The 2025 Open Show is sponsored by our chapter, CPSA-117, with awards funded by a grant from the CPSA Governing Body. It is both an in-gallery (Palm Coast, FL) and online.
If you are in the Palm Coast area, please come see most of these wonderful artworks in–person at:
The Expressions Art Gallery on Colbert, located in the Grand Living Realty office at 2298 Colbert Ln, Palm Coast, FL 32137, open Mon-Sat 9:00-5:00. The show runs from September 21 through November 1, 2025.
Enter here to see the 2025 Show entries!
Congratulations to everyone who entered! We are so pleased with the participation and the willingness to share your talents, passions, and viewpoints with our colored pencil community.
Enter here to see the 2025 Show award winners!
Will go live after show announcements.
The awards are the Founders Award (First of Show), Second of Show, Third of Show, and Honorable Mentions.
.Learn about our Judge ~ Sydney McKenna
“Sydney McKenna’s Florida landscape paintings express the state’s atmosphere in a unique and poignant way. Especially sensitive to the subtle color shifts that occur in the vaporous skies of the South, these original oil paintings are created in the classic technique of the Old World; using thin layers of oil paint to build up a subtle luminosity, unifying classical style with contemporary themes.”
“Sydney’s Florida paintings are found in corporate, public and private collections, including Capital One’s corporate collection of American art, (McLean, VA), The Museum of Florida Art, (Deland, Florida), Admiral Kevin Delaney (ret.), The Contrarian Group and the private collection of Patrice Munsel, retired opera star (Schroon Lake, NY).”
“Sydney holds a Visual Arts degree from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg Florida, and attended graduate studies in Corona Italy through the University of Georgia. Winner of many awards for her classic, yet contemporary painting, she has been a Floridian since 1964. Sydney opened her art gallery in St. Augustine in 1997, after a period of graduate studies in Cortona, Italy.”
