Denise Vitollo, MPS, DPS, PPSCC, PWCS Denise Vitollo's pastel works explore color, and how it is influenced by light and shadow. The experience of Plein Air painting allows her to immediately connect to her subject, and to react to her perceptions quickly and emotionally with pure, bold pigment.Memberships: Juried Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America Signature Member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society Signature Member of the Maryland Pastel Society Signature Member of the Degas Pastel Society of New Orleans Signature Member of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod Connecticut Pastel Society Recent Awards:Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, For Pastels Only on Cape Cod, Jack Richeson Award, 2019 The Pastel Journal's 2018 Pastel 100, 5th Place in the Animal and Wildlife Category Philadelphia Watercolor Society's 118th International Works on Paper, Thornton Oakley Memorial Award, 2018 Palette to Palate Plein Air, Holbein Artist Materials Award, 2018 Recent Exhibitions:Philadelphia Watercolor Society, 119th International Works on Paper, 2019 Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, For Pastels Only, 2019 International Association of Pastel Societies Web Show, 2018 Pastel Society of America˜s Enduring Brilliance, NYC, 2017 Connecticut Pastel Society's Renaissance in Pastel, 2018, 2017, 2016 Degas Pastel Society's 17th Biennial National Exhibition, 2018, 2016 The Maryland Pastel Society's Member Show and National Exhibition, 2017 Chester County Studio Tour Host Studio, 2011-2018 Plein Air Brandywine Valley, Inaugural Event -2019 Water, Gallery 222, Malvern, PA, 2018 Historic Yellow Springs Art Show, 2010-2018 Hardcastle Gallery Holiday Show, 2018, 2016 Plein Air Events: Plein Air Brandywine Valley Palette to Palate Tyler Invitational Harvest Gathering Paint Snow Hill Denise holds BFA, MFA, and MEd Degrees, and she teaches art privately.