Date recorded: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Level:All levels welcome
Medium: Oil sticks
Presentation Type: Talk
Join Debora Stewart for a one-hour introduction to the expressive possibilities of oil sticks in contemporary floral painting. In this engaging presentation, Debora will discuss why she is drawn to oil sticks for their rich pigment, direct mark-making, and ability to move fluidly between drawing and painting.
Through images of recent floral works and selected demonstration footage, she will explore how oil sticks can be layered over an expressive ground to create depth, movement, and luminous color. Topics will include surface preparation, handling techniques, and how structure and gesture work together within bouquet compositions.
This talk is designed to inspire artists who are curious about oil sticks or looking to expand their floral work into more painterly and contemporary territory.
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Debora Stewart is a Signature Member and a Master Pastellist of the Pastel Society of America and a member of the Master’s Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies. She is also the author of a Northlight book titled Abstract Art Painting: Expressions in Mixed Media and a series of videos on abstract painting from Northlight TV. She teaches workshops for artists in abstraction throughout the U.S. Her pastels and paintings are available through galleries in Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois.
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