Anton Nowels – Monumental Abstraction: Playing with Space (Online Class Recording)

Date recorded: Friday, July 14, 2023
Medium: All – instructor demo will be done in oil

Take a journey between two worlds of representation and abstraction! In this Technique Takeaway, Anton Nowels will look at the work of Joan Mitchell, Claude Monet, Ed Mell, and Maynard Dixon and explore how to design paintings that blend both the geometric and expressively abstract forms.

Strengthen your compositions and find more dynamic designs in your work! Great for all skill levels.

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

$40 for two months access

About Our Past Technique Takeaways:

Discover specific art techniques that you can ‘take away’ from some of your favorite artists and apply to your own work. This one-and-a-half hour recorded presentation will showcase a process that the artist incorporates in their daily art practice. Instruction will be through a combination of lecture and demonstration.

You’ll be able to watch the recording as many times as you would like for two months (for example, for a purchase on March 4th at noon, the recording would be available until May 4th at noon).

There are no ongoing charges. There is one $40 charge and then the “subscription” access will expire automatically after two months with no renewal, no cancellation needed and no additional charges. Please check the subscription section of the FAQs if you would like more information.

A link to the recording will be included in your on-screen purchase confirmation and in your purchase confirmation email. You must be signed in to your Winslow Art Center account to access the recording. (There is no Zoom link for this event as it has already taken place).

You will also find a link to this recording on your Online Class Groups page for two months after purchase.