ARTIST'S RETREAT WEEK: We will open for the 2010 season with this annual retreat for artists. This year we are happy to welcome David Beynon Pena as our artist in residence.  David has taught both landscape and figure painting workshops at Rock Gardens in previous summers.  Mr. Pena is currently on the faculty of the NJ Center for Visual Arts and has taught at the Art Student's League, the National Academy of Design, the Montclair Museum and the School of Visual Arts. This year he will not be teaching as this is a retreat week, but he will be available for assistance in choosing where and what to paint, as well as leading several afternoon or evening group critiques. Participants work on their own and will have full use of the studio building to work inside, as well as the use of the grounds at Rock Gardens. (We ask that artists do not use oil paints inside the cottages.) So come alone, with a friend or group of friends, and enjoy the beautiful surroundings while you give yourself the space and time to do something you love.

JUNE 13 - 18• Artist's Retreat Week.
FEE: Single @ $1125
FEE: Sharing @ $885

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CARL SCHMALZ will continue the instructional series this summer with his "Watercolor Painting Workshop" featuring daily demonstrations and critiques. Professor Schmalz studied with and taught watercolor for Eliot O'Hara. He completed his Ph.D. in Art History while teaching and administering the Museum at Bowdoin College. From 1962 until 1995 he taught at Amherst College, and from 1969 to 1989 he ran his own summer workshops in Kennebunkport, Maine. He has also taught numerous workshops in the U.S., Canada and Bermuda. Currently he teaches at the Heartwood College of Art in Kennebunk, Maine. A member of the Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society, he has exhibited and lectured widely, and has served as entry juror and prize judge over much of the U.S. His paintings and prints are held in hundreds of private and public collections. His work has received many prizes and has been featured in American Artist, Splash, and other books and publications. The author of Watercolor Lessons from Eliot O'Hara and Finding and Improving Your Painting Style, he is represented by galleries in Kennebunkport, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts.

JUNE 20 - 25 • Watercolor Painting Workshop with Carl Schmalz
FEE: Single @ $1400
FEE: Sharing @ $1175
FEE: Non-participant @ $885

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BJÖRN RUNQUIST will teach a weekend workshop "Painting Plein-Air: In and Out of the Studio." The workshop will be an introduction to the basics and will focus on the dynamics of building a painting, both as a plein-air exercise and as a studio painting. Particular emphasis will be on capturing light and its use as a compositional element. Björn Runquist was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He grew up outside of New York City and spent his high school years in France before returning to the U.S. for college. Upon completion of college he moved to London where he received a Masters' degree in Romance languages and literature from Kings College. For the last 25 years he has made his home in Connecticut and Clark Island, Maine. He has painted all his life in a wide variety of mediums and began showing in galleries in the early 80's. Since then he has shown widely in galleries on the East Coast, including the Caldbeck in Rockland, Maine; Bachelier-Cardonsky in Kent, Connecticut; the Connecticut Biennial at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich; the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland; and the Allan Stone Gallery in New York. He currently has several large paintings on loan to the U.S. State Department in their Art in Embassies Program. He is currently represented by the Masters Gallery in Camden, Maine; Bachelier-Cardonsky in Kent, Ct.; and Horton-Hayes in Charleston, SC. His work can also be seen on his website at:

www.bjornrunquist.com.

JUNE 25 - 27 • Painting Plein-Air with Björn Runquist
FEE: Single @ $555
FEE: Sharing @ $465

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KAREN O'NEIL: Instructor
Assistant Instructor: PETER CLAPPER
KAREN O'NEIL has been instructing painting and drawing courses and workshops throughout the Northeast for over a decade, and is currently an instructor of painting at the Art Students League of New York Vytlacil campus. A graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, Ms. O'Neil studied in Provincetown with Henry Hensche and also at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has been the recipient of regional fellowships, and has been artist-in-residence at the Millay colony. Ms. O'Neil's award-winning work is included in numerous corporate and private collections. She is represented by galleries in New York, Indiana and Florida. Working directly from the landscape, participants in the "Direct, Fresh Painting Workshop" will have the opportunity to study the unique light of Casco Bay. The workshop will focus on the study of color-the atmospheric effects of light on color at different times of day. Simplifying your subject matter, warm and cool relationships, mixing neutral and gray colors are some of the basic painting issues this workshop will cover. Emphasis will be placed on sharpening individual painters seeing and drawing skills. Assisting students with fundamental drawing and observational skills will be Art Students League instructor Peter Clapper. (www.peterclapperpainting.com ) Peter will lead an informal powerpoint presentation and discussion on contemporary landscape painting, Wednesday evening. The workshop will be open to all mediums. Demonstrations will be conducted in oil paint. All skill levels are welcome.

www.karenoneilpaintings.us.vu

JUNE 27 - JULY 2 • Direct, Fresh Painting with Karen O'Neil
FEE: Single @ $1400
FEE: Sharing @ $1175
FEE: Non-participant @ $885

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This July we are very pleased to welcome two new instructors:  David Dewey and  Frank Webb.

