KIM CASEBEER

Oil/Pastel
Landscape-indoor/outdoor
March 16-19, 2022
Tuition $695

Confident Color in the Landscape

Choosing color can seem like a mystery to a beginning landscape painter.  Beginning painters paint “what they know.”  For example, painting a tree trunk brown because they believe it to be so.  Students need to get past painting what they know and get to painting what they really see.  To do this, we start by going outside to gather information.  Our plein airs are our color notes.  We will spend about half of the workshop outside studying the landscape to gain color knowledge.  Photos do not give us accurate color and usually show the value of color as extremes where darks are black and lights are white.  Students will work on value, color temperature, color intensity and relativity to gain a better understanding of what they see.

Back in the studio, we will revisit what inspired us to paint a particular scene. Concentrating on this one idea will help you through the painting process.  The foundation of a strong design will make a strong painting.  Students will use drawing exercises such as notans and value sketches in order to experiment with composition. We will keep our plein airs close to remind us of the light, atmosphere and excitement of the outdoor experience.

Kim will give pointers on how to proceed and visit with each student before moving on to their studio piece.  Kim will offer demonstrations in both pastel and oil, and offer one-on-one help at your easel.  We will also conclude most painting days with a group discussion in a positive environment so that we can learn from each other’s work.

BEGINNER WITH SOME DRAWING AND PAINTING EXPERIENCE TO ADVANCED
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY

Kim Casebeer was born and raised in Kansas on a family farm.  As part of a fourth generation farm family, she has been connected to the land for a long time.  Kim still lives in Kansas and draws her inspiration from the simplicity of the Flint Hills, an area of wide open ranch land.  “It’s a simple landscape,” she says.  “You have to spend some time and let it speak to you.”  These days Kim travels to paint throughout the United States.  “I think the simplicity of the Kansas landscape has helped me find the essence of other places.  I’m able to focus on what’s important in a composition.”  

Kim received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Kansas State University in 1992.  She worked as a graphic designer and art director, while spending evenings and weekends painting until 2002, when she was able to make the leap to full-time artist.  Kim has continued to study with artists such as Albert Handell, W. Scott Jennings, Michael Albrechtsen, Scott Christensen and Matt Smith.

Kim’s work has been featured in numerous nationally recognized magazine articles including American Art Collector, Western Art Collector, Southwest Art, Art of The West and PleinAir Magazine, among others. 

Kim is a Master Signature member of the American Women Artists, and a Signature member of the Pastel Society of America and the Oil Painters of America.   She has won numerous national awards in these and other national prestigious shows.

Kim has work in many private, corporate and museum collections throughout the United States.  She is represented by Mountain Trails Gallery - Jackson, WY http://www.mtntrails.net; Brandon Jacobs Gallery – Kansas City, MO www.brandonjacobsgallery.com; Montana Trails Gallery - Bozeman, MT www.montanatrails.com, among others.  Additional work can be viewed on her website at www.kimcasebeer.com.

KAYE FRANKLIN, OPA/PSA

Oil/Pastel
Indoor/Outdoor
April 21-24, 2022
Tuition $ 625 

The elements in her artwork consist of light, color and focal point.  She likes working with both pastels and oils.  Pastels show immediate results and they stay brilliant, oils allow you to create new colors from existing pigments.

What You Will Learn
Kaye brings years of experience to this workshop.  Demos will occur in the morning and one-on-one instruction will be in the afternoon.  Still-life setups will be available or bring reference photos with you. The main focal point of the class will be light:  how it falls on objects and what happens when it travels across the painting.  Space, color, and form will also be addressed.

This class will consist of both oils and pastels, with demonstrations in both mediums.

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY

Kaye Franklin began her art career in 1975 while living in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. She and her family moved to Graham, Texas in 1979, it was then that she began a serious quest for the best schools and instructors.
Franklin took various workshops and studied  with Connecticut artist William Henry Earle.

Her pursuit of excellence has won her the deepest respect of her students, peers and serious collectors.

She has received many national awards and honors that have culminated in her recognition as Master Pastelist,  and her election to Signature Membership in the Pastel Society of America and Oil Painters of America.  She is a
Member of the Salmagundi Club, Signature Member of the National Academy of Professional Plein-air Painters and Signature Member of American Women Artists 

She has taught classes and workshops for over 20 years and has been published in numerous national publications.

