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The award winning Watercolor Paintings are
representative of the fractionalism© technique that Beth Palser, Watercolor
Artist has perfected and copyrighted. I sincerely hope you will find this page
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ELKINS ESTATE GRAND OPENING GALA
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From Left to Right:
Artist Dane Tilghman, Great-Great Granddaughter Caroline Elkins,
Artist Beth Palser
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From Left to Right:
Artists Dane Tilghman, Beth Palser,
Great-Great Granddaughter and Great-Great Grandson
of William Elkins Bill Elkins and his sister Caroline Elkins,
and Artist Charles Cushing
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From Left to Right:
Artist Dane Tilghman, Caroline Elkins, Artist Beth Palser,
Jeweler Amy Ragsdale, Bill Elkins, and Artist Charles Cushing
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The Elkins Estate Grand Opening
Gala was held on September 12, 2009
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Artist Beth Palser and Husband Bill Quindlen
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Artists Dane Tilghman, Beth
Palser, Charles Cushing |
Artists Beth Palser, Dane
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(Photos by Beth Palser
Studio)
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The Foundation invited 3 prominent local
Artists, Charles Cushing, Beth Palser, and Dane Tilghman to exhibit
their paintings for this extravagant evening. The Grand Opening
benefited the Elkins Estate, to help continue to restore and preserve
the historic architecture and grounds. This 42 acre oasis, designed by
renowned architect Horace Trumbauer in 1896, was the country sanctuary
of Phildephia entrepreneur William Elkins. The Estate is now under the
ownership of the Land Conservancy of Elkins Park.
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Received the Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence
for overall body of work in Watercolors
Lansdale Festival of the Arts, Lansdale, PA, 2009
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| LANSDALE - At the Lansdale Festival of the
Arts on Saturday, August 29, 2009, a trio of artists occupied a corner
of the gymnasium at Penndale Middle School, each having just won a blue
ribbon. That the three artists are friends only made the corner that
much brighter. Sandy Askey-Adams
won for her pastel painting Nature's Quietude. A working artist all her
life, Askey-Adams has won many awards, but only in the past two years,
she says, has earned her the recognition she'd hoped for early in her
career.
Chester County painter Beth Palser shared
part of her corner with friend and fellow artist Steve Oliver. Both have
distinct styles - she uses watercolors in a way that rejuvenates the
quotidian world. Whether it's bushels of apples, two empty beach chairs,
or a field of hot air ballons rising and falling, Palser's paintings are
alive; they have textures and breathe light. Stare too long at her Key
West sunsets you might forget the one outside your window.
It's no wonder Palser won first-place for overall presentation.
Oliver, too, has an eye for light and color.
Employing acrylics, ink and colored pencils, his wildlife and nature
paintings draw you into a world both strange and familiar. His paintings
inspired by the six weeks he spent last year in Canada observing the
George River caribou migration are breathtaking.
(Article by DAVID HARE from The Reporter
Online) |
The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club is
pleased that Beth Palser's "A Bushel and a Peck" watercolor painting,
has been accepted into its 112th Annual Open Exhibition at the National
Arts Club, 15 Gramercy South, New York, New York 10003.
The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, one of the oldest women's art
clubs in the country was founded in 1896 in honor of Miss Wolfe, a
prominent New York philanthropist and art collector. She was the only
woman among the 106 founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The
club's home is the historic Grace Church on Broadway in New York City.
The club's original function was to provide aid and counsel to women art
students who found life in New York a struggle. In the 1950's the club's
focus shifted to serving women artists of professional standing. Today
the board meets monthly at the Grace Church Parish House. It organizes
exhibitions, plans for lectures, and other activities where the
membership can meet and share ideas. Today's members are represented in
museums, galleries, and prestigious art collections all over the world.
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"A Bushel and a Peck" Watercolor, Received the
Katherine A. Lovell Memorial Award, in the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art
Club Annual Open Exhibition, 2008. |
COLLEGIAN MAGAZINE -
Published independently by Students at Penn
State ( Article by Katie Dvorak) - (Vol. 27, No. 1) July 11, 2007
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"Fractionalism©" gives art a graphic,
realistic feel Beth A.
Palser said she brings "fractionalism©" to the Central Pennsylvania
Festival of Arts with her painting of nature from photographs.
Palser paints everything from landscapes to seascapes to urban scenes
using watercolors. She takes photographs from nature and uses them as
reference for her subject matter.
Her paintings are done in a style she terms as "fractionalism©." This is
her own unique style that gives the paintings a realistic feel.
"Painting in this style lets me use bright colors and chopped linear brush
strokes, which provide movement, depth and a sense of emotion in my
art," Palser said.
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Palser said she gets inspiration from the world around her and always
tries to make her work as unique as possible.
"Whether it's the texture of the peeling bark on a tree, the light casting
a shadow through a window or the clouds rolling over the hills on a
sunny morning, in all these things I feel the urge to pick up my brush
and paint a picture," she said.
Palser, a professional artist for 18 years, makes her home in Chester
County, Pa. This will be her first year at the Art Festival. Her work is
exhibited and sold at juried and invitational shows throughout the
Mid-Atlantic. |
76th RITTENHOUSE SQUARE
FINE ART SHOW PUBLICATION (Article by David Block)
- June 1, 2007 to June 3, 2007
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BETH PALSER
Beth Palser is an award-winning watercolor
artist from Oxford, Pennsylvania. "I present a unique style of painting
that brings together realism with graphic undertones," said Palser.
"I developed my own individual style, called Fractionalism©, taking
realism to a different level by enhancing the reality of a scene through
the use of color and chopped linear brush strokes, which provide
movement, depth, and a sense of emotion. Texture, contrast, and vibrant
color are other elements." This will be her 18th year exhibiting with
the Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show. "This is the best outdoor venue to
display original artwork," said Palser. "In a relaxed atmosphere,
customers get to meet the artists up close and personal and view a
variety of art to please their inner soul, and hopefully they will have
made purchases." |
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"Windswept" won the 2006 "Tina L. Wolfe Memorial
Award" donated by Dr. & Mrs. Edward Nathan of Las Vegas, NV and Old
Forge, NY at the 25th Adirondack National Exhibition of American
Watercolorist's.
Selected into the 28th International Juried
Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society for 2007.
"Windswept"
by Beth Palser
(Tina
L. Wolfe Memorial Award)
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"Nonconformity" won 3rd
Place in the Watercolor category at the Mushroom Festival Fine Art
Exhibit in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania in 2006
"Nonconformity"
by Beth Palser
(3rd Place in Watercolor Category)
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"Carriages in Autumn" and "Early Risers" have
been published in a new book. The book, "Best of Pennsylvania Artists
and Artisans", distributed by Kennedy Promotions, 2006, is available
from the following internet sites:
* AOL.com
* Barnes & Noble.com
* Borders.com
"Carriages in Autumn"
by Beth Palser
(3rd Place Award)
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"Early Risers" received 3rd place for
Watercolors in the Best of Pennsylvania Artist Book
of 2006.
"Early Risers"
by Beth Palser
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Thank you for visiting my site and reviewing
the Watercolor Paintings. I look forward to keeping you informed to
upcoming happenings that may be of interest to you regarding Beth Palser
Studio. |
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Copyright 2010,
Beth Palser - The images
contained within this site are copyrighted and may not be reproduced
in any form, print or electronic, without the expressed written consent
of the artist.
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*Fractionalism© is copyrighted by Beth Palser,
Watercolor Artist and owner of Beth Palser Studio, 2010
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