Patris Studio and
Gallery is proud to present our Guest Artist Teaching Series in February and
March on Thursdays from 10 am - 2 pm. Three very prominent and highly
acclaimed artists will offer students of all artistic levels a series of art
classes that explore different approaches, techniques and styles.
- Thursdays February 16 - March 23, 2016
- 10 am - 2 pm
- $35 per class
- bring your lunch or snack and regular art
supplies
- contact Patris for more details, questions, or info
Our series begins with
Leslie Toms
Color,
light and luscious painterly brushstrokes have long characterized the works of
California artist, Leslie Toms. The intense color and sunlight of the west
coast, along with the influence of the Society of Six, Bay Area Figurative
painters and other contemporary northern California artists, gives her art its
singular character.
She
has studied with some illustrious painters: Wolf Kahn, Gregory Kondos, Charles
Sovek, Harrold Gregor, Joseph Raffael, Ann Toulmin Roth, Jerald Silva, Wayne
Thiebaud and others. She counts among her friends some of California’s best
painters.
Our 2nd Guest
Artist is Marilyn Rose
teaching on March 2 and March 9, 2017
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| painting by Marilyn Rose |
Says Marilyn, "I have been an artist from
my earliest recollections, but life took me elsewhere and I lived it to the
fullest. In midlife I returned to my art studies and began my never-ending and
all-absorbing quest to learn all I could and become the best artist I can be.
In classes, workshops or from books, I studied drawing,
values, design, brush and knife technique; color theory and practice, figure,
portraits, landscape, still life, graphic arts, photography; anything I could
find to aid me in my creative journey.
Some twenty years later, I am still running to catch up,
always studying and it is a joyous adventure, whether alone in my studio, in
the field with friends, or in the classrooms where I either teach or learn….sometimes
both at once."
Marilyn has had the opportunity to
study landscape, portrait, figure and
still life painting with some of the nation's top artists
including Ray Roberts, Gil Dellinger, Ned
Mueller, Terry Miura, Craig Nelson, Brian Blood, Brian Mark Taylor, Camille
Przewodek, Michael Siegel.
Our 3rd Guest Artist is
Kristine Bybee
teaching March 16 and March 23, 2017
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| painting by Kristine Bybee |
I believe that color is similar to the vibrations in music. The
color’s sound can radiate across the room and vibrate around a viewer much the
way music does for the listener, and like music; this tone can alter and even
heal the spirit. Like any art form, painting is about craftsmanship and the
study of the more formal aspects of painting as well as the spiritual. This
study is always unfolding and changing. I appreciate the study, discipline, and
the craft of making art because of this process of unfoldment. However, each
time a new question is asked, more questions arise, and the journey goes on,
ever farther, ever deeper.
This travel is never taken alone; though sometimes it is lonely
sit in a studio without a friend or a teacher. Fortunately, I share these
travels with other artists ... And, we all strive, juggle our schedules, and
keep traveling to an unseen but satisfying destination together.
