"A Girl And Her Dog" - pastel/18"x22" - has won the Barbara Danser Founders Award at the Pastel Society Of New Hampshire's 6th Annual Member's Exhibition. This exhibit is currently on display at The Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden at 236 Hopkinton Rd., Concord, NH. for more information visit: < themillbrookgallery.com/ >

"Study Of Trees In Winter" - pastel/8"x9" - is also on display in this show.

Announcement: Monadnock Fine Art Gallery in Keene, NH has closed but they remain open as a website gallery and still represent my work in that regard. Please visit their website at: < www.monadnockfineart.com >

Many thanks to Sarah (Sally) Handford and Susan Landers-Gilbert for displaying my paintings so beautifully and including me in their wonderful family of artists and friends!

"A Girl And Her Dog" - pastel/18"x22" - will be featured among other pastel and oil paintings in the current group show "Transcending The Subject To Feel" held at Monandnock Fine Art Gallery in Keene, NH.

For hours and information please visit < www.monadnockfineart.com/exhibit_calendar.htm >
or call (603)352-3201

"Silver Basket With Apple" and "Empty Nest With Embroidery" are two of the six paintings I'm displaying at The Hopkinton Historical Society's 20th Annual "Tomorrow's Masterpieces Art Show and Sale" .

This show is held at the William H. Long Memorial Building, 300 Main
St., Hopkinton, NH. There is an "Artists' Champagne Reception" preview party on Saturday, Sept. 25th from 5 -7PM. Tickets on sale at the door. Hope to see you there!

The show will be open to the public from Sept.30th. through Dec.4th.
No admission required. There will be another "Last Chance Reception" on Saturday, Dec.4th.

For more information call: (603)746-3825 or email: nhas@tds.net or
visit: < www.nhantiquarian.org/artshow.html >

"Silver Basket With Apple" pastel, 5" x 7"

"Empty Nest With Embroidery" oil/canvas, 3" x 5"

"Down By The River" has been donated to the Lake Sunapee Region Center For The Arts "Blue Moon Bash Dinner and Art Auction".

This fundraising event will be held at Camp Coniston located in Grantham, NH, Saturday, Sept. 25th, 5:30 - 8:30PM.

For more information contact The Center For The Arts at (603)526-4444 or visit < www.centerfortheartsnh.org>

"Down By The River" oil/canvas, 24" x 30"

"Under The Red Tree" has won an Honorable Mention at the
Falmouth Artists Guild's 2010 Fall Juried Show.

The show is on display at the Falmouth Art Center in Falmouth, MA,
Sept.19 - Oct.10 with an opening reception scheduled for
Sunday, Sept. 26, 2-4PM. < www.falmouthart.org >

"Moon Over Cornfield No.2" has won the Great American
"Holy Cow Award" at the 2010 Pastel Society Of NH's National Juried
Show "Its Pastel". The show is on display at the Discover Portsmouth
Center in Portsmouth, NH, Sept.18- Oct. 30.

Thank you Pastel Society Of NH and Great American ART WORKS pastels!

"Moon Over Cornfield No.2" pastel, 13" x 18"

"Moon Over Cornfield No.2" and "Blossoming Shad"
will both be on display at the annual Pastel Society Of NH's
"It's Pastel!", a National Juried Show held at the Discover
Portsmouth Center, 8 Islington St., Portsmouth, NH

The Opening Reception is Saturday, Sept. 18th, 5 -7PM.
Hope to see you there!

For directions and hours please visit
< www.discoverportsmouthhistory.org>

"Moon Over Cornfield No.2" pastel, 13" x 18"

"Blossoming Shad" pastel, 8" x 9"

Solo show "From The Heart" at the Library Arts Center in Newport, NH. A collection of 32 new oils and pastels.

Show runs from June 26 - August 5, 2010. Opening reception is Friday, June 25, 5 - 7PM.

For the Library Arts Center's hours and directions visit
< www.libraryartscenter.org/index.html > or call (603) 863-3040

"Blossoming Shad" pastel, 8" x 9"

Friends Of New London Hospital Art Program
"The Shaded Path" / oil / 20x24 is included among 22 of my paintings (pastels and oils) as part of a group art rotation on display at New London Hospital, County Rd, New London, NH.

