"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