Dan Corey Wisconsin Workshop

I am pleased to announce an addition to the 2012 summer program.
Daniel Corey, a personal favorite, will be here on July 19 and 20th from 9 AM - 3 PM.
Space is limited, and I expect this workshop to fill up quickly. To register, contact Dan directly at
painter03@yahoo.com

We hope to see you there!

Well known Maine painter, Daniel Corey, has been added to the list of artists giving workshops at Chicken Coop Studio.

Inspired by light quality, color harmony, and abstract shapes, Dans paintings are created from direct observations en plein air. He enjoys the challenge of painting nontraditional views and subjects. He finds beauty in them along with what he interprets as "what makes Maine, Maine".

Selected to be the 2009 Monhegan Artist in Residence, Dan is a traditional painter influenced by Robert Henri and the Ashcan School and rooted in the aesthetic values of the impressionists of the Cape Cod School of Art. Dan also participated in "Creative Convergence", a plein air painting trip to Mexico, which was covered by American Art Collector Magazine, among others. Daniels work has been featured in a number of New England Galleries and Museums.

July 19 & 20 Dan Corey will be giving a plein air workshop at Chicken Coop Studio.
The hours are 9 AM - 3 PM with a lunch break.
The price is $150 for both days,
or $100 for one day.

Chicken Coop Studio
S3749 Schneider Road
Rock Springs, WI
53961

Workshops...

 

 In addition to the workshops at the Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek, and the 2 day workshop at the Studio of Fine Arts in Lima, I am offering several 3 day workshops in my chicken coop studio. The studio was renovated last summer and is my space on the Fall Art Tour. Having the chicken coop, complete with chandelier, is a great home base to grab some shade and critique between paintings. 

Value and design are the topic of the first workshop, which will give a great foundation to explore outdoor color in the second. I'm beginning to prepare lesson plans for each workshop to make sure there isn't a dull moment, and there is a few spaces left for each. For the schedule, and more info, please give the images a click! My email is blksquirl85@yahoo.com

Our early spring keeps on going! These pieces are framed and hung at Blue Heron.

24x20" Baraboo Cherry Blossom

20x16" Magnolia Branch

16x12" Stream

16x20" Turquoise and Pink

12x12" Georgia Magnolia in the Rain

Reedsburg UncorkedWine Walk Silent Auction

The Reedsburg Uncorked Wine Walk is a great time, Jenny and I always enjoy attending the event. It's a nice opportunity to see what's new and to reconnect with businesses downtown.

Dana, from the Blue Heron does a lot of work to make the Wine Walk happen. A few weeks ago, I was dreaming of spring, and really wanted to paint some flowering trees. I set up this still life, with Carr Valley Cheese and Wollersheim Port in my studio with one of my favorite plein air studies from a couple of years ago hanging on the wall behind it. It was something a little different and fun for me to paint. The still life is 24x20" and is being auctioned off, in conjunction with the Uncorked event, with proceeds to benefit the Reedsburg Revitalization Organization "Community members working for the revitalization of Reedsburg". If you'd like to place a bid, email Blue Heron at: blueheron@rucls.net
Hope to see you there!



Photo's by Jacob Owen

Spring is in the Air

The weather is always unpredictable during early spring, but this year is extraordinary. This piece, Loganville Stream is 16x20" and was painted when we were still in the calendar's winter, but I considered it to be the first day of spring because I painted in a t-shirt. The temperatures were in the 80's and everything greened up all at once.



Which among equal colors will look more or less dark or more or less bright... The painter will show you things at different distances with variation of color due to the air lying between the objects and the eye.
-Michelangelo Buonarroti

Late Winter

When it comes to blogging, you don't have to be great to try, but you have to try to be great!

Here are some pieces from late February and the first week in March, the end of winter.
This year, the temperatures are so high, that the trees are blooming now. Maybe it is payback for the late spring that we had last year? Whatever it is, I'm happy to wake up every morning and rediscover what I like about painting color in the warmer months.

20x24"


10x8"


8x10"


8x10"


8x10"

"Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

-Edward Hopper

Highway 23

24x30"

The light changes quickly when painting outdoors. That's pretty obvious, right? It is easy to predict this change when painting a building that aligns with north - south directions. The light hits the East side of the building until 11:00 AM or so. Then there is a transition between 11:00-1:00 PM. This is when I like to take a break from painting for the day. The light then hits the West side of the building. Of course the South facing walls are being lit up for most of the day.

This barn didn't align with those directions. Many buildings do not. The light was the best on this barn for about 45 minutes each morning that I worked on it. Because the barn is weathered, it quickly turned from direct light to grazing light to long shadows from the irregular barn boards, and finally to complete shade. This isn't neccesarily harder to paint, it just has to be planned for. I guess it's these sorts of things that i like the best about painting. There are as many different ways to solve the puzzle as there are painters.