WHAT: Breathing Magic into Abstract Painting
WHO: Adults
WHEN: Sat/Sun, Sep 28-29
TIME: 10-4 (Sunday arrival time can be flexible)
INSTRUCTOR: Suzie Black
FEE: $150 (includes most supplies, participant supply list is below)
Loosen up and have fun while you’re learning! Gain confidence in your painting using cool shapes and learn more about how to create space to rest the eye.
This easy and playful workshop will increase your knowledge and dexterity with acrylic paints while you practice great techniques of interesting abstract painting . These include visual layering, texture, mark making, blending, using opaque vs. transparent paint, all while using underlying elements of successful abstract painting.
Of course, we can't forget the wonders of color, color, color!
Come play with us for this fun workshop.
All levels are welcome. Oil and watercolor painters are also welcome.
SUPPLY LIST:
Apron/Paint Smock
Drawing pad/sketchbook/pen & paper for notes
Look around your home (or the dollar store) for non-traditional painting tools: spatulas, dough scrapers, old credit cards, etc. Also objects that have interesting textures that can be pressed into the painting surface to create designs.
INSTRUCTOR BIO:
Suzie Black
Suzie Black blends her background of traditional painting with the freedom and energy of abstract expressionism.
She received her formal training with advanced degrees in both Art Therapy and Art Education at George Washington University and the Corcoran School of Art. Although Suzie taught art to children in public schools and evening classes to adults for many years, she continued painting and always knew that she would return to her love full time.
Suzie and her husband, Dave spend long summers in Kentucky as a break from the desert heat in Arizona. After putting in many years as a figurative painter, following an even longer stint as a landscape painter, Suzie has developed a love and deep interest in abstraction.
“My greatest influences were, the abstract expressionists and expressionist portrait painters including Diebenkorn, Julien Freud and Egan Schiele. I’m extremely attracted to art that’s brimming with emotion, rhythm and pulsing life.”
Black dedicates herself to lifelong learning and teaching all ages.
Contact: Suzieblackart@gmail.com / 602-799-3861 / Suzieblack.com
Recent Activity:
Sonoran Arts League, Juried Artist Member, 2014-present
Hidden in the Hills 2014, 2015,2016,2017, 20
Thunderbird Artists Juried Show, Cave Creek January, 2018
First Studio, Downtown Phoenix, August, 2018, / December, 2018
Thunderbird Artists Juried Show, January, 2019 Cave Creek
Vortex Magazine COVER Artist 2019
Yeiser Gallery, Paducah, KY recipient of “The Artist is In” NEA grant 2020, Workshops, 2023
Art in the Time of Corona, The Dabart Co.Galleries, Los Angeles, Artsy Online 2021
Tempe Festival of the Arts, (Juried) December, 2021
Thunderbird Artists Waterfront Artist Festival (Juried), February2022
Gallery Representation:
The Finer Arts Gallery, Cave Creek, AZ
Workshop Educator:
Scottsdale Artist School, 2020- Present, Scottsdale, AZ
