NAKED PAINT
Public Figure Painting Demonstration with
Brian Rego & David Campbell
***** COURSE IS CLOSED *****
Advanced Registration is Recommended but Not Required
Attendance fee is discounted for payment in advance.
Schedule
Registration Deadline: Online RSVP and payment is recommended ASAP. Walk-in attendance will be accepted on a first-come first-serve basis.
Description
Open to the public! Join visiting artists Brian Rego and David Campbell as they simultaneously demonstrate their different approaches to painting the live nude model.
Both artists look to connect visual discovery with a more mysterious narrative undercurrent, but their styles contrast in ways that will be fascinating to observe. The artists will paint for approximately 3 ½ hours with a brief wine/refreshment intermission, and conclude with a half hour question and answer session.
Seating will be provided, and will be on a first-come first-served basis. Observers are welcome to come and go quietly throughout the evening’s demonstration.
What is Perceptual Painting?
Brian Rego and David Campbell formed the Perceptual Painters group in 2008 to join artists with similar sensibilities. What are these sensibilities? According to artist Brian Rego:
“In the broadest sense every painter is a perceptual painter – that is, one who perceives as one paints. Though I think most painters who paint from life with some mode of observation consider themselves perceptual painters because the term historically correlates to the act of looking and perceiving what is seen and felt through the senses. Whether directly or indirectly looking at the motif in real time or in memory, the painter relies on multiple levels of interpretation, implementing one’s sensibilities through the use of imagination and play, to create a meaningful connection to experience…What gives a painting its power is the accumulation of the painter’s experience embodied in one image.”
Cost
Discount for Advanced Registration:
$20 (Student Rate $10*) if registered and paid by June 4th
(register and pay online here)
$25/$15 at the door
For cash payments at the door, we ask that it be in the exact amount.
* Student rates only with valid current academic student i.d.
Location
Hosted
at Manifest's Drawing Center Studios in Madisonville at 4905 Whetsel Avenue (second floor) (see map and directions below). Manifest's studio facility provides two classrooms totalling over 3000 square-feet. The
studios are outfitted with professional equipment, furniture, and study aids.