See www.kfranklinstudio.com  for examples of her work.  

DENNIS SHEEHAN

LANDSCAPE
Indoor/Outdoor
May 7-10, 2022
Tuition $800

We will explore the main aspects of what constitutes tonalist painting. The focus will be on Chroma mainly, but emphasis also on Values and use of the Gray scale, with  close proximity of mid range tones.

Also, how to interpret plein air sketching in keeping with these precepts.

Students may bring any and all painting tools they are comfortable with, but oil paints work the best with my process. Canvas pads and panels at fine also.

Dennis has work in major public and private collections, including the White House. Sheehan evokes the artistic sensibility and emotional impact of 19th century American Tonalist landscape painters. His poetic landscapes favor Nature’s transitional moments — the breathtaking effects of dusk, dawn, and the stillness before storms. He builds his compositions by tonal contrast and translates value relationships into color relationships. In this way, nothing is arbitrary: the paintings exude a sense of organic correctness. Looking at his work, we sense a satisfying “rightness” to his choices.

In his own words, Sheehan notes, “My goal is to have the painting emanate light, rather than be just a surface that records the reflections of light. This is why shadow areas are important, for it is from them that this emanation proceeds. The light areas are focal points of the effort, but the power comes from the shadows.”

Not surprisingly, his method gives darks pre-eminence: he starts with darks and in a subtractive process, removes pigment to reveal subtle gradations of light. “I study Rembrandt as much as I study trees… and like Rembrandt, I find drama in the darks as they articulate lights.” He aims for an emotional response in the viewer, and strives to imbue his landscapes with the same expressiveness found in Old Master portraits. Sheehan’s extensive use of glazes also enhances the expressive effect, and brings a glowing dimensionality to his surfaces.

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
PORTABLE EASEL REQUIRED

Born in Boston in 1950, Sheehan now resides in New Hampshire. His work has been awarded many distinctions and has been acquired by major public and private collections. He is a member of the prestigious Guild of Boston Artists where he is featured in exhibitions annually. He also is a member of the Putney Painters of Vermont. Sheehan received his training in the best traditions of the “Boston School,” studying at the Vesper George School of Art and the Montserrat School of Visual Art. He also studied with two of R. H. Ives Gammell’s former students, Robert Cormier and Richard Whitney.

His work is represented by Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, Ct www.susanpowellfineart.com; Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, Vt, www.edgewatergallery.com; Masters Gallery, Denver, Co www.mastersgallery.com.

GUIDO FRICK

Oil Painting 
Landscape/Still Lifes
May 9-13, 2022
Tuition $850 

This class is divided into two parts.  The first two days are devoted to still life painting followed by landscape painting for the remaining three days.

You will learn how to create not just a painting, but a piece of art.   You will also learn  how to put soul, power and emotion into your painting to avoid ending up with just a copy of your subject.  Guido will demonstrate how to combine your visual impressions with you inner sensitivity to find your own artistic language, allowing your individual personality to be recognizable in every brushstroke.  You will be encouraged to show excitement and emotions to bring your painting alive.

Don’t be satisfied with something that is just pretty and polished, but instead express yourself in a bold and colorful way, by always allowing your enthusiasm about the beauty of a landscape or a still life setup to surface in your painting. 

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY

Guido Frick is truly an outdoor painter. “It might sound overstated, but I really consider nature as my original studio.”  The German born painter lives half of the year in Europe and travels the other half almost exclusively through America’s western states. He wants to express himself, about places like Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and others.  In the early 1980’s he met with instructor and painter Sergei Bongart, and still considers this encounter as the most influential experience he has had as a painter.  “Sergei truly opened my eyes and showed me the way.”  Throughout the 70’s Guido has studied with Professor Karel Hodr from Progue, a well respected impressionist painter and art teacher throughout Europe.  He has been published in various publications and is always crossing the line between impressionism and expressionism.  His work can be seen at New Masters Gallery-Carmel, CA www.newmastersgallery.com, among others.  Also see examples of his work on his website at www.guidofrick.com .

