Encaustic Lab in Provincetown with Marc Kundmann

14 Bradford St, Provincetown, Massachusetts 02657

This workshop is an opportunity to explore the encaustic medium. Take advantage of the resources available in a working Provincetown studio. Bring your image ideas and resources including sketches, photos or even paintings in progress. Most tools and supplies are provided. Techniques of brushing, fusing, layering, scraping/scribing, and drawing to develop our images are demonstrated, as well as collage and image transfer. Space limited to five.

Encaustic and the Photographic Image in Provincetown

14 Bradford St, Provincetown, Massachusetts 02657

August 13 – August 14 Thursday-Friday, 10-4pm $325 includes materials fee, 2 sessions The flexibility of the encaustic medium makes it a great compliment to photography. This workshop explores a variety of ways to use photography and encaustic together including image transfers, embedding, and collage. There are demonstrations as well as discussion about various approaches. This workshop takes place in the artist’s studio, giving you the insider’s view of his work and inspirations. No experience is necessary. Directions to the … Read More

Andrea Petitto Palette Knife Painting Workshop

Creative Arts Center 154 Crowell Road, Chatham, MA, United States

Students will paint in either oils or acrylic from a still life (or other sources if they wish) to experiment with palette knife techniques and discover a range of new mark-making with a variety of knives or combination of knife and brush work.

Andrea Petitto Plein Air Workshop

Heritage Museum and Gardens 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, MA, United States

This is a course for oil or acrylic painters. The course will focus on finding a strong composition in an outdoor landscape and how to orchestrate values and colors to create a compelling painting. Although Andrea paints primarily with palette knife, painters can use brushes or knives as they wish. Anyone who is interested in trying palette knife painting might find this a good opportunity for a new experience, but the essentials of the instruction are the same for either … Read More

Paul Batch

Inspired by the luminescent Cape light, "Paul Batch models the landscape with the skill of a portrait painter. . . utilizing a wide range of values and purposeful brushstrokes he breathes life into his paintings.” Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Light cascading across the dune shacks, sunrises rising salt marshes, quiet beaches illuminated merely by the moon, distant boats—Batch’s work takes the viewer through a myriad of memories and wonderment. Paul will give an oil painting demonstration from … Read More

A Colorful Education: Maryalice Eizenberg and Sharon McGauley

Representational artists Maryalice Eizenberg and Sharon McGauley have distinct styles and disparate approaches to color while each artist has control of subtleties and understands the power of a splash of pigment. While Eizenberg’s floral and architectural works are often noted as bright and light filled, McGauley’s people and scenes are known for their atmospheric, muted effects. We hope you can join these artists for a casual demonstration on the lawn from 4:00 to 4:45 and a reception from 5:00 to … Read More

More Than You First See: Karri Allrich Friday

Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans, MA, United States

Karri Allrich is an expressive New England artist painting evocative landscapes, seascapes, figures, still lifes and nature-inspired abstractions with an immediate appeal bringing the viewer into a depth of color and understanding. She is a graduate of the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC, where she majored in studio painting and photography. Her eclectic artistic influences include Wolf Kahn, Fairfield Porter, Forrest Moses, and Helen Frankenthaler. Music by Bruce MacLean will add to the festivities. From the Copley Society … Read More

Playing with Knives and Brushes: Marc Kundmann and Andrea Petitto

Of Marc Kundmann’s work arts reporter Deborah Forman wrote, “His bold colors are evocative, and the surface erupts in robust textures. You want to reach out and touch is paintings.” Andrea Petitto also excels with color and emotional messages portrayed by people as well as animals. Shown together, the work of these two expressive painters brights delights and insights rarely seen in representational paintings. We hope you can join us for the multi media demonstrations from 4:00 to 4:45 and … Read More