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Stephanie Birdsall Biography
Stephanie Birdsall received her formal training at the City and Guilds of London Art School in England. After graduation she spent time traveling through Europe honing her skills as a plein air painter. Upon her return to the United States, Stephanie continued her study under several top artists including: Doug Dawson, Albert Handel, Ramon Kelly, and Frank Federico and has been fortunate to paint under the tutelage of Richard Schmid and the Putney Painters for the past three years.
Her work has garnered recognition and more than 30 major awards in national and international juried exhibitions. She has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London, England, Bargemon in France and at the National Arts Club in New York. Among the awards she has received are Best in Show at the Bridgeport Museum of Arts and Science, the Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award, the Degas Pastel Society Exceptional Merit Award, the Connecticut Pastel Society Herman Margulies Award and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, John Manship Award. In 2004 her work was selected by the National Academy of the Arts for inclusion in the Arts for the Parks National Exhibition.
Stephanie's work has been featured in popular publications such as International Artist Magazine, Southwest Art, Plein Air Magazine and The Pastel Journal. Public Broadcasting station WGCU aired a special on her work in June of 2005 as part of their "Expressions" television series. Stephanie's work is among the permanent collections of the Museum of the Everglades, Everglades National Monument; Florida Museum of Art & Culture, The Florida State Art Collection at the Florida State Capital and The Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson Arizona. Stephanie was honored with a successful one-women show at the Florida Museum of Art and Culture in 2006.
Stephanie holds Signature Membership in The Pastel Society of America, The Pastel Society of Connecticut, and The Plein Air Society of Florida. She is a member of the Master's Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies, and a member of The Degas Pastel Society, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, The National Association of Women Artists, The Pastel Society of Southwest Florida, The Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Tucson Plein Air Painters and Oil Painters of America.
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