April 13-17 (5 days) in McMinnville, Oregon
Instructor: Stan Kurth
Location: Riley Hall, Linfield University, 900 SE Baker St., McMinnville, OR
Cost: $550
Theme: The Intuitive Painting Mindset
In this workshop, you’ll become acquainted with the intuitive painting mindset. In her book Mindset, Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck proposes that human qualities are not fixed—they can be cultivated. People can grow and improve in any area, including sports, art, music, business, parenting, or relationships. This growth also applies to intellectual skills.
With this in mind, you’ll begin to shift from a fixed mindset that separates traditional representational painting from abstraction. It is entirely possible to understand and incorporate both approaches in your work.
Using various mark-making tools, watercolor, and gouache, lessons will begin without reference or preconceived ideas. You’ll create paintings from arbitrary design elements and bring them to completion using principles of design. The goal is to develop a painting that aligns with your personal aesthetic—whether representational or non objective. The only criteria: no reference, and a willingness to let the process guide the outcome. Each day’s lesson will vary from the previous day.
The supply list will be posted as soon as it is available.
Housing
Information regarding optional dormitory housing for workshop attendees will be provided after workshop registration opens.
Registration
Active and Lifetime WSO members have priority for registering for this workshop. Active and Lifetime members can register now through the link included in the E-mail sent out on November 1. The registration link is also included in the E-mail version of the May Watermark. Subscriber members and the public can register on or after December 16. A registration link will be posted here as of that date. Non-members must join WSO as at least Subscriber members through the registration process.
About the instructor
Artist and workshop instructor Stan Kurth embraces a growth mindset that permeates his life and his work. Stan has drawn and painted most of his life starting with a small oil painting he did when he was four years old. Now he adeptly straddles the line between abstraction and representation in his works featuring emotion-laden compositions, color, and edges. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University and enjoys Signature status in a number of organizations, and Master Signature distinction in the National Watercolor Society and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.
See more about Stan Kurth at his website, stankurth.com .