Jude Tolar • Oklahoma • waow
| Pastels | Florals | Landscape | Still Life | En Plein Air |
"I paint the light."
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Jude Tolar
Jude Tolar's art is lyrical and representational. She celebrates beauty and joy in the world. She's known mainly for floral and tree portraits outdoors and glass subjects indoors. She prefers to work from life, using mostly Terry Ludwig soft pastels on Art Spectrum ColourFix paper. She began using pastels as a way to study color and work easily en plein air, and immediately loved the results. Tolar has exhibited in galleries, invitational group and solo shows; her work is in collections across the United States and abroad. She also demonstrates her pastel techniques and teaches pastel workshops on various subjects.
Tolar’s pastel paintings have won many awards, including five Best of Shows. Her work has juried into many national and international shows. She has won national and international awards, including two in PleinAir Magazine's PleinAir Salons, and has been published in The Encyclopedia of Pastel Techniques (2018 edition), Fine Art Connoisseur, Pastel Journal, PleinAir Magazine, PleinAir Today, and Pratique des Arts Magazine (France). She has also written articles for Pastel Journal and PleinAir Today/Outdoor Painter.
Tolar is a Master Circle Pastelist in International Association of Pastel Societies; a Signature member of Pastel Society of America, Women Artists of the West, Pastel Society of New Mexico, and Oklahoma Art Guild. She is a Distinguished Pastellist in the Arizona Pastel Artists Association. She serves as the Vice-President of Oklahoma Pastel Society and on the Board of Directors of the Stillwater Art Guild.
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