Ned Mueller – “The Art of Seeing – Making a Painting Work” – October 25-27, 2013

May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ned Mueller

Ned Mueller

Friday – Sunday, October 25-27, 2013, 9:30am – 4:00 daily
Cost: $300.00-Members $350-Non-Members

All Paint Media Welcome
($100 deposit required to reserve spot in workshop)

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ned Mueller was raised in the Gallatin Valley near Bozeman, Montana. His excellent skills in depicting the human figure, animals and landscapes have earned him prestige and numerous awards. He graduated from the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles, and worked as an illustrator for twenty-five years including work for Disney Imagineering before becoming a full-time painter. He has been inspired by such greats as Harley Brown, Richard Scmid, Bettina Steinke, and Sergei Bongart. Ned is a member of the Northwest Rendezvous Group, the Oil Painters of America, the Plein Air Painters of America, the Knickerbocker Society, and the California Art Club. Ned is a very accomplished and highly respected artist who has been drawing and painting for over 60 years. He is a graduate of the prestigious Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. He has participated in many of the major invitational shows in the country, including the “Artists of America,” Great American Artists’,” “Prix de West,” “Oil Painters of America,” “Pastel Society of America,” “The Northwest Rendezvous,” and the annual “Plein Air Painters of America Exhibition.” His work has been on display in some of the Finest Galleries in the country, and his award-winning work is included in many private fine art collections.

Basket Makers India
Carmen
Ned Mueller – Gloucester Harbor
Lagos, Portugal
Ned Mueller – Coffee Break
Ned Mueller – Minaret Basin
Oaxaca Woman
Patzcauro Morning
Rajisthan Market India
Sonoma Coast
Tying Up San Blas, Mexico

Ned is a Signature member of the Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Painters of America, California Art Club, Northwest Pastel Society, Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters, Northwest Rendezvous Group, and the American Society of Marine Artists. He has been designated as “Master Artist” status with the Oil Painters of America and has been invited to show in the 2013 Autry Masters Show which is considered the top Traditional/Impressionist show in the country. Ned continues to challenge himself to grow artistically and is regularly asked to jury Regional and National Art Shows. He loves to teach and share his many years of knowledge and experience, and is highly sought after to teach classes and workshops nationally and internationally.   Ned states, “I love the challenge of painting outdoors – particularly figures of people doing everyday things in different cultures.”

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Guido Frick returns to Amarillo in May!

May 7, 2013 by 1 Comment
Guido Frick

Guido Frick

Plein Air and Studio Oil Experience

Thursday – Saturday
May 9 – 11, 2013

Members – $500 Non-Members $550
($100 deposit to hold your spot in workshop)

Guido Frick is truly an outdoor painter. “It might sound overstated, but I really consider nature as my original studio. It is because of this belief, that I claim the whole American West as my own personal studio”. This German-born painter lives half of the year in Europe and travels the other half almost exclusively through America´s western states. In the early 1980´s he met with famous instructor and painter Sergei Bongart, and still considers this encounter as the most influential experience he has ever had as a painter. “Sergei truly opened my eyes and showed me the way”. By the 1970′s, Guido had already studied with Professor Karel Hodr from Prague, a well-respected impressionist painter and art teacher throughout Europe.

Guido Frick
Guido Frick
Guido Frick
Guido Frick – Still Life
Guido Frick

Soon Guido´s work was shown in exhibits in Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, and most recently in England. He was published in “Maler sehen den Bodensee”, and in 1980 he won the Prix de Salon in Fontainbleau-Paris. “As a painter I do not like to be labeled. I am always crossing the borderline between impressionism and expressionism. In art there should be no border, no fences, no stop sign. I want to paint free and generous and be independent …I love the outdoors, in nature.” http://artmatch4u.com/artist912_frick.html

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Dyan Newton – Watercolor Workshop

April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dyan Newton - Hecho in Mexico

Dyan Newton – Hecho in Mexico

Saturday June 15, July 20 & Aug 17, 2013  10am-3pm
Cost for 3 workshops: $185 – Members, $200 – Non-Members
Level: Beginner to Advanced

($100 deposit required to hold your spot in workshop)

Students will complete a painting every class.

Dyan Newton has been painting for over 30 years, working in watercolors, pastels and oils. She has studied with well-known local and national artists. Throughout the years, Dyan has developed her own impressionistic style of painting, recognizable by her lively brushwork and bright, vivid colors. Her love of painting is evident whether she is painting landscapes, portraits, animals or florals. Visit Dyan’s website at dyannewton.com

Dyan is a signature member of West Texas Watercolor Society, has won numerous awards, and has paintings in private and corporate collections throughout the U.S. and internationally.  She also teaches classes at Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock, Texas and at Amarillo Art Institute in Amarillo, Texas starting in February 2013.

