'You can do certain things with painting that are unique to painting that you cannot do with anything else. With a painting you can contain within borders a lot of experience, narrative, emotion, poetry, idea, thought, time, references and so on, all within a frame … Painting has a unique potential to stop time and compact feelings and experience' SEAN SCULLY
An in-depth exploration of the ideas, process and influences of the abstract painters Hans Hoffman and Sean Scully.Their work is the springboard: working in a small group of 8, in this 2-day workshop we will be looking at colour and space, expression, pattern, mark-making, with the ambition of making something new, surprising and personal.
Since our last visit, the studio at Creek Creative has seen some welcome changes with improved ventilation and a sink for cleaning brushes etc.
Our studio is in the Basement Gallery at Creek Creative. Access is through the door on the left as you enter the building, down the staircase and then turn right at the bottom. Artists can either bring their stuff on Wednesday morning from 9am or on Tuesday afternoon after 4pm. Lunch will be from 12.15 to 1pm both days. There is a fantastic café at Creek Creative, and lunch can be ordered in advance from a menu supplied mid-morning. There will be a kettle, tea and coffee in the studio but please bring a mug/cup!
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WEDNESDAY - The workshop will begin will an introductory talk at 9.30 sharp, followed by a demonstration and a group exercise. There will be a second group painting exercise and further demonstrations after lunch. The rest of the time will be spent on individual working, with plenty of one to one tuition with Ashley during the two days.
THURSDAY - Demonstration followed by individual working on two paintings and personal tuition. At 3.15 we’ll clear the studio in preparation for an invaluable Group Critique to start at 4pm.
