Bring your Paintings Up to a New Level
Dee Beard Dean
March 30 - April 1, 2020
9 AM - 4 PM
Cost $550
This three-day STUDIO workshop is geared toward intermediate and advanced artists who are striving to bring their work to a new level. Artist will receive challenging group and individualized instruction in the studio with references to plein air painting. Dee will observe the artists’ works and help them to improve rather than change their individual styles.
The emphasis will be on learning to see value change, color temperatures, and composition. We will be building arrangements of abstract shapes that will form a strong foundation for the painting. There will be extensive studies on the special nuances that will make the students paintings ‘sing’ and vibrate with evocative color.
Dee will be giving short lectures and demos each morning. The remainder of the day will be spent painting and she will be working with artists on an individual basis. Instruction will be with oils, however all mediums are welcome.
The emphasis will be on learning to see value change, color temperatures, and composition. We will be building arrangements of abstract shapes that will form a strong foundation for the painting. There will be extensive studies on the special nuances that will make the students paintings ‘sing’ and vibrate with evocative color.
Dee will be giving short lectures and demos each morning. The remainder of the day will be spent painting and she will be working with artists on an individual basis. Instruction will be with oils, however all mediums are welcome.
Artist Bio
Dee Beard Dean is a nationally-recognized artist who has been painting since childhood. She was raised in the countryside of northern Indiana and began her formal studies at Kendall College of Art and Design, and the New York Academy of Art.
In her early years, Dee was a well-known fashion designer manufacturing her own clothing line which sold to over 450 stores throughout the US. She later escaped the hectic lifestyle of the fashion world and went back to her first love, painting. Her greatest inspirations have come from painting en plein air where her elevated senses guide her in creating painterly landscapes filled with evocative light and dramatic shadows. Her highly collectible work hangs in corporate and private collections throughout the United States.
Dee is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society (AIS) and American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), an Honorary Signature Member of International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), a member of Oil Painters of America, Eastern League of Professional Artists, and American Women Artists. Dee is also known in the art world as an early pioneer in the plein air movement and she is the founder of Plein Air Painters of the Southeast (PAP-SE). She finds it both a joy and a privilege to share her knowledge and talent with artists through plein air and studio workshops across the United States and abroad. Dee and her husband Nicolai, host annual International Art Trips, recently to Portugal and Provence.
Dee has received awards at many juried art competitions including the Easton and Carmel Plein Air Invitationals, and she has been published in many regional and national journals. She resides in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, Dr. Nicolai Chalfa. Her life and her work are recorded in her book “Painter By Providence” written by Michelle Morton.
Education and Study:
Scottsdale Art School, Fechin Institute, New York Academy of Art, Grand Rapids College, Kendall College
Mentors:
Dee has studied with such renowned artists as Katherine Stats, Millard Wells, Peggy Merrick, Daniel Greene, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Ron Riddick, John Howard Sanden. Scott Christenson, Kevin MacPherson, Calvin Liang, and others.
Awards and Shows:
2019 - American Society of Marine Artists West Regional, Channel Islands Maritime Museum, Oxnard, CA
2019 - Juried, 20th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Salmagundi Club
2018 - Demo, American Society of Marine Artists, National Convention
2018 – 19th Annual National American Impressionist Society
2018 – OPA Annual National Exhibition
2017 - Juried, 18th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Montgomery-Lee Fine Art, Park City,UT
2017 - Awarded Signature Member, Americal Society of Marine Artists
2017 - PAP-SE Paintout and Show, Thomasville, GA
2016 - Juried, American Women Artists National Exhibition, Bennington, VT
2016 - Juried, 17th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Kirkland WA
2016 - Juror, Easels of Frederick, Frederick, MD.
2016 - Juror, Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Atlanta, GA.
2016 - Show, PAP-SE Paintout and Wet Paint Show, Venice, FL
2015 - Juror, Savannah Plein Air, Savannah, GA
2015 - PAP-SE Paintout and Show, Leipers Creek Gallery, Leipers Fork TN
2015 - 16th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Scottsdale AZ.
2014 - Show, Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA.
2014 - 15th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Denver, CO.
2014 - OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
2014 - Award-Honorable Mention, Plein Air Richmond, Richmond VA.
2013 - PAP-SE Paintout and Show, Boothbay Harbor ME, Coco Vivo Fine Art Gallery
2013 - 14th Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Charleston, SC.