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Update – Alexis Lavine – “Painting Creatively from Photographs” – September 12-14, 2013

April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Alexis Lavine

Alexis Lavine

Watercolor Workshop

$295 Members  $350 Non-Members

($100 deposit holds your spot for workshop)

We are excited to announce Alexis’s “Painting Creatively from Photographs” Watercolor Workshop, September 12-14, 2013, Thursday – Saturday, 9am – 5pm

Workshop Description

Plan ahead for Alexis’ Watercolor workshop!

The focus here will be painting in a creative, personal, and expressive way from photographs -in other words freeing yourself from copying!!  Demos will include specific lessons designed to give students new ideas, methods and inspirations for working in this manner.  This is a good studio workshop and is designed for all levels of painters, from experienced beginners on up.  Painters in all media are welcome. Daily demos and critiques and ample student painting time.

Alexis Says:
During my demonstrations, I talk to the students at length while I paint or draw,  explaining what I am doing and why, what I am thinking, what I am deciding to do, what colors or techniques I am using, etc., and constantly inviting questions.  Critiques are designed to be positive and constructive experiences; during critiques I emphasize the students’ strengths and offer suggestions to help them improve their work.  During individual work time, I circulate among the students, offering help, suggestions, and information as needed.  When I am teaching, I am there 100% for the students.  I work very hard to give the students as much help, information, inspiration, and motivation as I can!

Alexis Lavine

Alexis Lavine has devoted the last two decades to watercolor painting. Her award winning paintings have been included in numerous juried and gallery exhibitions, and they hang in private and corporate collections throughout the country, as well as overseas. Alexis divides her time between painting in her studio and painting outdoors on location.

Alexis Lavine
Alexis Lavine
Alexis Lavine
Alexis Lavine
Alexis Lavine
Alexis Lavine
Alexis Lavine

Alexis is an enthusiastic art instructor, who teaches painting and drawing classes and workshops.  She gives her students a sound background in technique and esthetics, encourages them to express their individuality through their art, and helps them to relax and enjoy their artistic pursuits.

Alexis’ watercolors are full of luminous color,  rich shadows, and beautifully drawn shapes.  With meticulous attention to composition, she crafts paintings that are descriptive and yet expressive, realistic and yet abstract.  She lives and paints in central North Carolina, except during the winter, when she migrates to the Virgin Islands and paints lots of palm trees!

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Upcoming Classes & Workshops

March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Amarillo Art Institute - Classes - Emin Abassov

Amarillo Art Institute – Classes – Emin Abassov

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Kirk Richards – Landscape Painting in Oil in Palo Duro Canyon – April 22-26, 2013

March 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Kirk Richards - Landscape

Kirk Richards – Landscape

Members – $300, Non-members $340

Richards attributes much of his love for the arts to an early emphasis on musical training in his parents’ home. Turning then from music to visual arts, Kirk studied with painters Clayton Williams, Bruce Hixson Smith, Patrick Devonas, Hagen Haltern, Gary and Jennifer Barton, James Christensen, Wulf Barsch, Joe Ostraff, and others.

Two years in Rome influenced Richards’ palette, which often consists of subdued browns and rusts.

Kirk is best known for his contributions to the BYU Museum of Art exhibit Beholding Salvation: The Life of Christ in Word and Image; for his contributions to Helen Whitney’s PBS Frontline Documentary entitled The Mormons: An American Experience; for the cover image of Jeffrey R. Holland’s book, Broken Things to Mend; and for his imagery on the cover of BYU Studies Magazine and in the Ensign, Liahona and Upper Room publications. Richards’ work can be found mostly in private collections throughout the country.
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Kathleen Cook, PSA – Pastel Workshop – July 11-13, 2013

March 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

kathleen cook skyPortrait, Still-Life, and Landscape, Power of Pastel Workshop

9am – 4pm

$300 Members – $340 Non-Members
$100 deposit holds your spot!

Plan ahead for Kathleen Cook’s, PSA summer workshop as Kathleen returns to Amarillo!

Please join Amarillo Art Institute as we welcome Kathleen, a pastel painter of color and light! A product of Amarillo High School, graduated from Amarillo College in 1969, and is considered one of America’s extraordinary pastel artists. We are excited as Kathleen returns to Amarillo to teach.

A professional artist for more than 40 years, Cook’s artwork has been featured on several magazine covers and in galleries throughout the nation. She has won numerous juried competitions. Kathleen writes, ‘I have been an artist for a long time and have grown in my understanding of what this life path means. An artist needs two lifetimes, one just to acquire the skills of learning the language of artistic expression…the How’s. How to see color, how to draw & paint, how to use the supplies. The second lifetime, and most important-I think, is trying to discover what we are trying to say with these abilities. It is not enough, to just have dexterity with media—one must have something to say…the Why’s & What’s. Why am I interested in this subject, what do I want others to know, what are my feelings that I am trying to express. The Why’s & What’s are limitless and unique for each artist…and they change as we mature as people, as we experience the joys and sorrows of human life.’

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