CHANTEL BARBER

Capturing Character In Portrait With Chantel
Acrylic and Oil
May 16-19, 2022
Tuition $625 plus $30 model fee

Capturing Character in the Portrait With Chantel

We all want to loosen our paintings. Regardless of whether you work in acrylic or oil, values are the foundation. Everything is made up of patterns of value shapes. This comprehensive four day workshop is designed to focus on using these values to create looser portrait paintings. Chantel will share tips and techniques learned from over twenty-five years of working in the acrylic medium. Her gentle teaching style will enrich the painting skills of beginners and advanced artists alike as she demonstrates painting the portrait from reference photos, without losing the energy and vitality of working from life. 

Chantel will also demonstrate painting the portrait from a model and share valuable insight into the differences between working from life versus photos.

Students will learn: essential materials and how to use them, what photographs make the best references for portrait painting, editing (what you leave out is just as important as what you keep in), color mixing tips, and how to recognize value patterns and use them. Students will also learn the importance of edges when loosening up your painting. Students are may bring their own photographs and Chantel will have some on hand if needed.

Chantel will work in acrylics but - Oil & Acrylic painters are welcome!

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
PORTABLE EASEL REQUIRED
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Chantel’s passion for art began flourishing at age 12 when she was mentored under local San Diego artists. She continued to study art, largely self-taught, while living in Newport, Rhode Island and Keflavik, Iceland. While enrolled in a college art course, a fellow student introduced her to acrylic paints, and she soon found it to be a medium dominated by abstract art. But her first love was portraiture for which she found little advice. As she dreamed of perfecting her skills as an acrylic portrait artist, Chantel continued to learn from professional oil painters and translated their teachings into acrylic techniques. All the while, she remained active in local art communities, including serving as President of Artists’ Link in Memphis, Tennessee.

In 2006, Chantel opened her own art business called Chantel's Originals near Memphis Tennessee. Chantel soon benefited from workshops and demonstrations with outstanding artists including Dawn Whitelaw, Michael Shane Neil, Suzie Baker, and Marc Hanson. Chantel is currently the National Coordinator of the State Ambassador program for the Portrait Society of America, and is also a member of The Chestnut Group, and the National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society.

Chantel has been featured in solo art shows and juried exhibitions. Her award winning paintings are in private and public collections throughout the United States and overseas. Her work is published in Acrylic Artist magazine, American

Art Collector, Southwest Art, The Artist’s Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, International Artist and several books. She regularly blogs at chantellynnbarber.com. Chantel resides in Bartlett, Tennessee where she teaches online and in workshops throughout the United States and Canada.

DOUGLAS FRYER

Landscape
Oil
August 10-13. 2022
Tuition $900

Class limited to 12 students.

“Art reveals the evidence of our experiences and values. By observing and creating, the artist suggests themes that are essential to their character and perpetuates the making and sharing of experiences. As a result of the creative process, subjects become significant to us in unique ways, aesthetically and conceptually.

 Through lecture and demonstration, this workshop will reinforce the student’s understanding of composition, form and various methods of applying paint. Students will work on specific assignments, exploring ways of unifying, simplifying and abstracting the subject while adding endless variety to the marks and colors used.

 Students will be shown multiple ways of starting and building a painting (both with direct and indirect procedures such as alla prima and glazing) and ways of simplifying their palette preparation.  This workshop inspires a more experimental approach, discovering new tools, methods, materials, as well as in adjusting elements of the painting, such as the value, key/color palette, shapes and edges. 

 Douglas demonstrates frequently, every day of the workshop.  

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY

Douglas Fryer's pensive and atmospheric paintings point to the essences of his subjects. He is recording, in paint, his emotional responses to those places, objects and people that have inspired him and hoping to awaken an emotional response in his viewers.

Fryer studied at Brigham Young University, receiving a BFA in Illustration and an MFA in Painting and Drawing. He has taught fine art and illustration at Brigham Young, the University of Hartford in Connecticut, and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. He lives and paints in the countryside of Spring City, Utah.

 “I tend to see the land as shape, pattern and edges. Of course, in painting these become planes, marks and hard and soft transitions of value and color. Once the subject is decided, the only choices you have left are ones of composition.”

“It is all about the arranging of marks on a surface, and the creation of an abstracted version of reality, with the suggestion of things that are unseen, but felt.”

Douglas Fryer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was raised in Illinois and California. In 1988 he received his BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. He later returned to BYU for further study toward and MFA in Painting and Drawing, and received his MFA in 1995. Fryer has taught fine art and illustration at several universities and art schools, including Brigham Young University; the University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, New York; and Snow College, Ephraim, Utah.

