New Workshop Announcement...

Above: “Jordan Bowl, Acadia National Park” 30×34 inches

This fall I’ll be teaching a workshop from September 27 through October 1 at a lakefront camp in northern Maine.

Debsconeag Lake Wilderness Camps are situated in the heart of Maine’s North Woods on an exquisite chain of lakes and ponds that are permanently protected as an ecological reserve. The sporting camps on Fourth Debsconeag Lake date back to the early 1900s when then vice president Theodore Roosevelt visited the region to hunt and fish.

This small cluster of camps sits at the base of a magnificent set of granite cliffs that rise 800 feet from the lake, surrounded by a mature forest of pine, spruce, hemlock, maple, and oak. The camps are the only buildings on an otherwise entirely protected shoreline that provides privacy, abundant wildlife, and endless opportunities for exploration.

We will have a cook preparing delicious meals, included in the price of the workshop, and there will be ample time for painting, discussing art and enjoying the beautiful surroundings of the north Maine woods.

In these workshops we’ll be working on fundamentals of good picture making, focusing on painting the landscape outdoors in oils. There is a great amount of value in painting from nature, and this is a great way to improve your painting skills in a supportive environment. I’ll use demos and one on one time with students to teach about paint handling, composition, color, drawing, and how to see more carefully.  Each session of the class we will start by discussing a different idea, and how to improve that aspect of our paintings. We will talk about basics of good picture making and also the more challenging task of taking an already good painting and make it better.

I am really excited to paint and teach in such a beautiful place, and I hope you can join me. Contact Chris Riley at the Chewonki Foundation for more information or to make a reservation for this course. Also feel free to email me with any questions.

One Response to “New Workshop Announcement”

1. Mary Sheehan Winn says:

   October 28, 2010 at 11:44 pm

   another fabulous painting of a scene that few will take on. The transition in the middle distance is incredible.
   I’m there.