Instructor: Lisa Pressman
Monday - Wednesday
June 12 - 14
10am - 4pm
3 sessions

This three day workshop is based on prompts, verbs and exercises to get to the core of personal meaning. The focus is on exploration, intuition and pushing out of your comfort zone. We will be experimenting with charcoal, graphite, water media, ink, pigment sticks, cold wax and other materials on paper. Directives include formal elements such as line, shape, space, color, verbs and conceptual ideas with fast paced timing based on discovery rather than finished products.

This class provides an insightful experience in personal creative development.
Be prepared to be inspired.

Lisa Pressman’s career has been marked by exploring the rich, expressive potential of medium and materiality She has explored a range of processes, among them oil painting, encaustic, cold wax, and mixed-media collage. Her work is abstract, conceptual, and process-driven, defined by marks, forms, colors and patterns. The artist creates works that are evocative rather than descriptive. She has an MFA degree in Painting from Bard College. She has since exhibited at the national level in solo and group exhibitions, and her work is held in numerous private and public collections. Pressman is represented by Susan Eley Fine Arts in New York, Addington Gallery in Chicago, and Slate Gallery in Telluride, Colorado.   A highly respected arts educator, Lisa maintains a vigorous teaching program. She worked on the faculty of the former Art Institute of NY, a visiting professor at Pratt Institute and other universities. Pressman has taught workshops in France, Mexico, Italy and the US. She is renowned for her knowledge of encaustic, cold wax processes, concept-based courses, and presents annually at the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, MA. She is a core instructor for R&F Handmade Paints and co-founder of C2C Arts Project, a teaching and resource website. As a teacher, she facilitates each student’s voice, emphasizing the awareness of the source of what they are doing and why, and the medium and visual language with which they can most effectively express their artistic vision.