Welcome to the Artist's Place
Peggy Davidson Post
Painting in Pastel
Art instruction
About the Artist
Peggy Davidson Post is an artist who lived and studied in California until after college and work in commercial illustration. She spent the next 40 years in New York State where she taught, administered, created art, and exhibited. She earned her artist membership at the Salmagundi Art Club in New York City where she frequently exhibits her work. Other distinctions include signature membership in the Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of Connecticut, American Artists Professional League, and recently the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association. She is an elected member of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in NYC, and also a member of the board of directors. Participating in shows in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, California, Washington, New Mexico, Arizona and Canada have brought new relationships and rewards.
Inspiration springs from moments of engagement, when a landscape, a person or an animal catches her attention and tells a memorable story. Seascape and landscape are her strongest interests and abiding passion.
Awards

2021 Award of Merit, Arizona Pastel Artists Association National Spring Show
2021 Merchandise Award, 29th National Juried Painting Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Mexico
2019 Multimedia Art Board Award, Enduring Brilliance, Pastel Society of America
2019 Jack Richeson Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society
2018 Founders Award, Purely Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society
2018 Helen Oehler Memorial Award, 90th Grand National Exhibit, American Artists Professional League
2018 Jerry’s Artarama Award, Connecticut Pastel Society Members show
2018 Gordon Coe Dick Memorial Award for Pastel, 121st Annual Open Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
2017 Pastel Society of the West Coast Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society
2016 Flora Giffuni Memorial Award in Pastel, 88th Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League
2016 2nd Place Pastel, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members, Salmagundi Art Club New York
2015 Salmagundi Club Certificate of Merit, Non-Members Exhibit, Salmagundi Art Club New York
2014 Terry Ludwig Award, Connecticut Pastel Society Members Exhibit
Organizations
Salmagundi Club New York
artist member
Pastel Society of America
signature member 2019
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
full member, board of directors
American Artists Professional League
signature member
Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters,
signature member
Connecticut Pastel Society
signature member
board of directors 2015-18
Allied Artists of America, associate member
American Impressionist Society, associate member
International Assn. of Pastel Societies
California Art Club
associate member
Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
member
Pastel Society of the West Coast
associate member
California Central Coast Pastel Society
Piedmont Pastel Society, North Carolina
Teaching
The Artist’s Place, Pebble Beach, CA
Adult instruction in Art
Taught art in over 40 art centers, schools, workshops, and private teaching in New York, Maine, and California.
Earned California Single Subject Art and Multiple Subject teaching credentials, 1977.
Education
BFA Calif. College of the Arts
Oakland, Calif.
Majors: Fine Art, Liberal Arts
Earned California Single Subject (Art),
and Multiple Subject Teaching Credentials (K-12)
Also studied:
The Banff Centre, School of Fine Art, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Pastel Society of America
School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
Katonah Art Center, Katonah, NY
Westchester Community College
Certificate in Computer Arts