Date: Wednesdays, September 13-27, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time (1:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time/6:00-8:30 PM London Time)
Level: All
Medium: Oil or acrylic
Discover how to move between representation and abstraction in this 3-week class with award-winning artist Anton Nowels. Attain an understanding of the anatomy of the form in order to learn how to deconstruct it. Discover how to integrate the use of deconstruction with the Notan to develop more dynamic compositions and learn how Anton uses deconstruction and Gestalt design principles to move the form toward abstraction. Class will include discussions of Modern and Postmodern artists who have used deconstruction in their own work. Anton will use both the still-life and landscape as subject matter for demonstrations. All levels welcome.
Medium: All 2-D mediums (instructor will teach in oils.)
Week 1: Anatomy of Form
Week 2: Deconstruction and Gestalt Design Principles
Week 3: Integrating deconstruction and Notan
Anton Nowels is an accomplished artist whose work has been been exhibited on a national level. Nowels is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society (AIS) and recently won a Landscape Painting award at the Oil Painters of America (OPA) National Exhibition. This year, he participated in the Brinton Museum’s Residency program in Big Horn, Wyoming.
As a workshop instructor at Scottsdale Artists’ School, Winslow Art Center, and the Tubac School of Fine Art, Anton teaches and explores color theory approaches employed by Charles Hawthorne, Henry Hensche, Sergei Bongart, and Josef Albers. Nowels paints a variety of subjects and experiments with painting techniques. The Maynard Dixon Legacy Museum in Mt. Carmel, Utah, represents Anton’s work and has welcomed him as a guest artist at their Maynard Dixon Country events.
Nowels has studied both contemporary and fine art. At Scottsdale Artists’ School, he earned scholarships to study with Ned Mueller, Camille Przewodek, and Romel de la Torre. At Arizona State University, he studied Interdisciplinary Art and explored contemporary art practices, including performance, installation, and video.
Currently, Nowels is working on a series of large-scale paintings that focus on both representation and abstract impressionism. antonnowels.com
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