Floral Still Life Painting

with James Brandess

Saturday, August 3, 2024, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $75

This workshop includes lunch at 1:00 p.m.

Learn to paint a floral still life in oils from a local master. Turn your focus to painting from observation, using a demo floral arrangement made that morning as the subject. Luxuriate in the colorful playness and compositional inspiration that only flowers can provide. Students will be required to bring their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance. For a full-day making experience, during which you will make your own floral arrangement, sign up for the first part of this workshop, Flowering: History and Arrangement led by Maddie Reyna!

“I am a painter. I work primarily in oil. I studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. My relationship with Ox-Bow started in 1987 when, as a student at the School of the Art Institute, I answered an ad for a summer job. While at Ox-Bow, I began my practice of painting landscapes and people. I currently work in Saugatuck, Michigan. My studio and gallery has been in operation in downtown Saugatuck since 1994.” –James Brandess

James Brandess, An Autumn Bouquet, 2022, oil on canvas, 34 x 30 inches. Images courtesy of the artist.