Learning to paint should be joyous, exciting and just a bit challenging! I spent twenty years working with graduate students in Master of Fine Arts programs at Goddard College and Rhode Island School of Design, and I approach my workshops with the same seriousness I had as a professor. While my workshops are intended to provide graduate-level content, they are designed for artists at all levels of experience. I try very hard to provide individualized learning to everyone who works with me. 

I believe growing as a painter involves three things: 1) making paintings (learning by doing); 2) looking at painting (learning from others); and 3) talking about painting (sharing ideas, resources, and technique). As a result my workshops become vital learning communities, in which all participants share and grow as artists.

I'm very flexible as an instructor and see workshops as a way to support our growth as painters and to immerse ourselves in the process of painting. I'm not product-focused, and always prefer that workshops fuel us for artmaking in the weeks and months after the workshop is over. I provide a lot of learning resources above and beyond what’s presented in the workshop.

I offer some prompts, but encourage participants to make their own 'assignments.' While we can discuss many things about painting as a group, I offer one-to-one meetings as a way to focus on each participant’s specific questions or concerns.

My current workshop offerings are available here.