2013 - 3rd. Annual Masters In Miniature Show, Trailside Galleries, Jackson Hole, WY.
2013 - Juried, Carmel Plein Air Festival, Carmel, CA.
2012 - 13th Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN.
2012 - Awards Juror, Solomons Plein Air Festival, Solomons, MD
2012 - Award-Honorable Mention, Carmel Plein Air Festival, Carmel, CA
2011 - Fine Art Connoisseur "Award of Excellence", 12th Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
2011 - 12th Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Carmel-by-the-Sea CA
2011 - Finalist, June, FASO Bold Brush Competition
2011 - Great American Paintout Invitational, Apalachicola, FL.
2011 - Book Signing, Art From the Heart Gallery, Molokai, HI.
2011 - Maui Plein Air Invitational, Maui, HI.
2011 - Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA, Feb. 2011
2010 - Show, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC, Oct. 2010
2010 - Atlanta Fine Arts League National Juried Exhibition, Third Place
2010 - Easton Plein Air Juried Show, Easton, Maryland
2010 - America's Great Plein Air Paintout, Appalachicola, FL
2010 - Juror: Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN
2010 - Juror: Glynn Art Association, St. Simon's Island, GA
2010 - Juror: Charlotte Guild of Artists Show, Mint Museum
2009 - Group Show, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC
2009 - Juror: Show at Schiele Museum, Gastonia, NC
2008 - Charlotte Symphony Gala, Featured Artist
2008 - Oil Painters of America, Eastern Regional Exhibition, Nashville, TN.
2007 - Anderson Fine Art gallery, “Under the Tuscan Sun”, solo show
2007 - Auld Alliance Gallery, Nashville, TN, solo show
2006 - Easton Paintout Juried Show - Avalon Museum, Easton, MD, First Prize, Quick Draw Competition
2006 - Collectors’ Choice Award - PAP-SE - “Painting the Golden Isles” - Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, Ga.
2006 - Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, solo show
2006 - Montgomery Museum juried show and auction.
2005 - Easton Plein Air Juried Show, Easton MD, Quick Draw Award, and Exhibition Award.
2005 - Collectors' Choice Award - PAP-SE, Brazier Fine Art,Richmond, VA.
2005 - Two-person show with John D. Beard, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta
2004 - Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, solo show
2004 - Collectors’ Choice Award - PAP-SE , Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville GA
2003 - Directors’ Choice Award - Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville
2003 - Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, solo show
2003 - Auld Alliance Gallery , Nashville, TN, solo show
2002 - Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, solo show
2002 - Alix Porras Gallery, Fitchburg, Massachussetts, Group Show
2001 - Award of Excellence - Landscape Div. De La Grove, Bordeaux FR
2001 - Award of Excellence - Group Show - ‘Painting the Wine Country”
2000 - Street of Dreams, Canton, GA.
2000 - The Amado Territory Annual Show, Tucson, Az.
2000 - Bourge Ecuador Gallery, Cascais, Portugal, Group Show
1998 - Southeastern Pastel Society, Honorable Mention, Hilton Hilton, S.C.
Organizations:
Plein Air Painters of the Southeast (PAP-SE) Founder and former president.
American Impressionist Society, Signature Member
Oil Painters of America
International Plein Air Painters, Honorary Signature Member
Eastern League of Professional Artists
Laguna Beach Plein Air Association,
Southeastern Pastel Society
Atlanta Portrait Society
American Society of Oil Painters
Publications:
Summer 2012 - Charleston Style and Design, Feature article.
September 2011 - "Informed Collector" feature article, Fine Art Studio Online
December 2010 - Southwest Art, Featured posting.
October 2010 - American Art Collector magazine, Show article
September 2010 - American Art Collector magazine, Feature Article
November 2006 - American Art Collector magazine, Feature Article
April 2006 - American Art Collector magazine, Show article
January 2006 - American Art Collector magazine, Feature Article
2004 - Georgia Good Life Magazine
2003 - Atlanta Journal
2001 - Athens Daily News ‘Lasting Impressions’ Feb. 7th
1998 - Lake Norman Press, Lake Norman, N.C.
1990 - Salisbury Post, Salisbury, N.C.
1990 - Mooresville Press, Mooresville, N.C.
1987 - Ft. Myers News Press, Sept. 21, Ft. Myers, Fl.