Doug’s work is represented by Meyer Gallery- Santa Fe, N.M. www.meyergalleries.com , Illume Gallery of Fine Art, St.- George, Ut www.illumegalleryoffineart.com and Altamire Gallery-Scotsdale, Az. www.altamiragalleryart.com.  Also visit  www.douglasfryer.blogspot.com.

JOHN P LASATER IV

Landscape - Making Art Outdoors

September 12-15, 2022

Tuition $675

Using the outdoors as your art studio isn’t always ideal, but there’s no reason it can’t be the place where you create timeless works of art.

John P. Lasater IV will help you approach outdoor painting with better focus. He will teach you: 1) how to find your intention, 2) how to plan your design, and 3) how to capture the essence of what you see.

Known for his string of awards in national competitions with a staggering variety of landscape subjects, John excels at pictorial concepts, open-form painting, naturalism, sophisticated color mixing and design principles.

With his years of painting and teaching experience, expect to be enlightened by his hands-on help and challenged by his lectures and demonstrations.

Teaching Objectives: • How to choose a painting spot that has pictorial potential • How to reduce the visual information to its essence • Ways to start and sustain an outdoor painting • Creating a sense of space in a painting • When and how to utilize atmospheric perspective • Eyeflow in design • Finding harmony in the color relationships • Wet-on-wet oil painting, and ways to use your tools.

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED

INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION

INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

2021 "2ND PLACE", Plein Air Southwest, Galveston, Texas (Judge: Roger Dale Brown)

2020 "Award of Merit", Door County Plein Air Festival, Wisconsin (Judge: Randall Sexton)

2020 "Judges Award", Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Atlanta, Georgia

2019 "1ST PLACE", Door County Plein Air Festival, Wisconsin (Judge: Tim Newton)

2019 "Top 100", BP Portrait Award

2019 "3RD PLACE" ANA Celebration of Art Exhibition (Judge: Dean Mitchell)

2018 “2ND PLACE”, Door County Plein Air Festival, Wisconsin (Judge: C.W. Mundy)

Recent Articles by or about John: The Artful Painter Podcast Interview Plein Air Magazine Podcast Interview Lori Putnam Blog - John's article about calling yourself an artist In The Artists Studio Blog - Interview about painting nocturnes John Pototshnik Blog Interview 2015.Southwest Art Article Parka Blogs - Art Tools Interview Artists Helping Artists Radio Interview - about John's 24-hour events Oil Painters of America Blog - John's article about the state of art in the 21st century

MEMBERSHIPS
Outdoor Painters Society – Master Signature Member, 2018-
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association – Signature Member, 2016-2019
Oil Painters of America, 2009-
Portrait Society of America, 2019-

RICK HODGINS

STILL LIFE PAINTING FROM LIFE

September 26-29, 2022

Tuition $625

Students are often nervous about what they don't know. However, not knowing is where the real learning occurs. Artists educate their eyes to see beyond what is normal. There is so much more to developing as an artist than the craft. The most important aspect is the developed ability to see as an artist. Becoming an artist opens up a very special relationship to the world. One of structure symmetry, color harmony, edges, shapes and the sensuality of paint and line. Art, the magic, the mystery come amidst a new way of seeing and the thrill of discovery within the relationship with your subject.

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED

INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION

INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Rick paints in oils and watercolors. He started watercolor painting under the tutorage of Gerald Brommer of California.  He has studied extensively with Robert A. Johnson, David A. Leffel and others including Jeff Legg and Gregg Kreutz and other nationally recognized artists.

He is a member of Oil Painters of America and G.A.S.

He is represented by The Gallery at Round Top, Texas, The M.A. Doran Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Buffalo Trails Gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Rick Hodgins was born in 1944 in Holdenville, Oklahoma and resides at Lake Travis in the Hudson Bend area with his wife, Sherron.

See more examples of his work at www.rickhodgins.com

HUIHAN LIU

Oil
Painting The Figure
October 10-14, 2022
Tuition $1450  + $60 Model Fee

This intensive 5 day workshop is design for painters who has already had painting experience but would like to continue improve craftsmanship as well as visual concept. The class will focus on the learning process of painting from life model as well as studio painting, such as design; placement of composition, focus point…students should bring their own photo reference to the class for the studio painting assignment, it will be complete as a final presentation by end of the class. The instructor will be doing demonstrations  during the class, and sharing his thoughts and experience both on life models and studio paintings.

