Landscape Painting: The Quick Study
Instructors: Peter Schroth and Josette Urso
1st - 9th August, 2022
The landscape of County Mayo, Ireland is one of the most opulent and magical environments ever encountered by artists Peter Schroth and Josette Urso and they relish this opportunity to share their combined knowledge and appreciation with the participants. This workshop is open to painters working in oil, acrylic and watercolor. It is organized around the practice of the rapid study, where participants will produce numerous works each day. Paintings will be based on observation with investigations ranging from literal to abstract - an approach with significant historical precedent. It is a fundamental exercise and vital tool for artists at all levels, serving to advance understanding of both
subject and medium while remaining attentive to immediate experience and sense of place. It is also especially well suited to capturing the complex and elusive qualities of shape, light and color inherent in the landscape. This very pure and direct approach heightens all of the senses, helps maintain a freshness of handling and
reminds the artist that “seeing” is a function of the mind, hand and eye.
Professor Peter Schroth has an MFA from the University of Colorado and a BFA from Syracuse University. He teaches at the Savannah College of Art and Design. In addition to numerous college teaching positions he has also taught landscape painting workshops at the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Italy, Mass Art/Art New England and South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, MA. Schroth has exhibited widely and is represented in New York City by Sears Peyton Gallery and has had fellowship residencies at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He
has received grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Elizabeth Foundation, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. www.peterschroth.com
Josette Urso has an MFA in Painting from the University of South Florida and currently works in New York City where she has taught in the department of Continuing Education at Cooper Union since 1998. She has also taught numerous courses and workshops including those at Chautauqua School of Art, Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Italy, Mass Art/Art New England and the University of Virginia. Urso has exhibited widely and is represented in New York City by Markel Fine Arts and in Kent, CT by Kenise Barnes Fine Art. She has had fellowship residencies at the
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Yaddo, Ucross, Camargo, Stock20/Taiwan and Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus. She has received grants from the Gottlieb Foundation, Pollock Krasner Foundation, Basil H. Alkazzi, Chenven Foundation and NEA. www.josetteurso.com
Some practical notes:
Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits) and paper can be purchased at the Foundation when
you arrive. There will be a small materials fee for products that cannot be brought on the plane.Emphasis will be on outdoor work though we also have access to a studio space.
The cost is $1,900 which includes tuition, shared cottage with private bedroom for 8 nights, lunch/dinner/dessert/tea/coffee, collection/dropoff to the bus/train stations in Ballina, full use of the Dolan/Maxwell library and facilities 24/7. Payment is made to Ballinglen: USA/Ireland using the payment button on the website www.ballinglenworkshops.com. Participants arrive on the 29th and depart on the 6th of June (The workshop is for seven days with arrival and departure day making it nine days). Please contact Andrew Wykes on awykes@hamline.edu with questions about workshop content or materials.
To check availability for this Workshop please complete and submit the form below.
subject and medium while remaining attentive to immediate experience and sense of place. It is also especially well suited to capturing the complex and elusive qualities of shape, light and color inherent in the landscape. This very pure and direct approach heightens all of the senses, helps maintain a freshness of handling and
reminds the artist that “seeing” is a function of the mind, hand and eye.
Professor Peter Schroth has an MFA from the University of Colorado and a BFA from Syracuse University. He teaches at the Savannah College of Art and Design. In addition to numerous college teaching positions he has also taught landscape painting workshops at the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Italy, Mass Art/Art New England and South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, MA. Schroth has exhibited widely and is represented in New York City by Sears Peyton Gallery and has had fellowship residencies at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He
has received grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Elizabeth Foundation, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. www.peterschroth.com
Josette Urso has an MFA in Painting from the University of South Florida and currently works in New York City where she has taught in the department of Continuing Education at Cooper Union since 1998. She has also taught numerous courses and workshops including those at Chautauqua School of Art, Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Italy, Mass Art/Art New England and the University of Virginia. Urso has exhibited widely and is represented in New York City by Markel Fine Arts and in Kent, CT by Kenise Barnes Fine Art. She has had fellowship residencies at the
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Yaddo, Ucross, Camargo, Stock20/Taiwan and Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus. She has received grants from the Gottlieb Foundation, Pollock Krasner Foundation, Basil H. Alkazzi, Chenven Foundation and NEA. www.josetteurso.com
Some practical notes:
Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits) and paper can be purchased at the Foundation when
you arrive. There will be a small materials fee for products that cannot be brought on the plane.Emphasis will be on outdoor work though we also have access to a studio space.
The cost is $1,900 which includes tuition, shared cottage with private bedroom for 8 nights, lunch/dinner/dessert/tea/coffee, collection/dropoff to the bus/train stations in Ballina, full use of the Dolan/Maxwell library and facilities 24/7. Payment is made to Ballinglen: USA/Ireland using the payment button on the website www.ballinglenworkshops.com. Participants arrive on the 29th and depart on the 6th of June (The workshop is for seven days with arrival and departure day making it nine days). Please contact Andrew Wykes on awykes@hamline.edu with questions about workshop content or materials.
To check availability for this Workshop please complete and submit the form below.
