Rae Smith, Signature Master Pastelist since 1997 and 2014 Hall of Fame Honoree of the Pastel Society of America, has exhibited her pastel paintings and oil paintings throughout the United States as well as in Japan, China, France, Italy, Russia, Taiwan and Canada. Rae is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and in The Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers. She has been published in Mitsukoshi Magazine, Fine Art Magazine, Best of Pastel II and Pastel Application Techniques by Jason Chang published by the Taiwan Education Department. She is a featured artist in Pure Pastel. Rae’s pastel On Gold Fish Pond #74 is in the permanent collection of the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH. Her work is represented by the Ocean Galleries of Stone Harbor,  Avalon, NJ

Rae Smith served on the PSA board of governors 1979  through 2013. From 2007 to 2013 she was elected PSA president and chair of the Board of Governors. For 17 years she served as the society’s annual exhibition chair. She currently is on the PSA Advisory Board and is a member of the IAPS Board of Directors.