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION

Born in Guangzhou, China, Huihan completed his formal art training at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art with a BFA in 1975 and taught there from 1979-1987.  He graduated from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, with an MFA in 1993.

Huihan’s art was influenced by the 19^th century academic French and Russian schools which were brought to the art schools in China in the 50’s. He highly regards the group of Naturalists who worked in the academic tradition, but portrayed scenes from ordinary life in the late 19^th century.  Inspired to travel to different regions of the world, he began painting as a cultural bridge to connect people.  His goal was to share the joyful moments and compassion he experienced in these cultures.

His paintings can be considered impressionistic realism; a combination of primary field study and reference, focused on compositional arrangement, color design, accurate detail, spontaneous brushstrokes and texture.  In his paintings, he pays close attention to the characteristics of people.  Gesture and atmosphere suggest a deeper meaning.

Huihan has been included in major national shows and invitational exhibitions.  He paintings have won numerous awards such as “Best of Show” in the Western Rendezvous of Art; “Gold Medal for Best Painting in the California Art Club’s 92^nd Annual Juried Exhibition, among numerous others.

Huihan has been published in many national art publications and periodicals, too numerous to mention.  His work has been shown in numerous museums and his work is highly sought after by collectors.

He is a Master Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, Master Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America and is also a Signature Member of the California Art Club.

His work can be seen at Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM  www.sagecreekgallery.com; and Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, www.trailsidegalleries.com.   Also visit his website at www.huihanweizhenart.com.

 Huihan has published several books on painting and also has several painting videos available.

CAROLYN ANDERSON

Oil & pastel
Figure / Portrait
October 18-21, 2022
Tuition $1100+ $40 model fee

Explore the qualities of composition, value, and color, with an emphasis on the use of contrast, rhythm, and edges. Learn to interpret the subject matter and to enjoy the challenge and spontaneity of alla prima painting. Subjects will include live models. There will be daily demonstrations, a slide presentation, and as much individual instruction as possible.

Using what she descries as a blend of expressionism and impressionism, Anderson paints the human face, landscapes, and horses with equal skill. "What draws me to a certain person is character more than anything," she says. "For a while it was children, but they can be difficult to paint without getting too cute. I try to convey a touch of humanity. I still paint horses, too, because they have such a great form. I like doing winter landscapes because of the abstract quality and Indian dancers because of the color and movement. I bring something different to my portrait work after doing landscapes. Art is all about relationships and perspective."

INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Born and raised in the Chicago area, Carolyn Anderson attended school at Illinois State University.  She joined the VISTA program (Volunteers in Service to America) in the early 70's and was assigned to work on an Indian reservation in north central Montana and now lives in Havre, a small community near the Canadian border.

Anderson's paintings are full of color and expression.  The focus in her work is often loosely rendered in an almost sketch-like improvisation.  The emphasis is to catch the essence of each subject.  Her subjects vary from dancers to horses to landscapes, but she is primarily known for her portraits.

Anderson has participated in the C. M. Russell Art Auction, one of the Northwest's largest shows, since 1980.  In 1999 and 2000, she was awarded Jurors' Best of Show Awards, along with the 1999 Artist's Choice Award.  As a member of the Western Rendezvous of Art, she also received a Merit Award in 1999.  Her work has been featured in national publications, including American Art and Architecture, Art of the West and Southwest Art magazines.  She is represented by Total Arts Gallery in Taos, NM; Gallery 1261 in Denver, CO; and Simpson Gallagher Gallery in Cody, WY.

You can also see her work on her web site at www.carolynanderson.com.

MICHAEL OME UNTIEDT

Nocturne Workshop-The Color of Light

Oil  
October 24-27, 2022
Tuition $675

“Nocturne, a noun, is defined as two things:  first as a short composition of a romantic or dreamy character suggestive of night, and secondly as a picture of a night scene.  I first developed interest in nocturnes in 2003 after viewing a touring exhibit of Frederick Remington’s nocturne paintings titled “Color of Night”.  I was spellbound by this exhibit and returned time and time again to stand in front of the paintings for hours.  On a number of occasions I was asked to leave the exhibit, as being hypnotized by the mysterious nature of the work, I would stand closer and closer to the paintings, trying to understand the palette and brushwork used to affect such marvelous work, so that I would set off “alarms” that security assured me was present to physically protect the artwork.”

