Landscape Painting in Crawford Notch Oct. 18-20
Published Date: Tuesday, 01 October 2013 04:09
Appalachian Mountain Club presents Landscape Painting in Crawford Notch with master painter Michael Vermette, Oct. 18-20. The course features three days of painting inspiration in the same landscape that captivated the White Mountain masters at the turn of the century. Teacher and master painter Michael Vermette instructs this on-site workshop by demonstrating plein air painting techniques in oils and watercolors. Participants benefit from expert instruction while taking up the brush to create their own works of art amidst dramatic mountain scenery. Lodging, meals and instruction are provided at AMC Highland Center.
About the artist and instructor: A full-time artist and part-time teacher, Michael Vermette has been painting in oil, watercolor, and pastel for more than 40 years and has won numerous awards for his work, including the Laura Coleman and the Beverly Awards at the 12th and 13th biennial North American Open Shows of the New England Watercolor Society. His watercolors, oils, and pastels are in private collections throughout the country and internationally. Vermette's paintings show a love of color and light with emphasis on the expressive painterly mark and form which evoke a recognizable feeling, a nostalgic memory, or emotional qualities such as the smell of salt and balsam in the air. In his oils, watercolors, and pastels he emboldens color by putting into practice traditional methods of the masters to cause the pigment to be brighter, richer, and more translucent.
AMC Highland Center, Route 302, Bretton Woods, NH. For more information contact the Appalachian Mountain Club at (603) 466-2727. AMC Outdoor Explorations are sponsored in part by L.L. Bean & the William T. Morris Foundation.
