SHOWS/AWARDS
- Pastel Society of America (PSA) (2020 - 2022, 2024) 48th, 49th, 50th + 52nd annual international juried show "Enduring Brilliance" with "Poetic Promises", "Finding Serenity", "Will o' the Wisp" and "Ruffled Feathers", winner of the Marge Levine Memorial Award for innovative creativity.
- International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) (2020-24) 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th.+45 annual juried Web show Open Division with "Sonoma Sill", "Out of the Blues," "Evolving Revelations, "Rage and Retribution," and "Back to the Future," and the 46th,+ 14th and 15th Master Circle Division with "Green Oasis" and " California Burning."
- Pastel Society of the West Coast's "Pastels USA 2020" international show - winner of the Waif Mullin Award with "Sonoma Sill."
- Pastel Society of New Hampshire's 12th annual national show (2020) "It's Pastel!" with "Indelible Spirit."
- Pastel Society of New Mexico's 28th annual national pastel 2020 show - winner of the Ampersand Award with "Scattered Thoughts."
- Pastel Society of Eastern Canada's 25th international 'Les Pastellistes' 2021 - Fifth Place winner with "Unchained Melody."
- Left Coast Pastel Painters Society's international juried show 'Pastels in Paradise' 2021 with "Lost in Mango" and "My Funny Valentine."
- Southeastern Pastel Society's International Open 2023 'Luminosity' - Exceptional Merit Award for abstracts with "Serena's Song", and 2024 with "A Spot Called Serenity" and "Dancing with the Angels."
- Pastel Society of Eastern Canada's juried show 'Pixel Pastel' 2023 with "Restless Moments" and 2024 with "Summer's Sweeping Spray" and "Beyond the Bounds."
PUBLICATIONS
- Paula was featured in the well-known French art magazine Practique des Art, July 2021, special issue, Pastels, Vol. 56 2022
- She had an 8-page spread featuring her and her abstracts called "Untethered" in the 2023 Summer Issue of the Pastel Journal
(https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-subjects/abstract/artist-untethered-paula-phelps-journey-to-abstract-art/)
