The May Edition of Inside the Artists Studio features one of Art-A-Fairs 2014 Summer Workshop Instructors - Oil Painter Bill Denham. Read on to learn a bit about this talented artist and his unusual technique! INSIDE THE ARTISTS STUDIO: Oil Painter Bill Denham His middle name should be Art. Bill Denham - award-winning painter, avid art collector, 2014 Art-A-Fair exhibitor and Summer Workshop instructor - is as consumed by art as one can be. He has actively pursued his passion since childhood, cultivating a special affinity for early California impressionism. His work is greatly influenced by the hundreds of paintings hes acquired over the years that now make up a vast personal art collection he maintains in the southern California home he shares with Donna, his wife of 54 years. What began with the purchase of a small William Wendt has grown to include 150-200 fine art acquisitions. The artist works his magic at The Cottage Garden, the Orange, California, studio hes occupied for the past 21 years. Much of Bills work space is occupied by volumes of art books and towering stacks of his own framed paintings. Why store his own work in-studio, when he could proudly display it at home? Its a necessity, Bill explains, because virtually every inch of his in-home wall space is needed to display his collected works. The man paints four hours a day, seven days a week. Bill is as comfortable applying detail to a tiny clayboard as he is painting a mural - like the massive, 17-foot canvas commissioned by the Balboa Bay Club. The mural, depicting the Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race, required no less than three easels and the full length of Bills studio to complete! As for technique, Bill simply sees things in the paint. Rather than work plein aire, or from photographs, Bill prefers to simply block out basic areas of sky blue, earth tones, and foliage colors on a panel; he then moves the pigment around on the panel using a wad of scrunched-up cellophane. Eventually, he will spot a recognizable composition taking shape. At that time, Bill begins meticulously blending the emerging scene with a feather. Finally, hell apply the detail with a paint brush. Would you like to learn to paint landscapes from imagination like Bill? Enroll in Art-A-Fairs Traditional Oils Workshop which concentrates on painting California style landscapes using glazes. Bills workshop will be offered Sundays from June 29 – July 27, and Mondays from August 4 – 25. Please contact the Art-A-Fair office at (949) 494-4514 for additional information. Between workshops, you can find Bill and purchase his paintings in Art-A-Fair Booth D16.
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 16:34:26 +0000
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