Recent News
September 25th, 2008

Read about the Icarus Drawing Board on Katherine Tyrrell's blog Making a Mark.
Read Her Blog Here

September 23rd, 2008

Icarus Art is finally open for business. The first batch of the Icarus Drawing Board will be available for shipping the week of September 29th. Check out our website and let me know what you think:
http://icarusart.net/

August 1st, 2008

"Into the Light" received the 16th Annual International CPSA Exhibition "Award for Excellence", Seattle, WA, 2008
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July 1st, 2008

"Into the Light" won BEST OF SHOW in the 9th Annual FMP Exhibition (Ann Kullberg's Online Colored Pencil Magazine).
Read what the juror, Alyona Nickelsen, says about the winning piece: "This is a hymn of life, light and color; the ode to creators and creations; the glory of the instant and the triumph of eternity. This work has everything. A fresh idea that uses spectacular effects to achieve a dynamic and moving composition. Brilliant colors culminate in a superbly executed and masterful piece. Bravo Ester!"

June 1st, 2008

"Into the Light" was juried into the CPSA 16th Annual International Exhibition. This is one of 125 works chosen by juror Jeffrey Moose to be part of the prestigious Seattle show.

May 18th, 2008

"Appassionata in F Minor" won third place in the San Clemente Art Gallery Summer Judged Show, Master Category. In the Master Category all previous winners of their medium compete against each other.
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April 18th, 2008

"Into the Light" won first place in the Saddleback Art League 9th Annual All-Media Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Dry and Mixed Media category. The exhibition is held at the Mission Viejo Library until May 30.
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March 22nd, 2008

"Daffodil" won first place in the Spring Exhibition of the San Diego District Chapter, Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center in Balboa Park.
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March 15th, 2008

"Into the Light" and "Appassionata in F Minor" both received an Honorable Mention in the Los Angeles CPSA Chapter "Pencil Paintings" exhibition. The exhibition will run until April 18th in the Cypress Community Gallery.
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February 23rd, 2008

"Preludio" receives first place in the San Clemente Art Gallery Spring Judged Show, Other Media category.
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February 7th, 2008

My testimonial for Stonehenge Paper was recently published on Legion Paper's Website.
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November 10th, 2007

"Appassionata in F Minor" wins first place in the 15th Anniversary Exhibition of the San Diego District Chapter at the Poway Center For the Performing Arts. "Preludio" also wins first place in the People Choice Awards.
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November 7th, 2007

My Heated Drawing Board technique has been officially accepted by the Colored Pencil Society of America for the International Exhibitions.

November 1st, 2007

Ester's latest artwork, "Into the Light", together with "Preludio" and "Appassionata in F Minor", is on display at the 15th Anniversary Exhibition of the San Diego District Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America. The exhibition will run from October 30th to November 24th. Awards will be presented at the artists' reception on November 10th at 2:30 pm.

October 6th, 2007

Ester holds a demonstration on her new Heated Drawing Board system and technique at the Los Angeles Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America.
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August 2nd, 2007

Ester attends the 15th Annual CPSA International Convention and Exhibition. "Preludio" is on display at The Mansion at Strathmore Gallery, North Bethesda, Maryland.
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July 6th, 2007

Ester is featured in a two page article in the local "Capistrano Independent News".
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June 3rd, 2007

"Preludio" is voted as the fifth favorite image (people choice) of the 8th Annual FMP Member Show, Online Colored Pencil Magazine.

May 14th, 2007

"Preludio" is juried into the 15th Annual International Exhibition of the Colored Pencil Society of America, Bethesda, MD, July 14th - August 25th.

May 8th, 2007

"Appassionata in F Minor" wins 1st Place in the Graphite, Charcoal and Colored Pencil category of the Artist's Magazine's All-Media Online Competition. The winning piece will be featured in the July/August 2007 issue of the magazine.
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April 6th, 2007

Ester holds her first demonstration on her new Heated Drawing Board system and technique at the San Diego Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America.

March 18th, 2007

"Appassionata in F Minor" is juried into "Explore This! 4" exhibition. The artwork will be displayed in the City of Brea Gallery, March 24th - May 4th.
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March 5th, 2007

"Daisy in E Flat" is displayed in the Minis' Show of "From My Perspective", an online colored pencil magazine.

December 1st, 2006

"Appassionata in F Minor" in displayed in the Theme Show of "From My Perspective", an oline colored pencil magazine.

November 1st, 2006

Ester is the Featured Artist of "From My Perspective", an online colored pencil magazine.
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July 19th, 2006

Ester attends the 14th Annual International Convention and Exhibition of the Colored Pencil Society of America in Albaquerque, New Mexico.

July 13th, 2006

Ester is featured in two local newspapers.
Capistrano Dispatch (page 14)
Orange County Register

June 30th, 2006

"Magnolias" wins First Place and "Trinity" receives Honorable Mention in the Graphics Division of the Orange County Annual Visual Arts Juried Competition.
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May 25th, 2006

"Trinity" receives Honorable Mention in the 7th Annual FMP Member Show, an Online Colored Pencil Magazine.