Steven Aimone has taught workshops for more than a decade on various aspects of painting, drawing, and design in a variety of locations, most notably in Florida, North Carolina, and Maine. All workshops are highly individualized and hands-on, holistic in approach, include interactive critiques, and feature intensive one-on-one coaching and instruction.

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Coming up this spring!

The Spiritual Language of Art:

ABSTRACT PAINTING

(Nonobjective Composition /Processes of Abstracting from a Reference)

Nainamo (Vancouver Island), British Columbia, Canada

October 30-November 3, 2010

One session of this workshop, held in May, was so successful that we're conducting another this fall...

(left: workshop painting by artist / participant Jill Ehlert; right: view of the mainland from Vanouver Island at Nanaimo)

Join us in Nanaimo (Vancouver Island), British Columbia for this innovative and challenging introduction to abstract painting. The workshop focuses on two areas of concentration.

The first focus is on the language of non-objective composition. Explore what art can say IN ADDITION TO OR APART FROM its traditional purposes of describing external appearances, telling literary narratives, and expressing specific and pre-determined emotions.  Develop your understanding of what nonobjective compositions mean, and how and why they work. Shared challenges will guide you on your way.

The second focus explores a variety of ways of abstracting from a visual reference. Whenever you work from the visible, you inevitably select, distill, arrange, and alter the visual forces you find at your disposal. Here, you'll look at a broad range of possibilities taken from art history and contemporary art. Then, a series of shared challenges will guide you on your exploration and enable you to find approaches that are satisfying to you.

While the majority of hands-on challenges are executed in painting and drawing media, this workshop is neither media not technique specific, and no technical expertise is required. Features regular interactive discussion and critique.

For more details, contact workshop organizer Mary Stewart at: marystewart@telus.net

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