2-Day June Workshop
“Jazz Up Your Plein Air Painting”
with George VanHook
Workshop Dates:
Monday & Tuesday – June 9 & 10
$245—per person for a 2-day workshop
$145—per person for a 1-day
(plus any venue entry fees – example, to a State Park)
(meet up spot specified and organized by George)
RAIN DATE Wednesday June 11
Plein Air Workshop / All Medium (oil, Acrylic, WC) - / All levels (Beginner to Advanced) / Work Shop Hours: 9.30 – 3:30 pm / 30 min lunch break
This first workshop (for me!) is the perfect opportunity to “jazz up “ your plein air chops! We will be working together on both the basics AND some of the advanced techniques that we all seek to produce fun, exciting and satisfying outdoor paintings. We will cover basic composition, color palette and proper equipment for working outside. I will offer simple demonstrations that you can follow alongside, and then individual, personal instructions for each of you as you progress through your own painting. Helping solve issues for each artist. Any level welcome!
My approach emphasizes the fun and joy of creating something unique, and we will all share and grow together.
Note: The PRR gallery has a few French easel box to lend out for those who have no easel, but want to try out Plein Air Oil painting.
George Van Hook
George is a nationally recognized artist who has won numerous Plein Air competitions and awards for his oils and watercolors. George stresses alla prima painting using a loose and fast approach to capture the landscape in the first try.
George Van Hook’s paintings have been exhibited for over 40 years throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Van Hook’s painterly style follows in the tradition of the impressionists. Inspired by a love of nature fostered by long hours painting “en plein air,” Van Hook paints with gusto and passion, bringing a freshness and immediacy to the rural scenes where he lives in upstate New York. His fly-fishing paintings painted on location on well-known trout streams are sought after in this country.
Van Hook is also a noted figurative artist who paints people engaged in an outdoor activity or thoughtfully posed in sunlit interiors. George has updated that theme with depictions of young women in garden settings who seem lost in thought or amused by children at play; or outfitted men casting their lines in a trout stream. His paintings display the Impressionist interest in color, light, and rich paint, yet the figures and settings are decidedly contemporary.
Workshop includes live demos and individual attention. Please bring your own plein air equipment, supports, and media (oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic), as well as your own lunch.
Download the materials list here. Currently, the exact Canandaigua or location for panting is to be determined.
REFUND POLICY FOR SPECILITY WORKSHOPS
We understand that things come up and sometimes people must cancel their workshop reservation. Please help us continue to offer rich and engaging workshop experiences with top artists at the most affordable costs possible, by reading and adhering to our cancellation, refund, and transfer policies.
Cancellations
Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery LLC reserves the right to cancel a class or workshop if enrollment minimums are not met or if there is an emergency which requires us to do so. In the event PRR Gallery LLC needs to cancel, workshop participants will be notified with a phone call and email within 48 hours of the expected start time. If an emergency the day of the workshop forces a cancellation, all workshop participants will be notified by phone and text message. In the event of a workshop cancellation by Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery LLC, a full refund will be given or the student will have the option to transfer to another class if there is availability and space.
Refund Requests for Specialty Workshops
Refund requests must be made via email, by phone, or in person no later than 10 days from the workshop date for a full refund if you paid cash or via check. Refunds via credit card refund will reflect a 5% fee.
50 % percent of the workshop fee will be refunded for requests made 9-4 days prior to a workshop. Refund requests made 3 days or less prior to a workshop will not be issued. Missed workshop classes are non-refundable.
Transfers
If you would like to transfer your workshop reservation to a different workshop offered at Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery LLC or transfer your reservation to another person, you must do so prior to 10 days from the workshop date. Please call us at 585-394-0030 to do so.