Featured artist
Beverly Carlson-Bradshaw
Arizona, USA
- Sell original works
- Take commissions/assignments
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Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Landscape
Walking the Wash
18.5x26.5 unframed pastel $550 |
Desert Delight
18.5x26.5 unframed pastel $550 |
Painting/Drawing - Wildlife/Birds
Eye On the Prize
13.25x16.25 framed pastel $400 |
Doodle in Nature
16x12.25 framed pastel $475 |
Forging Ahead
18.5x26.5 unframed pastel $550 |
Painting/Drawing - Floral
After the Bloom
14x11, framed pastel $375 |
Prickly Pear Blooms
14x11 pastel Sold |
Blooming Chokes
19x15 pastel Sold |
Artist Statement
With a childhood spent on a farm in Montana, the landscape became a central part of my conscious experience. The ability to see for miles created a sense of space in my psyche that has remained with me all these years. As a child, the farm animals became my dearest friends and that sense of trust and love remains today. I began painting both of these subjects as a young girl.
A move to Arizona in 2018 I started painting full time the landscape and animals here are my new subject matter.
They say you never really leave home, and that may certainly apply to my creativity. For what I see on the desert horizon, merges with my memories of the past, and awakens my soul. Those splendid memories become the reference point for the passion and expressiveness of my artworks.
Bio
Beverly Carlson-Bradshaw is a gifted, natural born artist who has been creating art since childhood. She is now a full-time pastel artist who continually challenges herself to work in new ways, whether by trying a new palette or in applying new techniques, this artist remains dedicated to the process of learning.
As a young girl she would create drawings of the animals she found on the family farm in Montana. By High School she had moved on to working in oil paints. She later attended classes at Eastern Montana College, Billings, MT while working with important artists, such as Ben Steele.
With a previous career in Interior Design, Beverly has a great sense of balance and form, and she harnesses the best of that experience in her art. Her life and career took her to Seattle, WA where she continued to study art in the evenings at the University of Washington and she attended workshops with well-known artists Ned Mueller and Clark Elster. It was during this time that Beverly started focusing on pastel painting which she found was an excellent way to combine her strengths of drawing and painting. It has become her chosen medium.
Since retiring three years ago from her thriving career, Beverly now lives and works in Carefree, AZ. She is a full-time artist working in the medium of pastels. Her love of the landscape has only increased since moving to the desert and she fills her day by observing nature and creating masterful, pastel artworks based on her impressions of the beauty that surrounds her.
Beverly has attended workshops and received a number of achievements and accolades.
Workshops:
Jude Tolar (2019 - Scottsdale Artists School)
Liz Kenyon (2019 - Scottsdale Artists School)
Christine Debrosky (2020 - Scottsdale Artists School)
Tony Allain (2020 - Online Workshop with Redrock Pastel Society of Nevada)
Nancie King Mertz (2020 - Online Workshop)
Albert Handell (2020 - Plein Air Workshop Sedona, AZ)
Memberships
Arizona Pastel Artists Association
West Coast Pastel Society Sonoran Artists League
Artists in Arizona
Sonoran Arts League
Exhibits:
2021 Camelback Gallery, Finalist Bronze Award “Autumn”
2021 National Spring Show, Merit Award, Arizona Pastel Artists Association 2021
2021 “Spring Forward,” Finalist, Artists in Arizona
2021, “Shades of Green,” Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery
2020 "Into the Wild," Finalist, Camelback Gallery 2020 "Red," Finalist, Camelback Gallery2020 "Happiness," Finalist, Camelback Gallery 2020 Featured Artist (One Year) Camelback Gallery
2019 Membership Show, Finalist, Arizona Pastel Artists Association 2019
With a childhood spent on a farm in Montana, the landscape became a central part of my conscious experience. The ability to see for miles created a sense of space in my psyche that has remained with me all these years. As a child, the farm animals became my dearest friends and that sense of trust and love remains today. I began painting both of these subjects as a young girl.
A move to Arizona in 2018 I started painting full time the landscape and animals here are my new subject matter.
They say you never really leave home, and that may certainly apply to my creativity. For what I see on the desert horizon, merges with my memories of the past, and awakens my soul. Those splendid memories become the reference point for the passion and expressiveness of my artworks.
Bio
Beverly Carlson-Bradshaw is a gifted, natural born artist who has been creating art since childhood. She is now a full-time pastel artist who continually challenges herself to work in new ways, whether by trying a new palette or in applying new techniques, this artist remains dedicated to the process of learning.
As a young girl she would create drawings of the animals she found on the family farm in Montana. By High School she had moved on to working in oil paints. She later attended classes at Eastern Montana College, Billings, MT while working with important artists, such as Ben Steele.
With a previous career in Interior Design, Beverly has a great sense of balance and form, and she harnesses the best of that experience in her art. Her life and career took her to Seattle, WA where she continued to study art in the evenings at the University of Washington and she attended workshops with well-known artists Ned Mueller and Clark Elster. It was during this time that Beverly started focusing on pastel painting which she found was an excellent way to combine her strengths of drawing and painting. It has become her chosen medium.
Since retiring three years ago from her thriving career, Beverly now lives and works in Carefree, AZ. She is a full-time artist working in the medium of pastels. Her love of the landscape has only increased since moving to the desert and she fills her day by observing nature and creating masterful, pastel artworks based on her impressions of the beauty that surrounds her.
Beverly has attended workshops and received a number of achievements and accolades.
Workshops:
Jude Tolar (2019 - Scottsdale Artists School)
Liz Kenyon (2019 - Scottsdale Artists School)
Christine Debrosky (2020 - Scottsdale Artists School)
Tony Allain (2020 - Online Workshop with Redrock Pastel Society of Nevada)
Nancie King Mertz (2020 - Online Workshop)
Albert Handell (2020 - Plein Air Workshop Sedona, AZ)
Memberships
Arizona Pastel Artists Association
West Coast Pastel Society Sonoran Artists League
Artists in Arizona
Sonoran Arts League
Exhibits:
2021 Camelback Gallery, Finalist Bronze Award “Autumn”
2021 National Spring Show, Merit Award, Arizona Pastel Artists Association 2021
2021 “Spring Forward,” Finalist, Artists in Arizona
2021, “Shades of Green,” Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery
2020 "Into the Wild," Finalist, Camelback Gallery 2020 "Red," Finalist, Camelback Gallery2020 "Happiness," Finalist, Camelback Gallery 2020 Featured Artist (One Year) Camelback Gallery
2019 Membership Show, Finalist, Arizona Pastel Artists Association 2019
Gallery Representation & Exhibition Schedule
The Finer Arts Gallery, Cave Creek, AZ
