CLARTSA212 - A Painting Feast
Celebrate the joy of food in this painting course that draws inspiration from the confections and feasts of Wayne Thiebaud and other artists throughout history. This course is a tribute to the accomplished colorist Thiebaud, who passed away last year at 101. He celebrated cakes, pies, ice-cream sundaes, doughnuts, hot dogs, roasts, and humble peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, among other subjects. Approaching every painting as a beginner, Thiebaud described food as “poetic,” “glorious” and “strangely uncommon.” Students will receive guidance on how to set up a unique still life and create simplified drawings. You will build up to working in traditional acrylic, gouache or oil painting methods using textured mediums to create brightly colored, richly finished paintings. Each student will complete multiple small paintings. This course is designed for students who have taken an introductory painting course or have basic familiarity with color theory, paint mixing and application.
Course Details
Laura Spector is a fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts, a recipient of an individual grant award from the Houston Arts Alliance and Artist-in-Residence recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation. She exhibited at Grand Rapids Art Museum in 2016, FotoFest 2014 and in Lawndale Art Center’s “Big Show” in 2013 and 2017. Her work has been featured in R2: The Rice Review, The Harvard Review, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and “The Real Real Thing: The Model in the Mirror of Art.” She has studied fine art at both the Flemish Classical Atelier in Belgium and Virginia Commonwealth University, and was a resident artist at Atelierhaus Hilmsen in 2016. Her artwork can be seen in exhibitions and collections around the world.
Online--Synchronous
This course will be delivered in a synchronous format online. Registered 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.
Fee does not include cost of supplies, approximately $150–$200. Studio art supply lists are shared two weeks before the course start date. Contact cpcoord@rice.edu with questions.