Introduction to Abstract Painting (All Levels) with Ellen Hallie Schiff
4 weeks • Monday • Feb. 4, 11, 25, Mar. 4 • 1:30 – 4 pm
$140M/$175NM
Intrigued by the idea of painting abstractly? This four session class will give you a taste of painting in an abstract manner . We will be working with black and white water based enamel on watercolor paper. This experience has been called “freeing” and “a lot of fun “ by so many students. Experience what it feels like to paint this way . Lots of individualized instruction and discussion . The works you produce here can be the beginnings of new ideas and directions.About Ellen Hallie Schiff
Artist’s Statement
An essential truth seems to come alive when I use my body to create my paintings- something visceral and muscular; a directness that feels so “right”. The authentic mark is what I am after; the true, non-gimmicky, not contrived mark; the mark that is made when “I am the painting I am painting”. Playing with the paint, working sometimes at the speed of light, other times slowly and deliberately; all coming together in a flurry of physical activity. The result is an authentic moment in time.
Ellen is Vice President of The Art Guild of Port Washington and on the Art Advisory Council of the Port Washington Library. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in Philadelphia and New York. Her friend and mentor is Stan Brodsky.