DAVID DEWEY has a long teaching career.  He has taught at Parson’s School of Design in New York City from 1974-1997, the National Academy School of Fine Arts, and most recently at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.  His work is in many major museums as well as public and private collections.  He currently exhibits his work at the Bernaducci-Meisel Gallery in New York City and the Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland, Maine.  His book “The Watercolor Book” was published by Watson-Guptill in 1995 and offers a comprehensive look at the medium of watercolor.  His workshop LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP will take place on location beginning with a lecture and demonstration, and concluding with an encouraging review that focuses on: the watercolor medium and materials, on-location painting methods and skills, composition and COLOR.  The expressive power of COLOR is the key focus of all of David’s lectures and absorbing watercolor demonstrations and the primary reason for the great popularity of all of his workshops.

http://www.daviddeweywatercolors.com

JULY 4 - 9 • Landscape Watercolor Workshop with David Dewey
FEE: Single @ $1400
FEE: Sharing @ $1175
FEE: Non-participant @ $885

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FRANK WEBB, A.W.S. (DF) N.W.S. will be teaching his workshop WATERCOLOR, ESTHETICS AND ENERGIES.  Mr. Webb is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.  He also studied at the Fleisher Art Memorial and with painter Edgar Whitney.   Sixty years as a professional artist back up his current activities in painting, lecturing, jurying and writing.  He has conducted workshops globally and in 50 states.  In 2006 he was included in " 20 Great Watercolor Teachers" by the American Artist Magazine "Watercolor".  He is the author of three books and 5 DVD's. His work has appeared in numerous museums and galleries throughout the country and has received awards such as the American Watercolor Society's Bronze Medal of Honor among others.  His workshop is open to artists of all levels of ability save rank beginners.  The single, most important focus will be pictorial design, which includes planning, color, tonal values, expression and visual theme.  Demonstrations, personal instruction and objective criticism will sharpen participants’ critical powers.  Mr. Webb will have a one to one session with each participant each day.  "Along with Science, Theology and Philosophy, Art is one of the four grand inquiries.  Those bound together by art form some of life's most significant associations.  Expect to meet new friends.  When returning from the workshop to the solitude of our own studios we will be recharged by that temporary collaboration with gallant peers."

http://www.artshow.com/webb/index.html

JULY 11 - 16 • Watercolor, Esthetics and Energies with Frank Web
FEE: Single @ $1400
FEE: Sharing @ $1175
FEE: Non-participant @ $885

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We will continue our summer series with DAVID KAPP's new workshop "Painting and Drawing the Contemporary Landscape." David Kapp was born in New York City in 1953. He received his BFA from Windham College in Vermont and his MFA from Queens College in New York. His work can be found in public and private collections throughout the US including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of the City, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon and the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine to name a few. He has had solo exhibitions at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City, the Ruth Bachofner Gallery in Santa Monica, California, and the Galerie Michel Vidal in Paris, France, most recently. He has taught at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont; Brandeis University; Fordham University and Haverford College. He has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Rosenthal Foundation and the CAPS Fellowship in Painting. His work has been written about in publications such as The New York Times, The New York Observer, Art News and Art in America. David divides his time between New York City and Friendship, Maine.

This workshop will begin Saturday evening with a slide talk and be comprised of 2 days of drawing (outside) and 2 days of painting (outside) with one optional evening session drawing and painting nocturnes in downtown Bath , Maine. We will explore unconventional aspects of the contemporary landscape with focus on pictorial movement through space and the use of light.

www.davidkapp.com

** Please note this workshop will run from Saturday evening through Thursday morning to accommodate the Labor Day weekend.

AUGUST 28 - SEPT. 2 • Painting Outdoors with David Kapp
FEE: Single @ $1400
FEE: Sharing @ $1175
FEE: Non-participant @ $885

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LOIS DODD returns this September to teach her "Outdoor Painting Workshop." Ms. Dodd was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1927. She attended The Cooper Union in New York from 1945 to 1948. In 1952 she was one of five artists to establish the cooperative Tanager Gallery. She exhibited there until 1962. It was also in the 1950s that Ms. Dodd began spending summers in Maine. From 1971 to 1992 Ms. Dodd taught at Brooklyn College, and has, since 1980, served on the Board of Governors of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She has instructed at the Vermont Studio School. She is an elected member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and of the National Academy of Design. Currently the Alexandre Gallery in Manhattan represents Ms. Dodd. Her work is also shown in Maine at the Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland and can be found in collections at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland; Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick; Colby College, Waterville; the Ogunquit Museum of American Art; and at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. She resides in New York City. Ms. Dodd workshop will be primarily in oil, however students are welcome to work in other mediums if they prefer. Ms. Dodd will help students set up to paint, and will be available throughout the day, mingling with students as they work on the grounds or in the studio building. She will not be giving demonstrations. There will be group critiques at the end of the day.

SEPT. 12 - 17 • Outdoor Painting with Lois Dodd
FEE: Single @ $1400
FEE: Sharing @ $1175
FEE: Non-participant @ $885

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The Program

Sunday. Please plan to check in between 2:00 and 4:00 pm. There will be a get-acquainted complimentary cocktail party at 5:30, followed by dinner at 6:30. After dinner there will be an informal discussion between the instructor and workshop participants.

Monday through Friday. Classes will run most of the day, outdoors unless it rains. On rainy days, participants may work indoors, in our art studio building. Informal picnic lunches will be packed for you to enjoy on location. There will also be some evening discussions with the instructor and workshop participants to critique participant's work. On Friday, checkout time from the cottages is by 10:30; classes will end at noon with an oceanside lobster bake.

Rates

Rates include all classes, evening sessions, cocktail reception, lodging, three meals per day through Friday's lobster bake, and all taxes and gratuities.