Plein Air Painting Workshop with Beth Rundquist: Celebrating Frederic Church’s 200 Years

In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of America’s greatest landscape artist, Frederic Church, The Olana Partnership is partnering with artist Beth Rundquist to offer plein-air painting workshops at the artist’s historic home and landscape. