Impressionist Oil Painting: Plein Aire Workshop
Saturday & Sunday
August 27 & 28
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
With George Van Hook
$360 + materials list.
This workshop will be a true celebration of Utah’s grandiose landscape, as it is an ideal location for Plein Aire painting! Award winning artist-instructor George Van Hook will gather a larger group of students to set out on what will surely be an exciting plein air expedition. The workshop will begin each morning at 10:00 am, where the group will work under instruction until noon for an hour lunch break. Instruction will resume through the remainder of the afternoons. George will be painting alongside everyone, with the perfect mix of free mingling and working time. Visit local destinations such as the McPolin Barn, Guardsman's Pass, Park City Mountain Resort, and Daly Canyon. In the event of rain, the group can continue to work indoors from reference materials and/or portraiture.
George Van Hook (American, b.1954) is a painter known for his impressionistic, en plein air works. Born in Abington, PA, Van Hook grew up in the Philadelphia area where he spent much of his time studying the masters at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and immersing himself in the Bucks County Impressionist and Brandywine art traditions from the early 20th century. Van Hook studied at Oberlin College in Ohio, and later received his BA from Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA, in 1977. While in California, Van Hook was drawn to the works of the late 19th- and early 20th-century California Impressionists, and won over a dozen awards and prizes. Van Hook’s paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States, including at the Grants Pass Museum of Art in Oregon and The American Museum of Fly Fishing in Vermont. George also frequently exhibits his work at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, VT. To view his work and learn more about the artist, click here.
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