Tara's profile

Tara studied Art and Philosophy at Mount Saint Mary’s University, earning her BA in 2006. She is currently a pastellist, working both in her home studio and en plein air. Her plein air work has sent her (and her work) around the world, exhibiting in China, the UK, and Canada. She paints in nationally juried plein air events across the country including California, Massachusetts, Maryland, Texas, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Florida. Tara likes working quickly and deliberately, using bold color and strong markmaking with a focus on abstraction in the landscape. She received masters circle status with the International Association of Pastel Societies in 2017 and was inducted into the Washington Society of Landscape Painters in 2019.

 

Tara Will

410-353-0953

[email protected]

www.tarawill.com

Education and Experience

 

2006    BA Visual Art and Philosophy, Mount St. Mary’s University Honors and Distinctions

2017    Maryland Pastel Society Exhibition Chair, Shades of Pastel National Juried Show

 

Awards

2019          Best in Show, Shades of Pastel National show 

2019          Wayne Plein Air Works on Paper Award

2019          Olmsted Park Plein Air Award

2019          Door County Plein Air Honorable Mention

2018          Ellicott City Gino Award

2018          Wayne Plein Air “Plein Air Magazine” Award

2018          Chestertown Plein Air Best in Show, Artists Choice

2018          Brandywine Plein Air Second Place

2018          PASTEL 100 Honorable Mentions, Landscape and Figure

2018          North Carolina Pastel Society, Second Place

2017          Chestertown, MD Plein Air Best in Show, Artists Choice

2017          Wayne Plein Air, Third Place

2017          Dorchester Center for the Arts Plein Air Annual, Third Place

2017          Bucks County Plein Air Merit Award

2017          Int’l Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Bronze Award

2017          Ellicott City Plein Air, Third Place

2017          Adirondack Plein Air, Best Body of Work, Quick Draw First, Artists Choice

2017          PASTEL 100 National Juried Competition, Honorable Mention and Publication

2016          Carroll Arts Council National Juried Show, Second Place

2016          Mountain Maryland Plein Air Quick Draw Competition, First Place

2016          Chestertown Plein Air Competion Quick Draw, Second Place

2016          Frederick Plein Air Competition, Quick Draw, Honorable     Mention

2016          Ellicott City Plein Air, Quick Draw, Peoples Choice Award, Honorable Mention

2016          Cambridge MD Plein Air Quick Draw, First Place

2015          Juried into National Shades of Pastel MPS Show

2015          Solomons Plein Air, Quick Draw, Honorable Mention

2015          Ellicott City Plein Air, Quick Draw, Second Place

2015          Frederick Plein Air, Quick Draw, Second Place

2015          Flag Pond Nationally Juried Show, Second Place

 

Exhibition Record

2019         Solo Exhibition, Delaplaine Arts Center Frederick, MD

2019          Group Exhibit LAA Collective Wayne, PA

2019          Maryland Pastel Society National Shades of Pastel

2019          Amis, Wayne, PA

2019          Philadelphia Watercolor Society Works on Paper Exhibit

2018          Solo Exhibition, Church Street Gallery, West Chester, PA

2018         Group Exhibition, Carroll Arts Center Westminster, MD

2018          Group Exhibition South Street Gallery, Easton, MD

2018          Group Exhibition, Nova Scotia, Canada

2018          Pastel Society of UK Annual exhibition Mall Galleries, London

2018          North Carolina Pastel Society Exhibition

2017          Group Exhibition, South Street Gallery, Easton, MD

2017          Group Exhibition, Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD

2017          Connecticut Pastel Society National Show

2017          Maryland Pastel Society National Show

2017           IAPS National Show, Albuquerque, NM

2016           VMRC National Juried Show, Harrisonburg VA

2016           Carroll Arts Center National Juried Show, Westminster, MD

2016           Member Show, Maryland Pastel Society, Annapolis, MD

2016           Member Show, Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD

2016           Howard County Arts Council Juried Show: Ellicott City, MD

2016           Chestertown Plein Air Juried Show, Chestertown, MD

2015           Shades of Pastel National Juried Show, Washington, DC

 

Upcoming Events:

2020          Lighthouse Plein Air

2020          Juror, Pastel Society of Cape Cod National Exhibit

2020          Plein Air South Faculty

2020          Door County Invitational

2020          Olmsted Invitational  

Gallery Affiliation

Gallery 99 Westminster, MD

District Gallery Knoxville, TN

Warm Springs Gallery, VA

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