Location: United States
Andrea is a Signature Member of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA, CPX), and an elected artist member of the Salmagundi Club, NYC, the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Allied Artists, and the American Artists Professional League.
Recent awards and honors include:
2022FOCUS NJ - 1st Place Drawing
2022Richeson25 LSA - Meritorious Entry
2022 LST "All Women" Exhib.- Special Merit Award
2021 Salmagundi Members' -P. Isenberg Award
2020 AAPL Members' - 1st Place Graphics
2019 Arts in Harmony Nat'l - 1st Place Overall
AAPL 90th Grand Nat'l - Honorabale Mention, Graphics
2018 Richeson75 Small Works, Meritorious Entry & Finalist
2017 Salmagundi Black & White Exhib. - Certificate of Merit
2016-Published in CP Treasures, Vol.IV
2nd Place Graphic/Mixed Media, CLWAC Member’s Exhibition
Finalist in Richeson75 Landscape Exhibition 2016
1st Place Drawing & Judges Choice,St. Catherine of Bologna Art Fair
Award of Excellence, Artavita Intt’l Competition
Awarded CPX Honor Status by Colored Pencil Society of America
Finalist, Richeson75 Int’l Small Works 2016
2015 Focus NJ - 1st Place Drawing
Richeson75 Figure/Portrait 2015, Meritorious Entry
Light, Space & Time 2015 Figurative Competition, Special Merit Award
Featured Artist,May 2015 Colored Pencil Magazine
Light, Space & Time Cityscapes 2015 - 2ndPl. Painting; 3rd Place overall
2015 Richeson75 Online Still Life & Floral 2015Competition - Meritorious Entry
2015 Honorable Mention - Salmagundi Club’s “Urban Life” Exhibition
2015 Canson Award for Excellence - CPSA Explore This! 11
These drawings represent recent work using colored pencil on varied substrates (e.g. drafting film, tinted pastel paper, hot pressed paper). Several have been published and/or received awards and recognition in national and international competitions/exhibitions. All images © Andrea Placer
The scene at this subway station in NYC was visually intriguing. I reacted to the lines, colors, and the other-worldly feeling of the moment.
“Painted Rock on the Colorado”
The rugged cliffs along the Colorado River are for me, an example of Nature's abstract qualities. I reacted to the colors, lines, and patterns they contain.
A "still life" encountered while walking along a wooded path; the former site of a farm. This rusted piece of farm equipment was a beautiful surface for the fallen leaves.
A beautiful butterfly and a beautiful flower; perfect together!
Seen upclose, tree bark lines, patterns and shapes emphasize its abstract qualities.
Floating Lily pads and their inky shadows.
“Waiting at 9th St. Station”
“At Rest on Rusted Metal”
“Stop & Sip”
“Flowing Tree Bark”
“Lily Pad Patterns”
