Linda Lucas Hardy, CPSA
Publications & Awards

 

 
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Southwest Art Magazine - Ten
Artists to Watch for 2008

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International Artists Magazine - Feature
Article - "Making the Ordinary Extraordinary!"

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Artists Magazine - Feature Article - Sandpaper
& Paintbrushes? A colored pencil artists unusual
techniques create vivid, compelling effects."

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American Artists Magazine - November 2007

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American Artists Magazine - October 2007

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Southwest Art Magazine - September 2007

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American Artists DRAWING - Winter 2007

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the Artist's Magazine - December 2006
Best Art of 2006 - Honorable Mention

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American Artists DRAWING - Winter 2006

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American art COLLECTOR - September 2006

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Southwest Art Magazine - September 2006

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Northlight Book Club Magazine - Cover Competition - 2006

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Artist's Magazine - July 2005 - Title
article, "Your Best Yet".

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International Artists Magazine - Oct/Nov 2005
Winner of the Grand Prize Award

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2005 - "How Did You Paint That? 100 ways to
Paint People & Figures", Vol 2. An
International Artists Magazine publication.

Additional Publications:

  • Create Better Paintings (Online Magazine) - Feature Article - January 2009
  • CPSA Newsletter, To The Point, Spring-Summer, 2007, Vol 16, No 1
  • CPSA Newsletter To The Point, Fall/Winter 2007, Vol 16, No. 2
  • The Santa Fean - September 2006
  • The Clifton Record, Vol. 111, No 37 Friday, Sept 15, 2006, page 20
  • CPSA Newsletter To The Point, Spring 2006, Vol 15, No. 1
  • Artist of the Month. September 2004 issue of From My Perspective, Ann Kullberg's colored pencil e-Magazine.
  • Memphis Playbook, The Commercial Appeal, Friday, July 30, 2004 pg 32.
  • Cover, March 2004, Ann Kullberg's colored pencil e-magazine From My Perspective
  • CPSA Newsletter To The Point, Spring 2002, Vol 12, No. 1
  • February 2002 Artist of the Month, SCRIBBLE, Online Resource for the colored pencil artist.
  • Featured artist, February 2002 in the "Tips" section of From My Perspective, Ann Kullberg's colored pencil e-magazine.
  • Featured in the "Showcase" section of From My Perspective, Ann Kullberg's colored pencil e-magazine, December 2001.

 

Awards

 

2010

  • Third Place - Mt Pleasant, Tx Art Society 2010 Annual Membership Show (Dawn's Early Light)
  • Peoples Choice Award - Mt Pleasant, TX Art Society 2010 Annual Membership Show (Dawn's Early Light)
  • 2009

    • Best of Show - Celebrating Colored Pencil, CPSA DC 215 Annual Exhibition, Keller, TX (Hang on Tightly; Let Go Lightly)
    • Kudos Award - Celebrating Colored Pencil, CPSA DC 215 Annual Exhibition, Keller, TX (Dawn's Early Light)
    • Award for Outstanding Achievement - CPSA 17th Annual International Exhibition, Atlanta, GA (Dawn's Early Light)
    • Third Place - Mt Pleasant, Tx Art Society 2009 Annual Membership Show (Having Fun With Red & Green)
    • Peoples Choice Award - Mt Pleasant, TX Art Society 2009 Annual Membership Show (Hang on Tightly; Let Go Lightly)

    2008

    • SmallWorks™ North America is the largest competitive exhibition and sale of original miniature art on the East Coast. Of more than 900 meticulously crafted submissions received by The Greenwich Workshop, 200 were selected to participate in this year's competitive showcase. My oil painting, "Lost in a Dream", was among the 200 pieces selected.

    2007

    • Best of Show - 16th Annual Juried Art Competition Show and Sale, Breckenridge Fine Art Center, Breckenridge, TX for "Unfettered"
    • Honorable Mention - 16th Annual Juried Art Competition Show and Sale, Breckenridge Fine Art Center, Breckenridge, TX for "What We All Have in Common"
    • Received the CPSA Award for Exceptional Merit & CIPPY Award for "Light Crisp Tasty - Fortune Inside" at the 15th Annual International Convention and Exhibition in Bethesda MD.
    • The CPSA Award for Exceptional Merit & EXXPY Trophy, Explore This 4! Colored Pencil Exhibition, Brea, California for "Tenderly Morning Comes; Night Slips Quietly Away".
    • Finalist--The Artist's Magazine, 2007 Annual Art Competition, Still Life Category for "The Story of My Life".
    • Best of Show - The Artists Showplace & Gallery 2007 Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX for "The Long Way Home"
    • First Federal Community Bank Award - Annual Membership Show, Mt Pleasant Art Society, Mt Pleasant, TX. For "Reflecting"
    • People's Choice Award--Annual Membership Show, Mt Pleasant Art Society, Mt. Pleasant, TX. For "Reflecting"

