Explore color as the foundation for abstraction in traditional painting with. Chris Groves shares his techniques for capturing “color notes” - the lyrical power of hue, value, and intensity that can infuse your canvases with a range of emotion. Demonstrating the sculptural and softening effects achieved with cold wax, Chris will discuss how to convey a definitive sense of time and place by choosing the correct colors for underpainting, and solid combinations of dominant and saturated colors. Day 2 will be spent in the studio, pushing compositional abstraction by re-defining traditional painting methods and re-thinking all elements of your painting. Day 3 Chris will discuss and demonstrate how to use line and edge to create depth through reductive simplifications and make adjustments in order to enhance all the important relationships and gestures in your painting, while maintaining your initial intention.

This workshop will culminate with a critique of what works and does not work in these studies, why, and how to improve the final pieces.

For questions or assistance please contact Elizabeth Buccino, Director of Education