Artists » Roberta Condon

Pastel, pure pigment…painting with hands with nothing between me and the medium which is directly transferred to paper.
French makers of the finest pastels go into works of art that abstract nature, or express pure abstraction. The brilliance, and the buttery quality of the pastel stick allow the works to blaze like the sun in bright shades, or form murky pools of grayed down shades of subtlety.
Hard edges, soft edges, the trees, the branches…color. Painting from memory, images of shores, and sand or skies fractured by bright sunshine, or bouncing light off water.
Looking to the natural view, and taking it to its purest form while using the purest form of pigment available is a creation of joy for me. A place where time itself is lost.

Solo and Two-Person Shows:
Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA, 2023, Show: Long Time Passing
New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN, 2023, Show: Long Time Passing
New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI, 2023, Show: Long Time Passing
River Arts Center, Prairie Du Sac, WI , 2022, Show: Long Time Passing
University of WI, Platteville, BSC Campus, Baraboo, WI, 2022, Show: Long Time Passing
Maquoketa Art Experience, Maquoketa, IA, 2022, Show: Long Time Passing
Owatanna Arts Center, Owatanna, MN, 2022 Show: Long Time Passing
New Visions Gallery, Marchfield, WI, 2021
Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL, 2021, Show: Long Time Passing
Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc WI, 2021, Show: Long Time Passing
Plymouth Arts Foundation, Plymouth, WI 2019
UW Baraboo Schwalbach Gallery, Baraboo, WI 2019
Con Amici, Baraboo, WI 2016
Alexander House, Port Washington, WI, 2016
University of Wisconsin Unions, Madison, WI 2015
University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Madison, Wi, 2014
Reedsburg Area Medical Center, Reedsburg, WI, 2013
Trails Lounge, Portage, WI 2013
Tivoli, Portage, WI 2013
St. Clare Hospital, Baraboo, WI 2013
Trails Lounge, Portage, WI 2011
Angora Coffee, Madison, WI 2010
Blue Spoon, Sauk City, WI 2009
Seippel White Homestead, Beaver Dam Arts Assoc, Beaver Dam, WI September, August 2008
Kaleidoscope Marketplace, Mt. Horeb, WI, June, July, August 2008
St. Clare Hospital, Baraboo, WI January 2008, www.stclare.com
Portage Center for the Arts, Portage, WI, January 2007, www.portagecenterforthearts.com
Al Ringling Gallery, Baraboo, WI, June 2007, www.alrlingling.com
Trails Lounge, Portage, WI, July-August 2007
Absolutely Art, Madison, WI, September 2007, wwwabsolutelyartllc.com
Fast Frame Artist Series, Middleton, WI, October 2007, www.fastframe.com
Juried Shows:
Marks of Distinction, Central Massachusetts Pastel Society Show, 2020
Intertwined, Dayton Ohio, 2020
Pastel Society of America, Enduring Brilliance 2019, New York, New York
International Association of Pastel Societies 2019 Show, Albuquerque, NM, 2019
Twisting Fibers: An Art for All Reasons, Pawtucket, RI, 2019
Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL, 2019