The Dao of Seeing Painting Workshop (Otis, Oregon)
The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology has cancelled the entire workshop season. The following is from the Sitka website:
“Due to ongoing COVID-19 health concerns, we have decided to cancel the 2020 summer workshop season. The health and safety of the Sitka community is our highest priority. Know we are saddened by this are are working on ways to reconnect with you as well as working on the 2021 workshop season. Stay healthy and still find time to connect with your creative voice.”
Oh, man, am I disappointed, though I fully understand. I know you feel the same.
August 31 - September 3, 2020
About The Dao of Seeing Workshop
Painting from Nature, out in the open, is a pleasurable challenge. It calls for a sustained effort of looking and repeated painting. The key to better painting is learning how to slow the mind in order to SEE, and then to flow with the tide of creation. This workshop on the repeated practice of looking and painting will take place between the studio and the open air. We will learn specific meditation methods, color mixing, Western and Asian composition strategies, using ebb and flow, and seeing through momentary conditions. Playful experiment and grounding in meditation will be integral to our workshop. Only expectations limit the possibilities.
The Dao of seeing is centered between keen observation of landscape, the mystery of attention, and sound painting methods. The emphasis is on seeing, experimentation, playful abstraction, process. Color and composition are also emphasized. Meditation practice will be a part of every day. Come discover what painting en plein air can be.
Cost
$460
Location
Classes will be held at:
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Otis, Oregon