CLARTSA040 - “Deep See” Painting: Small Works With Big Vision
Create small paintings with big vision in this short course with artist Laura Spector exploring unseen, overlooked and invisible worlds. Take a “deep see” into the deep sea and capture the delightful diversity of ocean life. Take an intimate look at the wonders hiding in plain sight as you paint microscopic creatures. Turn your eye to the skies and portray real and imagined landscapes and life-forms of outer space. This playful course is ideal for artists who want to see the world with fresh eyes, stretch their imaginations, and paint loose and free. Each student will create four small paintings in acrylic, oil, gouache or watercolor. This course is designed for students who have taken an introductory painting class or have basic familiarity with color theory, paint mixing and application.
Course Details
Laura Spector is a Houston-based artist and art instructor. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at The Jung Center Houston. She is best known for her acclaimed Museum Anatomy project, which began in 1996, where she collaborated with museum curators in 16 countries, searching for hidden, stolen, lost and destroyed paintings, which she reimagined in paint, photography and sculpture. Among Spector’s honors are a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, an individual grant from Houston Arts Alliance, the Sovereign Asian Art Prize and an artist-in-residence at Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Germany. Ms. Spector was recently an artist-in-residence at the Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Online--Synchronous
This course will be delivered in a synchronous format online. Participants will receive login instructions to the course page which will provide access to the virtual classroom link and other resources. All online classes are held at Central Standard Time.
Studio art supply lists are shared two weeks before the course start date. Contact cpcoord@rice.edu with questions. Participants are responsible for arranging their own transportation for the course field trip .