Fabulous Faces - Expressive Oil Paintings and Portraits of Local Wildlife

Sarah Webber

Course Description

Join Sarah in a weekend of painting animals and animal portraits in an expressive, colorful and lively manner. Combining demonstrations focusing on design, color and overall interpretation, Sarah will share her working methods and how she sees her subjects. Students are encouraged to work in oils or acrylics and will work from a variety of subjects, taxidermy, sculpture as well as photographs. Students can expect to complete several quick studies as well as finished compositions.

Instructor

Sarah J. Webber grew up in St. Paul, MN in an artistic family. At an early age she showed an affinity towards both music and art. She graduated from the University of MN in 1987, with a fine arts degree in vocal performance and a minor in art history. Later that year, she relocated west to Jackson Hole, Wy, a favorite family spot. There, she became interested in oil painting after meeting some of the local artists. She took workshops with landscape painters Scott Christensen and Matt Smith, while exploring portraiture at Central Wyoming College. In the 1990`s she relocated to Scottsdale, AZ, and furthered her art studies at Scottsdale Artist School which included workshops with Kevin MacPherson, and attending classes drawing models from life. In 2001, after spending nearly 10 years working in art galleries, she began to explore the idea of painting full time. She started placing oil paintings of barnyard animals, a subject matter she loves, in galleries and noticed that her paintings were quickly purchased. Sarah's style is painterly but also incudes an element of realism with a focus on expressiveness, lush color and thick brushwork. She achieves this by starting with a good drawing, then pushing around the paint with a confident but sensitive brushstroke. She also likes to play with color, surface quality, design and simplified form. Sarah`s influences include deceased masters N. C. Wyeth, Frank Tenney Johnson, William Herbert Dunton, W. R. Leigh, Bob Kuhn, living artists Peggi Kroll Roberts and landscape painter Glenn Dean. Sarah's home and studio are in Wilson, WY.
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