Pastel Journal, 21st Pastel 100 Competition, Honorable Mention, Night Seascape, Juror W. Truman Hosner
2020 April Issue Pastel Journal, 21st Pastel 100 Competition, Honorable Mention, Autumn Light, Juror W. Truman Hosner
2020 (Feb) Artist Alliance Biennial, Oceanside Museum of Art, Jurors Bob Pincus, Maria Maingalone
2019 “100 Grand” Group Show, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, Curator Susan Bush
2019 Art and Agriculture, Santa Paula Art Museum, 2 pieces, Jurors Gail Pidduck, John Nichols
2019 Make Your Mark, International, PSSC, 2nd place, Juror Lyn Asselta
2019 Make Your Mark, International, Juried, PSSC, Ampersand Award
2019 Enduring Brilliance, Pastel Society of America, International, Juried, National Arts Club, New York City, Jimmy Wright, Chair
2019 Autumn Impressions, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, California-wide, Juried, California Art Club,
2019 The HeART of OC, Chemers Gallery, Awarded Best of Show, Juror Barbara Thompson
2018 The HeART of OC, Chemers Gallery, Awarded 3rd place, Jurors Jonathan Burke, Hope Railey