“After exposure to this life altering exhibit, I began studying nocturne painting as exemplified by the western painters Frederick Remington and Frank Tenney Johnson, and the American pre impressionist James McNeil Whistler.  I spent hours either directly in front of their paintings, or studying examples of this work in published form.  I repeatedly experimented with color choices and palette in attempts to replicate the values and colors they used to create their nocturne work.  Through trial and error I eventually developed an understanding of how best to convey my visions of nocturne paintings.  For the past fifteen years I have done so, striving for a mastery of the mysteries of nocturne painting.”

“In my painting workshop, “The Colors of Night” I hope to convey these understandings to other artists interested in developing their visions of nocturne painting.  I will rely upon lecture/demonstration about the chroma and values of nocturne painting, as well as other elements of good painting as exemplified by attendees work. In this workshop, I intend to not only instruct on the principles of nocturne painting, but also on how to take daytime (dayturne) references and reinterpret them in a nocturne or nighttime painting.  This will include a combination of on location (plein aire) sketching creating references, and studio time developing these references into finished nocturne work.”

“The search for excellence in creating art is a subjective one, based on the life experiences and perceptions of the aspiring artist.  My role as art instructor is to help that artist find their "path of best steps" to creating art, building on personal strengths to develop an individualized creative voice.  When instructing, I emphasize high hypostasis, or “meaning” to created work, as well as a dedication on the learner’s part to elevate their levels of personal perceptual abilities.   My teaching is directed towards individualized guidance based on individual learner needs.  Because of the importance I place on the “meaning” behind an ART-i-fact, and the role of heightened PERCEPTIONS in the creation of art, I work with learners in any medium and skill level.”

“In all my workshops I try and maintain a nurturing, safe, fun learning environment.  I believe critique, individualized instruction, and problem solving demonstration to be strong teaching aides.  I also believe a lot of art learning takes place in informal social settings after the workshop day is over, so I hang around!”  

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Denver, CO - Born and raised in rural Colorado, Michael Ome Untiedt maintains a studio in Denver. In his painting he attempts to explain his deep connections to the Western landscape using the color, brush strokes and symbolic subject matter of the paintings. “ I see Western colors by long light; coyotes, God's dogs, have howled these colors into my soul. I try to convey in my paintings timelessness, a sense of 'at the moment' that is almost eternal.” 

Untiedt's work, its expressive colors, expressionistic brushworks, and metaphoric imagery tell a wonderful story. Michael has participated in numerous shows including the Colorado Governor's Invitational, Night of the Artists, and the Masters of Montana. He was recipient of the 2005 “Tuffy Berg” Award at the CM Russell Show in Great Falls, Montana.

He has been publisher in numerous magazines including Southwest Art Magazine, Artist Magazine, Art of the West magazine, among others.

His work is represented by InSight Gallery-Fredericksburg, TX www.insightgallery.com; Mountain Trails Gallery- Park City, UT www.mountaintrailsgalleries.com ; West Lives on Gallery-Jackson, WY www.westliveson.com; among others.

Additional work may be seen on his website at www.michaelomeuntiedt.com.

CHARLIE HUNTER

Composition and Values in Plein air Painting
November 1-4, 2022
Tuition $900
Class Limited to 12

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

“Color gets the credit, but value does the work!” It’s a phrase you have probably heard before, but what does it mean? During this intensive four-day workshop, dive into the world of values and composition with master artist Charlie Hunter.

We will focus on how to build stronger paintings through values, edges, drawing and composition -rather than color. We will paint landscapes from life, and also explore an often-overlooked step that pays off in spades - creating drawings, from life or personal photographs, and using those drawings to create memorable and dynamic paintings. By simplifying forms and emphasizing composition, your work can take on a power that will truly make it stand out.  

Multiple demos by Hunter will show how he goes about creating his award-winning work. Students are sure to leave this class laughing, challenged, and armed with an arsenal of pointers and tools to strengthen their painting and create the best work of their life. 

STATEMENT:

I strive for my paintings to reside in an uneasy calm, half way between a photograph and a memory. The work of photographers such as Dorothea Lange or Walker Evans resonate in manner similar, yet distinctively different than -say- the paintings of Edward Hopper, Joseph Stella or Franz Kline. All, however, coexist in our collective visual language. 

