The Oil Painters of America’s first ever Summer Salon will be hosted by the Crooked Tree Arts Center during the summer of 2013! On display will be over 400 paintings from across the United States representing the best of oil painting in the country. Crooked Tree Arts Center will be transformed into a salon style exhibition space with a summer full of fine art, lectures, workshops and special events.

Crooked Tree Arts Center... 

I'm thrilled to announce that as a part of this OPA (Oil Painters of America) event in Petosky, MI at the Crooked Tree Arts Center, I will be conducting a 4 day Plein Air Painting Workshop!  

This will be a chance to paint this beautiful part of Michigans' west coast shoreline and surrounding landscape.  If you've never been there, be prepared for an amazing beauty that will surprise you.  Overlooking the shores of Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay in the northern tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula you'll find Petoskey Michigan, a quaint resort community with unmatched beauty and charm. Petoskey has been a destination for resorters for more than 100-years and for multiple generations. People return to soak in the rich views, breathe the clean air, eat at world-class restaurants and shop in the specialty shops and boutiques of its historic downtown.

We'll spend the four days painting the area.  I'll be incorporating several different exercises during the workshop to help you with many of the basics of painting... Concept, Value, Color, and Drawing.  That along, with my own daily demonstrating to show you what I expect of you each day, and a lot of one on one easel critique and support, should make the days spent together an educational and enjoyable time painting the area.  

This workshop is geared towards painters who've had some experience.  The Crooked Tree Arts Center has suggestions for classes for artists who are new to Plein Air painting.  Please visit the website for more information.  Supply lists and other info available through the Crooked Tree Arts Center... .  

I hope to see you there. 

I'd be pleased if you'd join me at the Madeline Island School of the Arts on Madeline Island, WI.  Madeline Island is one of the chain of Islands known as the Apostle Islands, most of which are part of the Apostle Island National Lakeshore.  It's a pristinely beautiful location, only accessible by ferry.  

MISA (Madeline Island School of the Arts) is located on an old, historic farmsite just outside of La Pointe, WI on the island.  The farm has been lovingly improved and restored into a state of the art facility for teaching.  There are two large studios, specifically designed as art studios, a main building/conference center for multi-media events and as a cafeteria.  In addition to all of that, there have been 4 buildings/dorms built that accomodate students who are on campus to take the classes.   Part of the experience that is so magnificent is for the students to stay on campus so that we have a week totally engulfed by our mission to study and paint.

Hope to see you there...

7th Annual Landscape Painting Workshop

With Marc R. Hanson

Class size: Limited to 15

Fee: $575.00

Where: Longmont, CO (and vicinity)

When: 8/26 to 8/30, 2013

WORKSHOP IS FULL... THANK YOU!

7th Annual Landscape Painting Workshop, part II

With Marc R. Hanson

Due to an overwhelming response to the August 26-30 workshop, I have decided to add another workhop the following week, the first week of September.  If you are interested, please read below...

Class size: Limited to 15

Fee: $575.00

Where: Longmont, CO (and vicinity)

When: 9/2-9/6, 2013

WORSKHOP IS FULL... THANK YOU!