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ABOUT THE ARTIST




















                                                            Massachusetts artist, Michele Poirier Mozzone, is
                                                            a juried Signature Member of the Pastel Society
                                                            of America (PSA), a Master Circle honoree in
                                                            the International Association of Pastel Societies
        STAGE 3                                             (IAPS/MC), and a Signature Member of both the
        REFINEMENT OF FOCAL POINT AND COLOR INTENSITY       Connecticut Pastel Society and the Pastel Painters
        I begin to refine contrast and detail in and around my focal point (the figure in red),   Society of Cape Cod. She is also an artist member
        making a choice to darken the pool floor for a greater sense of sunlight.  of the Providence Art Club. She was awarded a
                                                            four-year art scholarship to Emmanuel College in
                                                            Boston where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts.
                                                             Her work has received numerous awards in
                                                            local and national juried competitions including
                                                            Best of Show in the 2014 national exhibition of
                                                            the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod and Best
                                                            of Show in the Connecticut Pastel Society’s 2014
                                                            national exhibition. She was recently honored to
                                                            have her work published in 40 Maitres du Pastel, Le
                                                            Livre 2016, a French art book by Pratique Des Arts.
                                                            Her painting, The Silent Game, was featured in
                                                            the August/September 2014 issue of International


                                                            Artist magazine as a finalist in the figurative
                                                            competition. Her works have been exhibited in
                                                            the Pastel Society of America’s national juried
                                                            exhibitions at the National Arts Club in New York
                                                            City and IAPS exhibitions online (First Place 2012),
                                                            at Vose Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, and the
                                                            Salmagundi Club, New York City.
                                                             A popular instructor of adult art classes, she
                                                            teaches watercolor and pastel painting at the
                                                            Providence Art Club and throughout southeastern
                                                            Massachusetts.
                                                            Contact at:
                                                            www.poirier-mozzone.com
        STAGE 4  BUILDING UP LAYERS OF COLOR                Represented by:
        I add greens and blues to skin tone for that underwater reflected light, letting them
                                                             Gallery Artrio, Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA,
        mingle with previous layers of warm color. I add blue, but am still not happy with the     »
        pool floor—too vivid.                                www.galleryartrio.com

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