Collections and Commissions of Note:
U.S. Senator Zell Miller and Mrs. Miller
Retired Fulton County Judge - Carlie Carnes, Carnes Center, Atlanta, Ga.
St. Marys Hospital, Athens, GA.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Jack Bryant, Past president of South Carolina Historical Society - Charleston
Dr. Bruce Morgan, Griffen Ga.
Mr. John Simpson, Athens, Ga.
Mr. Wilbur Smith, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. David Jacobs, former olympic gold medal winner
Judge and Mrs. Fletcher Sams, Fayetteville, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leonard, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Thompson, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Mr. Charles Gelanos, Fitchburg, Mass.
Dr. Sakly and Dr. Lloyd Greig, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Skinner, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Lambert Hardman, Athens, Ga.
In her early years, Dee was a well-known fashion designer manufacturing her own clothing line which sold to over 450 stores throughout the US. She later escaped the hectic lifestyle of the fashion world and went back to her first love, painting. Her greatest inspirations have come from painting en plein air where her elevated senses guide her in creating painterly landscapes filled with evocative light and dramatic shadows. Her highly collectible work hangs in corporate and private collections throughout the United States.
Dee is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society (AIS) and American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), an Honorary Signature Member of International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), a member of Oil Painters of America, Eastern League of Professional Artists, and American Women Artists. Dee is also known in the art world as an early pioneer in the plein air movement and she is the founder of Plein Air Painters of the Southeast (PAP-SE). She finds it both a joy and a privilege to share her knowledge and talent with artists through plein air and studio workshops across the United States and abroad. Dee and her husband Nicolai, host annual International Art Trips, recently to Portugal and Provence.
Dee has received awards at many juried art competitions including the Easton and Carmel Plein Air Invitationals, and she has been published in many regional and national journals. She resides in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, Dr. Nicolai Chalfa. Her life and her work are recorded in her book “Painter By Providence” written by Michelle Morton.
Education and Study:
Scottsdale Art School, Fechin Institute, New York Academy of Art, Grand Rapids College, Kendall College
Mentors:
Dee has studied with such renowned artists as Katherine Stats, Millard Wells, Peggy Merrick, Daniel Greene, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Ron Riddick, John Howard Sanden. Scott Christenson, Kevin MacPherson, Calvin Liang, and others.
Awards and Shows:
2019 - American Society of Marine Artists West Regional, Channel Islands Maritime Museum, Oxnard, CA
2019 - Juried, 20th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Salmagundi Club
2018 - Demo, American Society of Marine Artists, National Convention
2018 – 19th Annual National American Impressionist Society
2018 – OPA Annual National Exhibition
2017 - Juried, 18th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Montgomery-Lee Fine Art, Park City,UT
2017 - Awarded Signature Member, Americal Society of Marine Artists
2017 - PAP-SE Paintout and Show, Thomasville, GA
2016 - Juried, American Women Artists National Exhibition, Bennington, VT
2016 - Juried, 17th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Kirkland WA
2016 - Juror, Easels of Frederick, Frederick, MD.
2016 - Juror, Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Atlanta, GA.
2016 - Show, PAP-SE Paintout and Wet Paint Show, Venice, FL
2015 - Juror, Savannah Plein Air, Savannah, GA
2015 - PAP-SE Paintout and Show, Leipers Creek Gallery, Leipers Fork TN
2015 - 16th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Scottsdale AZ.
2014 - Show, Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA.
2014 - 15th. Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Denver, CO.
2014 - OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH.
2014 - Award-Honorable Mention, Plein Air Richmond, Richmond VA.
2013 - PAP-SE Paintout and Show, Boothbay Harbor ME, Coco Vivo Fine Art Gallery
2013 - 14th Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Charleston, SC.
2013 - 3rd. Annual Masters In Miniature Show, Trailside Galleries, Jackson Hole, WY.
2013 - Juried, Carmel Plein Air Festival, Carmel, CA.
2012 - 13th Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN.
2012 - Awards Juror, Solomons Plein Air Festival, Solomons, MD
2012 - Award-Honorable Mention, Carmel Plein Air Festival, Carmel, CA
2011 - Fine Art Connoisseur "Award of Excellence", 12th Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
2011 - 12th Annual American Impressionist Exhibition, Carmel-by-the-Sea CA
2011 - Finalist, June, FASO Bold Brush Competition
2011 - Great American Paintout Invitational, Apalachicola, FL.
2011 - Book Signing, Art From the Heart Gallery, Molokai, HI.
