Workshop with Venosa and Hoffmann
Painting the Fantastic - 7-Day workshop with Martina Hoffmann and Robert Venosa.
September 2009
Rhinebeck Campus: Rhinebeck, NY (US)
Limited enrollment, register early. More information or a list of things to bring is provided after registration.
This 7-day workshop offers the rare opportunity to learn oil and portrait painting with internationally renowned visionary art masters Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffmann. Open to both beginner and accomplished artists alike, this workshop takes us on a creative adventure into expressing our personal visual language. From the initial exercises of free-form painting through to the detailed finished work, we tap into the technical expertise and creative abilities within our reach, while discovering the joy and illuminating power of visionary art. The program includes introduction and application of the misch technique, oil painting, portrait painting, a power-point lecture on the history of visionary art, presentations by and about the instructors, and a group exhibit.
The Fantastic ‘implies a lack of restraint in the imagination’, and such is the approach to painting taken in this unique workshop. For beginners and accomplished artists alike, this workshop is for all those wishing to tap into the artistic capabilities that lie within their reach and discover the joy and illuminating power of painting. Utilizing a simplified approach, which the leaders call ‘Serendipitous Exploitation’, an emotional outpouring of color and form is first applied to a surface, followed by studied, individual detailing of the personal visions the imagination presents. Through this simple process, the artist can begin to create essential form and color that is enlivening, enlightening and amazingly fantastic. The premise: to exercise right-brain potential in a non threatening, effortless, and exuberant manner that instills joy, self discovery, and newfound self-esteem. With an emphasis on individual attention, this workshop covers the needs and desires of all involved while exceeding all expectations.
The visionary art of Robert Venosa has been exhibited worldwide and is represented in major collections. He has done film design (sketches and conceptual design for the movies Dune, Fire in the Sky, and Race for Atlantis), and his work has been featured on several CD covers, including those of Santana and Kitaro.
German-born artist Martina Hoffmann‘s work has been exhibited internationally and has been published in books, calendars, and magazines such as True Visions, Noospheres, Illuminatus, The Return of the Great Goddess, Shaman’s Drum, and WellBeing. She teaches visionary painting techniques around the world with her husband Robert Venosa.
For more information and to register, please visit the Omega Website.
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