Richard McKinley has been a professional artist and teacher since
1975. He shares his wealth of information with the pastel community
through frequent columns and a weekly blog for the Pastel Journal
Magazine. The best of these were amassed into the book:
"Pastel Pointers - Top Secrets for Beautiful Pastel Paintings"
in 2010.
"My goal as an artist is to capture a piece of the spontaneous dance
of light across the palette of nature. I hope the final painting is like
a glance when we see something that makes us take a pause and
its impression lingers in our memory."
Richard McKinley
2010 Pastel Society of America Hall of Fame
2012 Pastel Society of the West Coast Pastel Laureate Honoree
2015 Girault Prize of Excellence for his contribution to the Pastel World
2016-President of The International Association of the Pastel Societies (IAPS)
www.mckinleystudio.com
http://pastelpointersblog.artistsnetwork.com 
