Description

Abstract Impressionism describes a way of painting that combines Impressionism’s concerns for light and atmosphere with Abstract Expressionism’s reliance on feeling and gesture. In this four-day, multi-media workshop, we will make direct studies from the stunning Sitka Center landscape and then reflect upon these studies to draw out the “idea of landscape” that they represent. Based on this idea, we will then create larger, Abstract Impressionist works in the studio. Complementing our personal research in the landscape, we will examine a variety of artists who exemplify this approach to painting.

About the Instructor

Ken Marunowski is a working artist and educator who paints gestural abstractions and impressionist landscapes that resonate with feeling and evocative color.

Ken Marunowski is a working artist and educator who paints large, gestural abstractions and medium-size, impressionist landscapes that resonate with feeling and evocative color. A former university professor, Ken teaches painting and drawing workshops across the western United States and in southwest France. Having returned to his hometown of Valley View, Ohio in August 2024, the artist is presently pursuing a body of work based on the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the playground of his childhood.

Learn More
www.kennethmarunowski.com

Materials List

You will need to bring:

Mixed-media, watercolor, or oil sketchbook (140lb.), 11”x14” or larger for on-site studies

Larger mixed-media, watercolor, or oil sketchbook for studio studies (18”x24”)

Palette or palette paper

Preferred drawing mediums:

Pencils

Colored pencils

Erasers

Basic pastel set (recommended)

Preferred painting mediums:

Oil, oil bars, acrylic, watercolor (all mediums welcome)

Include a basic set of preferred colors, both opaque and transparent

Notebook or journal

Favorite brushes, palette knives, brayers, and other mark-making tools

Camera (phone)

Provided by instructors:

22”x30” watercolor paper (2 pieces, 140lb.) for studio paintings

1 large piece of acrylic-primed canvas (approx. 30”x40”)

Some acrylic paint to supplement student’s supply