    2006

    • Now You Know" has been accepted into the traveling museum exhibition, "The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century." This exhibition started in late 2007 and is scheduled to run through 2010. It is speculated that ten to fifteen museums will host the show.
    • Finalist, American Artist DRAWING Magazine Cover competition for "Repose"
    • Pioneer in Realism Award, The International Guild of Realism's Second Annual Exhibition, Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe, NM for "The Long Way Home"
    • Finalist in the 2006 "Art Kudos" International Competition for "Now You Know".
    • First Place, CPSA 215 Fall Show, Plano, TX, for "In Good Taste"
    • Third Place, CPSA 215 Fall Show for "Plum Delicious".
    • Recognition Award, CPSA 215 Fall Show for "Yucca"
    • Honorable Mention--The Artist's Magazine,2006 Annual Art Competition, Still Life Category. Published in the December 2006 issue. (Tenderly Morning Comes; Night Slips Quietly Away)
    • Finalist --The Artist's Magazine, Annual Art Competition, Still Life Category. Published in the December 2006 issue. "Pink"
    • Finalist --The Artist's Magazine, Annual Art Competition, Still Life Category. Published in the December 2006 issue. (The Long Way Home)
    • Chicago IL, District Chapter 103, Award for Excellence. CPSA International Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM "The Magnificent Seven"
    • Earned Five Year Recognition Award, Colored Pencil Society of America. "The Magnificent Seven"
    • Artist of the Month February American Artist Magazine online competition. "Sandy's Gardenia"
    • Third Place, North Light Book Club Cover Competition "Pull to Open"
    • Third Place--The Artists Showplace Gallery 2006 Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX "Reflecting"
    • First Place, Other Media--Hilton Head National Juried Art Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. "Now You Know"
    • First Place--Memphis/Germantown Art League's Annual National Exhibition, Memphis, TN. "Now You Know"
    • First Place, Mini Art Show, Mt. Pleasant, TX Art Society January, 2006 "Now You Know"

    2005

    • Third Place, North Light Book Club, Cover Competition. (Pull to Open)
    • Grand Prize Winner, Challenge no. 29--Still Life & Florals, International Artists Magazine No. 45, October/November 2005 Issue. (The Magnificent Seven)
    • Gold Medal Award, Best Other Media--20th Annual Conservatory Art Classic National Art Competition, presented by the Bosque Conservatory and Art Council at the Bosque Conservatory in Clifton, Texas. (Pull to Open)
    • Finalist--The Artist's Magazine, Annual 2005 Art Competition, Still Life Category. (Reflecting)
    • The Lyra Award for Excellence--13th Annual International Colored Pencil Exhibition in Chicago, IL (Pull to Open)
    • Second Place, Pastel/Graphics Division, Plano Art Association 2005 National Juried Exhibition, Plano, TX. (Pull to Open)
    • First Place, The Finer Points Colored Pencil Exhibition 2005, Irving TX (Simply Red)
    • Best of Show, The Artists Showplace Gallery 2005 Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX (98 Cents Per Pound)
    • First Place, Combined Catagory, The Artists Showplace Gallery 2005 Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX (98 Cents Per Pound)
    • Second Place, 2005 Annual Membership Show, Mt Pleasant Art Society, Mt Pleasant, TX. (In Good Taste)
    • People's Choice Award 2005 Annual Membership Show, Mt Pleasant Art Society, Mt. Pleasant, TX. (In Good Taste)

    2004

    • Silver Medal Award Other Media, Bosque National Art Competition, Bosque Conservatory and Art Council. (I Will Remember You)
    • Earned Signature Status, Colored Pencil Society of America CPSA International (98 Cents Per Pound)
    • Earned the Weber Group Award, Visual Arts Society of Texas (She Was Only Sixteen)

    2001 - 2002

    • 2002 Earned the very prestigious Grumbacher Gold Medallion 2002 award, the highest award given for the year at the Art Center at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos, NM. (Tiara)
    • 2002 Second Place in Faber-Castell Portrait Competition (Tiara)
    • 2001 Best of Show in Drawing - Northeast Texas Community College
    • 2001 Bank of America Award, Mt. Pleasant TX Art Society

    1993 - 1994

    • 1994 Special Award Advanced Colored Pencil Drawing, NTCC
    • 1994 First Place in Oil Painting,NTCC
    • 1993 Outstanding Student of the Year at Northeast Community College in Advanced Drawing
    • 1993 First Place in Advanced Drawing, NTCC

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