Events
This includes Workshops, Shows, Meet and Greets etc.
Workshop
Pastel Still Life Workshop with Roksolyana Pidhainy Benoit
May 22, 2025
Learn how to paint a still life in soft pastel
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Whether you are currently a pastel artist or you would like to learn to paint with soft pastels, this workshop is suitable for every level of painting skill. Special emphasis on the development of forms in space will be achieved via meticulous blending and shading techniques. And students will have the opportunity to complete their still life pastel painting in one session.You will be provided with detailed step-by-step instruction and the opportunity to watch demonstrations by accomplished artist, Roksolyana Pidhainy Benoit.
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Artwork
Roksolyana Pidhainy Benoit's
Solo Exhibit, A Song to My Beloved
May 4-30, 2025​
Created between 2019 and 2025 A SONG TO MY BELOVED will feature pastel portraits and still-life compositions influenced both by her Ukrainian culture and her admiration of the great masters – Rembrandt, Cezanne, and Degas. An additional source of inspiration in her art is the story of Roksolyana, the young Ukrainian woman captured by the Turks in the 16th century, who went on to become a beloved wife of and key adviser to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
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