Pending Confirmation - Flower Power Workshop with Carrie Clayden
Date Saturday, May 9 | 11:00am - 4:00pm
Skill Level Beginners + | Ages: All
Cost $210* General | $200* NUMU Members
*No Materials Fee
Welcome blooming artists to this floral themed painting workshop taught by Carrie Clayden. Carrie is excited to offer her first weekend workshop teaching her favorite theme: Flowers! You are encouraged to bring 3-5 canvases (minimum) and expect to leave with many finished paintings! Demos will include how to build layers, use our hands for flowers and stabilo pencils for stems. We will dance and play listening to Carrie's awesome playlist, and break for a delicious lunch- potluck style. This experience is always a gift to yourself and your art. Everyone leaves happy and with paintings they can hang in their home. You receive valuable techniques you can implement into your art process while having FUN making art.
About the artist
Carrie Clayden is a native Californian, growing up in Los Gatos, Ca. She received her Bachelors of Arts from UCSC in 1995 and now resides in Santa Cruz, Ca. Carrie is an internationally known artist, having been represented by The Art Agency in London, JCOS in Los Gatos, Ca, and Curated by the Sea in Capitola. Florals are Carrie’s mainstay, using her hands to create dancing petals never fails to delight her senses. Her painting style is semi-abstract in nature, dreamy and ethereal in feeling, abstractions hinting at stories untold. The foreground and backgrounds negotiate and dance to an exquisite never ending narrative. A celebration of the advent of spring (Carrie’s birth month), the confidence of femininity and the fountain of rebirth, Carrie’s paintings exhibit a richness and depth as though each piece had been created over the course of many years. She teaches classes at the Santa Cruz Art League and has an enthusiastic following of students.
Painting is my passion. The possibilities are endless. I love to dip my hands in paint and literally put myself into the painting. Layers are everything. The time, the history and the stories that come from building layers all make a better painting. I could paint on one canvas forever but I force myself to do several at once. Capturing a mood, a moment, a place and freezing it on canvas is a high like no other. Old things fascinate me, the stories they could tell. I want to capture that essence with my own hands. Painting with abandon is my mission.
Website: www.carrieclayden.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/carrieclaydenart/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/carrieclayden/
Note: Advanced registration is mandatory. Workshops start on time; please allow 30 minutes for parking.
*All class fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. A minimum registration of 10 students is required to offer this workshop. If the minimum requirement is not met, you will receive a cancellation notice one week before the program date.
