On July 25, 2010, Jack joined several members of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters for a paintout in plein air held at Belle Haven Marina, Alexandria, VA. To view a slideshow of this paintout, click here.

Jack at Belle Haven Marina Paintout

July 1 through September 30, 2010, Jack participated in a group show titled "The Cheseapeake Bay and Beyond" with the Washington Society of Landscape Painters at the University of Maryland University Center, Marriott Conference Center. His two paintings, Guardians of the Bay and Love Point, Abandoned, were well received. Click here to view the gallery of paintings from that show.

On April 10, 2010, Jack returned from Hendersonville, NC where he gave a free landscape pastel demonstration. He had a room full of artist, that had come from near and far to watch him paint. The demo started at 12 noon and Jack finished the demo at around 2:30 pm, while taking question from the those in attendance. He worked on a new pastel paper from France. It is called Pastelmat and has a very smooth feel to it, yet it does grab the pastel color very well. this surprised Jack that it would hold as much pastel as a sanded surface, which is what most pastelist work on today. The subject of his demo, was a lobster boat from Maine. See the photos of the afternoon demo event at the Conn-artist studios.

Jack begins by talking about his pastel painting technique	Demo in progress, stage 1
Demo in progress, stage 2	Jack Pardue & Connie Vlahoulis of the Conn-Artist Studio, with the finished demo

During January 2010, Jack was in a group show of small paintings with the Washington Society of Landscape Painters at the American Painting Gallery in Washington, DC and he was the featured artist in the January 19th newsletter of "Guerrilla Painter" Carl Judson's Plein Air Journal. In July and August, he will be in a group show with WSLP at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Exhibit, Marriott Conference Center, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD. Jack is also featured in the February 2010 issue of American Artist Magazine. Click here to view the article.

In 2009 Jack was in a group show of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters called "Near and Far Paintings by the Washington Society of Landscape Painters". The show was at the Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, MD. He also taught workshops in North Carolina, Colorado, Virginia, and Florida.

During 2008 Jack was fortunate enough to teach three workshops in Australia. The first week of the 31 days, Jack traveled along the south coast of eastern Australian and painted in "plein air" on his own. He says that this area was one of the most beautiful coastal areas and wished he had more time there to paint. After that he traveled back to Melbourne, he stayed with the Taylors, a wonderful artist, Anne, and her husband, who were most kind during the visit. Jack traveled from there to teach a workshop in Bright, Australia, a resort area above Melbourne, and then back to Melbourne for a pastel demonatration at the "ART IN ACTION" event. The following day, Jack did another demostration for the Victorian Pastel Society and the next he flew to Brisbane where he taught another workshop. The last workshop took place at a vineyard outside of Adelaide where he met many wonderful artist friends and he wants to return for another visit at some time in the future. The trip was long and tiring but very exciting. Below you will see some photographs of Jack when he was working in Australia.

For the past 30 years, Jack has created a painting for his own personal Christmas card. Below are two examples of cards he has created.

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