Takács Art

Takács Art is the official web site of Veronica Takács, whose work is presented here in the following categories: African Art, Landscape Art, Still Life Art, Marine Scenes and Other Art Works.

Takács the Artist

Veronica Takács started her training in art at the age of 16 in Paris, France where her family moved from their native Bucharest, Romania. After immigrating to the United States, she continued her studies at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. During her studies, she experimented with different media such as oils and charcoal, as well as with sculpture and jewelry making.

Married to a Canadian and while raising a family of three children in Montreal, Veronica worked for 20 years as Director of Marketing and Advertising for several retail stores. In 2000, she took an early retirement to actively pursue her passion for the arts, especially dry pastels. Her latest works are all in this medium. Striving to perfect her skills and improve her pastel techniques, she continues to study with well-known pastellists.

Apart from this Takács Art site, Veronica's many art exhibitions in different venues and galleries, particularly in Montreal and surrounding areas of Quebec, include:

• Display and several rentals of her work entitled "Laguna Cactus" at the Art Sales and Rental Gallery of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the 2002-2003 season.
• Acceptance as honorable member and participation in the juried Pastel Society exhibition at Ogilvy's Tudor Hall in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
• Selection for the "Pastel Toujours" exhibition at Klinkhoff Gallery on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal.
• Acceptance as an exhibitor at the prestigious juried Frelighsburg Art Fair in the Eastern Townships, Quebec August 30 and 31, 2003.
• Exhibition November 2003 at Mount Royal, where she was awarded a bronze ribbon for her artwork entitled "Pier II." Exhibition October 2005 at Mount Royal, where she was awarded 2nd prize for her artwork entitled "Peek-a-Boo."
• Solo exhibition at the "Sea Studio Gallery" in Tennants Harbor in the State of Maine, U.S.A., July 9 to 14, 2004.
• Acceptance as honourable member and participation in the 10th anniversary juried Pastel Society International exhibition at Ogilvy's Tudor Hall in July 2005. Her painting entitled "Nature's Lace" has been purchased by Tremblay Kidd Assoc., Lawyers, and has been published in the 2005 MagazinArt summer edition.

Veronica is presently the Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Town of Mount-Royal Art Association, TRAM (Table Ronde sur l'art de Mont-Royal). She is also a member of the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada, the Montreal Women's Cultural Association and the Art League of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.