2011 - Maui Plein Air Invitational, Maui, HI.
2011 - Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA, Feb. 2011
2010 - Show, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC, Oct. 2010
2010 - Atlanta Fine Arts League National Juried Exhibition, Third Place
2010 - Easton Plein Air Juried Show, Easton, Maryland
2010 - America's Great Plein Air Paintout, Appalachicola, FL
2010 - Juror: Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN
2010 - Juror: Glynn Art Association, St. Simon's Island, GA
2010 - Juror: Charlotte Guild of Artists Show, Mint Museum
2009 - Group Show, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC
2009 - Juror: Show at Schiele Museum, Gastonia, NC
2008 - Charlotte Symphony Gala, Featured Artist
2008 - Oil Painters of America, Eastern Regional Exhibition, Nashville, TN.
2007 - Anderson Fine Art gallery, “Under the Tuscan Sun”, solo show
2007 - Auld Alliance Gallery, Nashville, TN, solo show
2006 - Easton Paintout Juried Show - Avalon Museum, Easton, MD, First Prize, Quick Draw Competition
2006 - Collectors’ Choice Award - PAP-SE - “Painting the Golden Isles” - Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, Ga.
2006 - Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, solo show
2006 - Montgomery Museum juried show and auction.
2005 - Easton Plein Air Juried Show, Easton MD, Quick Draw Award, and Exhibition Award.
2005 - Collectors' Choice Award - PAP-SE, Brazier Fine Art,Richmond, VA.
2005 - Two-person show with John D. Beard, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta
2004 - Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, solo show
2004 - Collectors’ Choice Award - PAP-SE , Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville GA
2003 - Directors’ Choice Award - Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville
2003 - Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, solo show
2003 - Auld Alliance Gallery , Nashville, TN, solo show
2002 - Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, solo show
2002 - Alix Porras Gallery, Fitchburg, Massachussetts, Group Show
2001 - Award of Excellence - Landscape Div. De La Grove, Bordeaux FR
2001 - Award of Excellence - Group Show - ‘Painting the Wine Country”
2000 - Street of Dreams, Canton, GA.
2000 - The Amado Territory Annual Show, Tucson, Az.
2000 - Bourge Ecuador Gallery, Cascais, Portugal, Group Show
1998 - Southeastern Pastel Society, Honorable Mention, Hilton Hilton, S.C.
Organizations:
Plein Air Painters of the Southeast (PAP-SE) Founder and former president.
American Impressionist Society, Signature Member
Oil Painters of America
International Plein Air Painters, Honorary Signature Member
Eastern League of Professional Artists
Laguna Beach Plein Air Association,
Southeastern Pastel Society
Atlanta Portrait Society
American Society of Oil Painters
Publications:
Summer 2012 - Charleston Style and Design, Feature article.
September 2011 - "Informed Collector" feature article, Fine Art Studio Online
December 2010 - Southwest Art, Featured posting.
October 2010 - American Art Collector magazine, Show article
September 2010 - American Art Collector magazine, Feature Article
November 2006 - American Art Collector magazine, Feature Article
April 2006 - American Art Collector magazine, Show article
January 2006 - American Art Collector magazine, Feature Article
2004 - Georgia Good Life Magazine
2003 - Atlanta Journal
2001 - Athens Daily News ‘Lasting Impressions’ Feb. 7th
1998 - Lake Norman Press, Lake Norman, N.C.
1990 - Salisbury Post, Salisbury, N.C.
1990 - Mooresville Press, Mooresville, N.C.
1987 - Ft. Myers News Press, Sept. 21, Ft. Myers, Fl.
Collections and Commissions of Note:
U.S. Senator Zell Miller and Mrs. Miller
Retired Fulton County Judge - Carlie Carnes, Carnes Center, Atlanta, Ga.
St. Marys Hospital, Athens, GA.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Jack Bryant, Past president of South Carolina Historical Society - Charleston
Dr. Bruce Morgan, Griffen Ga.
Mr. John Simpson, Athens, Ga.
Mr. Wilbur Smith, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. David Jacobs, former olympic gold medal winner
Judge and Mrs. Fletcher Sams, Fayetteville, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leonard, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Thompson, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Mr. Charles Gelanos, Fitchburg, Mass.
Dr. Sakly and Dr. Lloyd Greig, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Skinner, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Lambert Hardman, Athens, Ga.