Building a Painting

June 21 – June 24

Building a Painting with Alan Bray

For beginner to intermediate painters with a basic knowledge of drawing and painting

Tempera, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, or drawing.

This workshop will deal with the progression of making a painting from the initial impulse to the final execution of the work. We will examine the process of thinking, editing, refining, and developing a strategy and process for building a painting. This will include clarification of the intent of the work, preliminary studies (thumb nail sketches) and the final execution of the painting.

Alan Bray – Alan Bray’s landscapes are dreamlike worlds that we feel we know or have seen, and certainly we yearn for emotionally. He has been painting rural Maine for many years and you can feel his connection, but also his aloofness in his quiet observations of the natural world around him.

A review in the New Yorker states “Alan Bray’s casein-on-panel landscapes are cool, elegant, and blessedly devoid of prettiness… [They evoke nature’s majesty but drain away its wildness, suggesting something of the poise and repose of Giotto or Mantegna.”] Alan Bray , a Maine native, lives in Sangerville. He is a graduate of the University Of Southern Maine and the Villa Schifanoia Graduate School Of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. He has exhibited throughout the U.S. and his work is in numerous private and public collections including the Portland Museum of Art, and the Farnsworth Museum. He is currently represented by Garvey/ Simon Gallery in N.Y.C. , the Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland, Me. And Seis Gallery in Los Angeles. His work can be seen at alanbray.com or garveysimon.com or caldbeck.com

Cost for this workshop includes tuition, room and board at Monson Arts; Materials will range $30-$50.
Arrival Friday at 5pm Departure Monday at 12pm.

Single Room: $760
Double Room: $640
Day Student: $520

This workshop is currently full. Please contact us if you would like to be added to the waitlist.

Workshop Registration

Enrollment in each workshop is handled on a first-come, first-served basis. A deposit payment of $250 is required at the time of registration with full payment for all summer workshops due by May 30. If a workshop is full you can contact our office to be placed on the waitlist free of charge. If space becomes available we will let you know. All workshops begin on a Sunday afternoon and conclude on Saturday morning.

Fees

The cost of participating in a workshop includes tuition, room and board. We offer on-campus housing in a private (single) or double (shared with one other person) room. Room availability is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you do not need housing, you may register as a day student at a reduced rate. Whether staying on campus or off, all meals are included and prepared for workshop participants by the Quarry restaurant. Fees for materials and supplies will vary for each studio and can range from $25-$100.

Accommodations

Housing is in new or recently refurbished houses located within walking distance of studios and workshops. Single or double occupancy bedrooms are provided in shared housing. Bedrooms are comfortably furnished with twin beds. Linens and towels are provided, you should bring an extra swim towel.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations made 30 days prior to the start of your workshop will receive a refund minus a $50 processing fee. Cancellations made 10 days prior will receive a 50% refund. Any cancellations after that will be charged the full rate. However, if you experience illness on the day of planned arrival, we will refund minus $50 to protect all of our participants. Should circumstances change, and we decide it is not possible to safely operate and cancel or postpone a workshop, you will receive a full refund.