12/04/2026
Best Pastel: Summers Day by Jo-Anne Seberry Art
Adam Knight's notes: Jo-Anne Seberry's pastel is Joyous. There is a long and distinguished tradition of painters who have turned their eye to the pleasures of sun, sand and human connection, and Jo-Anne places herself comfortably within that genre.
The Renoir comparison is not made lightly — there is the same warmth of light, the same delight in the casual beauty of everyday life, the same sense that the artist genuinely loves the scene before her. It is a work that makes you feel the heat of the sand and hear the murmur of a summer afternoon and certainly makes you smile 🐰
