"TEAPOTS AND CHINA" 

 

"Brother and Sister" by Hanger

The Charleston Artist Guild announces Kenneth Hanger as the featured artist for December.  His work will be highlighted throughout the month of December starting Dec 1 and ending Dec 31.  Please join Ken for his opening reception on Friday, December 2, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.  His show, whimsically entitled "Teapots and China", will feature work from a recent trip to China and paintings of his wife's tea sets.  He enjoys exploring the softness of watercolor and the vividness of oil as well as the spontaneity of plein air painting.

 

Kenneth has long been drawn to painting.  He began to pursue art seriously in the 1980s and on into the 1990s taking many classes with artists such as Rhett Thurman, Mary Mulligan, and Charles Reid.  He then transitioned from his first love, watercolors, to oils and continued to work with Kim English and Bill Dunlap. 

 

While continuing to evolve as an artist, Kenneth has also found the time to be a full time interventional cardiologist and triathlete.  Vist the Charleston Artist Guild Gallery located on 160 East Bay St Sun-Sat 11am -6pm.  Take time to visit China while in Charleston and have a spot of tea!

 

To contact the artist email khanger5@comcast.net.

 

There still are some openings in Russell's popular one-day workshop to learn to photograph your artwork in a digital format.  Subjects covered include camera settings, different types of lighting, color balance, exposure, file size, auto and manual settings, reviewing shots, deleting, and other techniques for taking superior photos of your own artwork.  Coffee and tea available in the morning and pizza delivery for lunch for a few dollars.  Cost is only $50 for this full-day workshop which includes photographing one artwork.  For an additional $25 each, the first five students to sign up will be able to photograph five pieces.  A minimum of six people is required for each workshop date.  To sign up contact Russell at 843-364-3580 or follykayakman@hotmail.com.  Call Russell for directions to the studio. 

Materials needed: your digital camera (with instructions), tripod (optional), empty memory card,  one (1) piece of artwork.

Russell Buskirk is an award winning photographer, whose  work has been seen in local, regional, and national publications, websites, posters and lectures. His photography career began in 1994 upon graduation from Woodland Photography School and continued in Charleston at Alterman Studios where he photographed artwork by John Doyle, Steve Jordan, and other artists. Russell has photographed the antique furniture he has restored over the last twenty-three years.  

 

Jeanette Le Grue is a California-based oil painter who shows her work in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She has been the subject of feature articles in Southwest Art Magazine, American Artist Magazine, and Plein Air Scene. She has received numerous awards, including First Place in the American Impressionist Society's National Show, the Irvine Museum Award at the Hawaii Plein Air Event, the Award of Excellence at the Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, and the Helen De Cozen Award at the American Artists Grand National Exhibition in New York. To see Jeanette's work, go to www.legrue.com.

Jeanette is an excellent teacher who uses daily demonstrations to emphasize seeing the abstract design in the landscape. Painting a la prima, she focuses on seeing the big shapes, and relationships of grays to color and color harmony. She has coined the F.I.S.H. School of Color, which is her trademarked approach. Jeanette takes beginners to professional level, and gives plenty of individual attention.

Here is Jeanette's description of her workshop:

The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and practice principals and techniques that will enable you to become a better plein air painter. First you will learn how to SEE the abstract design, essential for every successful painting. You will plan your painting then paint your plan. I will show you how to simplify and organize your painting so that you capture the essence of your subject. You will start by creating a small value painting so that you learn to see how painting is not about objects, but about the design. You will feel how relationships between light and shadow express emotion. I'm a "hands on" teacher. Through lectures, demos, and individual daily critique at the easel, each student will grow in their ability and discover their own strengths. A group critique will follow at the end of this class.

For more information about the workshop and registration, contact Tina Mayland at Tina@TinaMaylandArt.com.  The price for this workshop is $430 by Dec 1 and $475 after for CAG members and $450 by Dec 1 and $500 after for non-CAG members.