Styrian Summer Art: Expressive storytelling - Acrylic painting | Jay Finger
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Workshop Description:
We want to narrate a story through painting, allowing plenty of room for interpretation, so that viewers can find their own meanings.
We start with the atmosphere: Where should the story begin? Who or what is it about? As we embark on this journey together, do we already have a destination in mind?
We will use photos and newspaper clippings as a starting point, as well as personal contributions or materials from the artist's collection. These will be spontaneously transformed with acrylic paints into generous, expressive compositions to suggest a story. A willingness to take risks in abstraction is required, and the aim is to discover and let flow one's own visual language, rather than creating a photorealistic representation.
"As your course leader, I will guide you by providing general advice on composition, color choice, and technique."
Here are photos from the Studio Class 2025!
Please bring:
The following material list is intended as a suggestion. You are welcome to bring your own painting and drawing materials to complement it.
- Sketchbook: A3 or larger
- Graphite or pencil: 3B–6B
- Charcoal
- Putty eraser, rubber eraser
- Pastel fixative
- Surface: pre-primed canvases for serial work in variable, individual sizes
- Colors: (Amsterdam)
Acrylic, Titanium White (225-500ml), Mixing White (preferably 500ml), Crimson Red, Magenta, Vermilion Red, Cadmium Yellow Dark, Lemon Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cyan Blue, Light Ocher, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Ivory Black - Acrylic binder (transparent paste)
- Brushes and spatulas: flat and round bristle brushes, flat and round synthetic hair brushes, flat priming brushes
larger and smaller artist spatulas
Additionally: - Work clothing: overall or painter's smock
- FFP3 mask (we can provide them at cost if needed)
- Many painting rags/towels: no kitchen rolls!
- Your own flash-free photo material (optional)
- Sketches (can serve as reference)
The Artist:
Jay Finger Born in Los Angeles.
1976 – 1986: Studied sculpture in Northridge, graphic design in Santa Monica, and architecture (BA), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
1980 – 1989: Senior Designer at The Nadel Partnership, Los Angeles
1989 – 1996: Architect at Karl Schmucker+Partner, Mannheim
Shift of professional focus to painting
2008 Move to Vienna
Since 2015 a member of the Klosterneuburg Artists' Association.
"I seek answers in my work, explore questions, try to form and articulate my own opinions on how we can move forward and develop. And I try to find the silver lining on the horizon."
Selected Exhibitions:
- Galerie Gans, Vienna • "Animals and the Creatures… and everything that crawls and flutters", ARTS Gallery in the Concert Hall, Ziersdorf •
- "Artists from Klosterneuburg", art 3 Gallery, Vienna
- "Art Against Violence", curated by Kleine Galerie, Vienna • "Why Does the World Eat the Way It Eats?", Klosterneuburg Artists' Association, Orangerie Schloss Hof
- Art Auction of the 'Auf Augenhöhe' Association, Musensaal Albertina, Vienna
- "Charity Art Auction, 'A Chance for Happiness'", Dorotheum, UNESCO Club Vienna
Website
Artists' Association Klosterneuburg
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About the offer
Meeting point
Nature Park Pöllauer Tal
Meeting point 9:30 AM in front of the Pöllau Tourism Office
Price information
380 €
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Styrian Summer Art: Expressive storytelling - Acrylic painting | Jay Finger
office@styriansummerart.at Website +43 664 54 04 289Operator
Styrian Summer ArtVerein Styrian Summer Art
Schloss 1,
8225 Pöllau bei Hartberg AT Plan route
