Landscapes
California and Nevada landscape paintings
Seascapes
Seascape paintings by Jim Promessi
Portraits
Portraits in oil and pastel
Still-Lifes
Still-lifes in pastel on paper
Competition Award
2024 Triton Salon
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Awarded FIRST PLACE, Painting Division, “The Forth in Sonoma,” Oil on canvas
Competition Semi-Finalist
Exhibitions
Santa Cruz Art League, celebrating its centennial year in 2019
“A Sense of Place” 89th Annual Statewide California Landscapes Exhibition
Awarded FIRST PLACE, “Heaven Speaks,” Oil on canvas
I am pleased to announce that my pastel painting “Hills near Livermore” was selected by the California Art Club to be in an exhibition titled “Art Between the Lines” at the Peninsula Museum of Art in Burlingame, California. The show was a competitive juried-selected exhibition and featured 68 paintings by 65 artists.
Competition Award
8th Annual PleinAir Salon Art Competition
Sponsored by PleinAir Magazine
AWARDED FIRST PLACE in the Floral Category for
February/March 2018
The soft pastel painting is titled “Matilija Poppies” after a flower native to California. It begins to bloom in March and April. The spectacular lacy flower measures about 6 inches across and has a beautiful yellow golf ball-size stamen.