Alla Prima Painting – David Brewster

Three-day workshop
limited to 12 participants
July 18 - 20, 2008
Tuition: $450
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This adept painter guides participants in the task of painting ‘alla prima’—completing a composition on site at one pass. David’s approach demonstrates the dynamic role the weather and the cloudscapes play in these compositions, observations he imparts with great enthusiasm. His entire group from 2004 so appreciated his energy and attentiveness that they asked Great River Arts to reconvene the group the following year. A materials list will be provided in advance of the class.

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David Brewster holds an M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and has been awarded fellowships at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation in County Mayo, Ireland, as well as at Rochefort-en-Terre in Malansac, France. He has been an artist-in-residence at Deep Springs College in California, and was most recently the artist-in-residence at Milton Academy in Massachusetts for the fall/winter of 2007. He has received many grants and awards, from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation, the Vermont Arts Council, the Puffin Foundation, and the Mary Van Hughes Award during the Silvermine Guild’s 58 th annual juried Art of the Northeast exhibition in New Canaan. His work has been featured in solo exhibits throughout the northeast United States. David Brewster's upcoming solo exhibit at the Walter Wickiser Gallery in New York City, entitled "Irrepressible Storm," opened in January 2008. More of David’s work can be found online at www.davidbrewsterfineart.com.