We will investigate various approaches to representational and abstract painting, and the metaphorical meaning in figure and landscape paintings. Students will work from live models and landscape, and will discover how a basic image can be transformed into a personal statement through the process of painting and the artist’s imagination. Students are encouraged to experiment with ideas and techniques with the purpose of developing a personal expression. This workshop is designed for artists in all levels, both abstract and representational.

Ying Li, Professor of Fine Arts at Haverford College, PA. Selected Exhibitions: Centro Incontri Umani Ascona, Swizterland; ISA Gallery, Italy; Enterprise Gallery, Ireland; Museum of Rocheforten-Terre, France; The National Academy Museum, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Lohin Geduld Gallery, and Elizabeth Harris Gallery in New York; Gross McCleaf Gallery, James Michener Art Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia; The Hood Museum, NH. Selected Awards: Edwin Palmer Memorial Prize and Henry Ward Ranger Fund Purchase Award from National Academy NYC; Donald Jay Gordon Visiting Artist and Lecturer at Swarthmore College, Artist-in-Residence at Dartmouth College, the McMillan Stewart Visiting Critic, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Bibliography: The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art Forum, Art in America, New York Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Hyperallergic, artcritical, and The Washington Post.