| Painting Memories with Artist Nancy Dusenberry |
Painting Memories Workshop with artist Nancy Dusenberry
October 13 - 16, 2011 Cost: $150 Members, $175 non-members What will we do with all that has been left behind by our parents and grandparents? What will we do with the 3 sets china that can't be put in the dishwasher or the charming bentwood chairs and your Daddy's pipe and his camel hair coat? WE COULD PAINT THEM! Begin by gathering your timeless and unforgettable family heirlooms or anything that tugs at your heart strings and I will show you how to paint your memories. Click HERE for her supply list.
Schedule:Thurs. 12:00 check in, set-up and teaching. Color charts until 4:00 Fri. 10:00 -4:00, Demo and paint all day Sat. 10:00-4:00, Demo and paint all day Sunday 10:00- ????? critique, clean up. More About Nancy:ARTIST’S STATEMENT
It was in meeting Ann Templeton, a well known western landscape painter, that moved me to paint plein air. The discipline of plein air painting puts the finest point on the necessity of editing; combining hues of the same color to make a few beautiful shapes. I continued study with plein air painters Kim English, Sue Stewart, Roger Dale Brown and Perry Austin, learning the lessons of control and restraint. When that lesson moved from my head to the brush everything improved; landscapes, and most certainly, portraits.
ON PAINTING THE FIGUREI believe a good figurative painter must reveal more than how a person looks. He must imbue the work with the sitter's character. It is a matter of intention. If the artist can name the quality and aims to paint it, he has a shot at creating the "truth" of her for the viewer to read. It is a mysterious process and most figurative painters cannot tell you how they succeed, only that the effort is essential to the success of the finished product. My Scandinavian heritage may account for the strong inclination I have for narrative painting. In the harsh climate of Norway and Sweden where shortened winter days lead to an acceptance of the brevity of beauty and the beauty of simplicity, excess is not a natural choice. Excesses of color, marks or competing focus are rejected. The challenge of narrative painting in my consciousness is to reduce the excesses to the spareness of a single strength and to tell my sitter's "story" with economy and an even tenor which reveals both mind and spirit. I love the work of Sargent, Sorrolla, Henri, Cassat and Hopper.
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began painting figures with Marc Chatov, the premier figure and
portrait artist in the southeast, and with Burton Silverman and Daniel
Green, figure and portrait artists with signal reputations in the
northeast.