I use a variety of moderately unorthodox techniques, such as manipulating paint with a window washer’s squeegee to achieve a suite of effects or impressing the pattern of paper towels into a painted surface to evoke the halftone screens and ben-day dots of classic photographic reproduction. I want these to be noted, almost subconsciously, by the viewer.  Concurrently, the thin, semi-transparent paint film allows for somewhat random mark-making to appear almost photographic in detail. 

The limited palette, near monochromatic nature of my paintings are, I hope, somewhat analogous to the stripped-down writing approach of a Raymond Carver or Ernest Hemingway, attempting to eschew extra verbiage for imagery that is pared down to sinew and bone.

INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED -not suitable for beginners-outdoor painting experience preferred
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Charlie Hunter’s distinctive limited-chroma paintings have won wide renown for their distinct, evocative sense of place. Combining spare, elegant draftsmanship and haunting atmospherics, Hunter’s works evoke both the worlds of Hopper and Kline, Sheeler and Keifer.

After emerging on the national scene in 2012 with a feature in PLEIN AIR, Hunter has quickly leapfrogged to the forefront of that world, routinely winning awards at plein air events around the country.

 His work is now appearing with increasing frequency in museums and larger art shows. Collectors include MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and Tampa Bay football player Logan Mankins. He has curated the traveling exhibition BOXCARS: RAILROAD IMAGERY IN CONTEMPORARY REALISM, in partnership with the Center for Railroad Photography and Art.

Hunter grew up in small-town New Hampshire and Vermont, and often returns to the themes of rural deindustrialization in his work. His studio, appropriately, is in the former mill town of Bellows Falls, Vermont, which provides almost unlimited subject matter, though he is also fond of decrepitude wherever it may be found across America.

His work has been published in numerous publications including Southwest Art Magazine; Landscapes In Oil,Ken Salaz, Monacelli Press, 2019; Rule Breaking Landscapes, Streamline Art Videos, 2019, among others.

He is represented by McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, N.M.  www.mclarryfineart.com,; West Branch Gallery, Stowe, Vt. www.westbranchgallery.com.,; Authentique Gallery, St George, Ut.  www.authentiquegallery.com. , among others.  Visit his website at www.hunter-studio.com.

DANIEL GERHARTZ

PORTRAIT-Training The Eye To See
November 7-10,2022
Tuition $1,400

The focus of this workshop is on training yourself to see accurate relationships and record them in the process of portrait painting.  Dan will demonstrate two portraits in differing lighting situations.  He will lead discussion using slides of masterworks to demonstrate principles of accurate edge control. value control and color temperature.  Students paint a variety of models in these same lighting situations each day throughout the workshop.  During painting time Dan  will teach and critique as you are working.  The week will end with some discussion of how he develops a larger composition with a figure in a studio/still life piece and students hace the same model and set up for the full day of painting and the opportunity to work through some of those principles.

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
PORTABLE EASEL REQUIRED

Daniel began his art education at the American Academy of Art in Chicago where he studied in the classical tradition and immersed himself in applications of technique and design. After a brief stint in commercial art, he began pursuing fine art; visiting museums to study master works and painting alongside contemporary artists.  Daniel found his passion in painting from life.  This direct approach to working with the figure and the landscape allows him to see and attempt to capture the infinite nuances of light, color, and form. This continues to drive his enthusiasm today. 

The artist’s skillful and technically adept work celebrates the created world, the human form, personal relationships with a connection to landscapes and environments of special importance. Many of his figures are dressed in dramatic clothing which he often chooses for its aesthetic appeal and lyrical quality so as to achieve a sense of other worldliness.  His sense of intimacy and honesty with regard to his subjects are a direct result of his closeness and proximity to his family and friends. 

Emotions are a vital part of his express design, while his mastery of anatomy, the human form and complex surfaces combine to make his canvases very powerful visual experiences. 

 Dan’s work has been featured in numerous national invitational exhibitions as well as in public and private collections nationwide.  He has been featured in solo and group shows across the country and has won several awards at prominent national invitational exhibitions and his work has been collected both nationally and internationally.

His work is represented by InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX www.insightgallery.com , Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM www.meyergalleries.com , Eckert Ross Fine Art, Indianapolis, IN,  www.eckertrossfineart.com, among others.  Also see more work on his website at www.danielgerhartz.com .