Thursday, April 23, 2009

Plein Air Painting Workshop with Grant Redden Aug. 13-14 in Cokeville

Artist Charles Dayton in Cokeville sends this info:

PLEIN AIR PAINTING WORKSHOP featuring GRANT REDDEN will be held in conjunction with the Minerva Teichert Invitational Art Show, August 13-14, at the Cottonwood Ranch near Cokeville.

This workshop will provide landscape, wildlife and western artists and opportunity to receive 2 days of personal instruction from Grant Redden, one of the nation's top artists. The workshop will be held at the historic Cottonwood Ranch in Cokeville. Please contact us for a materials
list and additional details.

Grant Redden lives and paints in southwestern Wyoming in the rural community of Hilliard with his wife and family. With no formal art training, he has studied under the tutelage of several master artists in today's art world: Mark Daily, Jim Norton, Walt Gonske, Gerald Fritzler, and Gerald Merfeld.

Grant has participated in gallery group shows and annual shows by Settlerswest Gallery, the Charles Russell Museum, the Salon d Arts "le jeune" Show in 2005 and 2006, and the Coors Western Art Show in 2005 and 2006, in Denver, Colorado. He participated as a guest artist in 2000 with the Northwest Rendezvous Artist Group of Helena, Montana, and has been
invited to show, as a guest artist, again in 2007. Grant has participated in the annual Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale in Cody for the past six years. He was awarded an Artists Choice Award in that show in 2006.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, August 13, 2009

8:30 a.m. Instructor Demonstration
Artists receive instruction
Artist cook-out and critique of day's work

Friday, August 14

8:30 a.m. Instructor Demonstration
Artists painting, receive individual instruction
Minerva Teichert Art Show opens
Opening reception and barbeque

Saturday, August 15

9:00 a.m. Minerva Teichert Presentation
Minerva Teichert Art show opens
Tour of Teichert Home/Murals

TUITION $120 (limit 12 artists). This includes workshop, artist cookout and opening reception barbeque.

To register or for more information, please contact Charles Dayton at 307.459.4195.