The following information was submitted in June of 2006 by the artist:
Professional Organizations elected to:
Salmagundi Club, N.Y.C.; Midwest Pastel Society; American Portrait Society; Pastel Society of America; Oil Pastel Association; Amer. Society, of Portrait Artists; Great Lakes Pastel Society; Oil Painters of America; Portrait Society or America; Knickerbocker Artist
Paintings by Larry Blovits are included in permanent collections of the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan State Senate, McGee's Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA, Western Michigan University, Muskegon Museum of Art (Ml), Grand Rapids (Ml) Art Museum, Aquinas College, Grand Directory of American Portrait Artists, Pages 387-388 University, Hope College, Michigan Tech (all in Michigan), Beta Rho Delta National Sorority Museum in Oxford, OH, and many other locations throughout the United States.
Selected Awards:
Honorable Mention, 2005 Pastel 100 competition, Pastel Journal Magazine
People’s Choice Award, Festival 2005 Regional Art competition, Grand Rapids, MI
Gold Medal Award, 2004 Great Lakes Pastel Society exhibition, Grosse Pointe, MI
Honorable Mention, 2004 Pastel100 competition, Pastel Journal Magazine
Honorable Mention, 2003 Pastel100 competition, Pastel Journal Magazine
Purchase Award - 2003 Pastel Society of America NYC Annual exhibition
Purchase award - 2002 Pastel Society of America, NYC Annual exhibition
The Pastel Society of New Mexico award at the Pastel Society of America annual 2000,
The Award of Excellence at the Midwest Pastel Society 1996 Annual, 1993 Pastel Society of America's Master Pastelist Award, 1992 Watson-Guptill Award, Award for Outstanding Achievement in Portraiture at the '91 National Portrait Seminar
1987 Salmagundi Award, and the Metropolitan Portrait Society Award in 1986
Publications:
'Photographing Your Art', Profile Magazine of the American Portrait Society, Third Issue; Who's Who in the World 12th Ed.; Who's Who In the Midwest, 23rd - 25th ed.; Who's Who in American Education , 4th ed.; “Artist in Residence - Larry Biovits' multipurpose Studio”, Am. Artist Mag., June issue 1990, Pages 46 - 51; Who's Who in America, 47th - 52nd ed. 'Those Already Counted', American Artist Magazine, August issue 1990, Page 69; 5000 Personalities of the World, 5th edition; Pastel Artist International, Feb/Mar/Apr 2000, pg.60
Books and Videos:
Pastel Landscape: Technique and Procedure, 60-minute instructional video 1991; Pastel Interpretations, by Madlyn Woolwich; Cover artist, and featured artist, North Light '93;
The Best of Flower Painting, featured Artist, Author -Pastel for the Serious Beginner, Watson -Guptill. publisher 1996; The Art of Pastel Portraiture, Madlyn Woolwich, North Light Books1997 - featured artist; The Best of Pastel 2, Rockport publishers '98;
Author - No experience necessary; Sketching and Drawing -featured artist North Light Publisher 2004; Directory of American Portrait Artists, Pages 387-388
Education:
•Wayne State Univ., Detroit, Ml. B.F.A.1964, M F.A 1966, Aaron Shikler portrait workshop 1988, Richard Whitney Portrait Workshop 1994, Daniel Greene portrait Workshops 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986,
•National Portrait Seminars 1981, 1982, 1991,1993, ASOPA Portrait Seminars 1997, 1998
Present Position:
Retired from 26 years of College teaching; - Full time artist specializing in portrait and landscape commissions, and teaching workshops in Michigan, around the country, and abroad.
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