"Changing
the Horizon": Experimental approaches using acrylic paints, mediums,
and techniques
This five-day workshop
focuses on extending the boundaries and fundamentals of painting-on-site
with acrylics. Depending on weather and studio direction of a particular
day, the group will work at a different location in the historical town
of Lunenburg. The instructor, who stresses a personal connection with
each participant, will review composition, collage, and mixed medias,
colour mixing and glazes, brush work and more. Although the instructor
encourages an experimental approach to the subject at hand, it is not
to the exclusion of traditional approaches. Participants are free to
design their "scapes" in any manner or fashion, such as a
panoramic series of images, a combination of imaginary "scapes,"
collaged "scapes" as well as other ideas that emerge during
the workshop. enrolment is limited to 12; please send files of your
work to the instructor
before registering.
Supply
List:
List will be sent after registration or, upon request, provided ahead
of time.
Skill
Level: Experienced.
Before registering, please e-mail the instructor images of your previous
work shudson01@bwr.eastlink.ca.
Notes:
Bring appropriate clothing and equipment for weather conditions.
Susan
Hudson, the former Chair and professor
of Concordia University's Design Art Department, Montreal, currently
lives in Lunenburg where she continues her work using a varied and expansive
range of media, incorporating traditional studio methods with computer-generated
images. Her work appears in public private and corporate collections
in the US, Canada, and Europe. She has been featured in various publications
and television documentaries. She was elected to the prestigious Royal
Canadian Academy of Arts in 1999, and since coming to Lunenburg, she
has founded Peer Gallery, an artists' cooperative.
More of Susan's
work can be seen at www.gathering-of-artists.ca