Opening reception is Thursday, May 20, 5:30 - 7PM. The show will remain up for viewing through Labor Day weekend.

All paintings are for sale with 20% of each sale being donated by the artist to the hospital. Please contact me directly if you are interested in purchasing any of these paintings. < parmenterart@gmail.com>

Two recent pastels "Shadows Across The Marsh" and "Three Pears" will be on display at the Fifth Annual Pastel Society Of New Hampshire Members Show held at Red Roof Gallery in Enfield, NH, April 10 - May 8.

Opening reception is Saturday, April 10, 5-7PM. For gallery hours and directions go to < www.redroofgallery.com >

" Under The Red Tree " oil, 20x24 and "Moon Over Cornfield" oil, 5x7, are on display along with five new Parmenter paintings included in Red Roof Gallery's Holiday Group Show.

The Red Roof Gallery is located at 11 High St. & Rte.4 in Enfield, NH.

Opening Reception is Friday, Nov. 20, 6 - 8 PM.

< www.redroofgallery.com >

"Jobs Creek In Winter " oil/4x6, will be on display along with several other small landscapes at the Falmouth Art Center's Holiday Gift Gallery, Dec 1- Dec. 23, including weekends 12-4 pm.

The Falmouth Art Center is located at 137 Gifford St, Falmouth , MA.

"Empty Nest With Embroidery", oil, 3.5x5, will be on display
along with several of my small winter landscapes at the Library Arts
Center's Gallery Of Gifts 2009 Holiday Show and Sale in Newport, NH
Nov. 14 - Dec. 19. The Opening Reception is Friday, Nov.13, 5-7 PM

"An Afternoon In Putney", pastel, 9x9 and "The Magic Hour"(a.k.a. Winter Afternoon) pastel, 18x20 are on display in the Falmouth Artists Guild's "Indian Summer Exhibit", an all members show at the Falmouth Art Center, Oct. 18-Nov. 6, Falmouth, MA.

ANNOUNCEMENT- NOW is the time for anyone considering ordering a "Mini" Dog (or cat!) Portrait for the coming holiday/ Christmas season. (Please see "mini" dog portraits for more details.) Any orders taken after Nov. 20, 2009 will not be ready until after Christmas/ end of Dec., 2009 - Jan., 2010.

"Indian Summer" (oil/panel, 10x10) is accepted into the Falmouth Artist Guild's "Fall Juried Show" and wins " Best Oil" !! The show is held at the Falmouth Art Center in Falmouth, MA and runs from
Sept. 20 - Oct. 15. The opening reception is Sun., Sept, 27, 2p,m, - 4 p.m. with art inspired floral arrangements by the Falmouth Garden Club.

"Corvo" (which means crow in Italian ) is my first mosaic piece and is exhibited at the Falmouth Artist Guild's "Best of The Guild" show, a student/faculty/member show. The show is held at the Falmouth Art Center in Falmouth, MA and runs from Aug. 23 - Sept. 13.

"Corvo" has also been accepted into The Mosaic Yearbook 2009.

(This summer, I took a mosaics class at the Falmouth Art Center with instructor, Jim Bowen. I designed and created this 12"x12", mosaic crow using stained glass tesserae. Very enjoyable and now I'm hooked on yet another art form! )

31st Annual Cataumet Artists Fair, Sunday, Aug, 9, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(Another "first time" experience for me, displaying my paintings at an outdoor art fair! I hope to do it again next summer.)

The Cataumet Art Center is a lovely little gem tucked away amongst the quaint Buzzards Bay village of Cataumet, MA, located at 76 Scraggy Neck Rd. A friendly and talented group of artists.

"Snowy Fir" (oil/panel, 16x20) is accepted into the Falmouth Artist Guild's "Summer Juried Show 2009" and wins "Best Landscape"! The show is held at The Falmouth Art Center in Falmouth, MA and runs from July 26 - Aug. 16, 2009.

"View From A Bridge" (oil/panel, 16x20) is accepted and shown at the Hudson Valley Art Association's 78th Annual Exhibition held at the Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ, July 2 - 26, 2009.

The HVAA was originally formed in 1928 at the studio of American landscape painter, Jasper F. Cropsey, by a group of talented landscape artists also referred to as the Hudson River School of Painters.

This is the first time I've entered an HVAA show and am honored to be part of this historical American Art tradition!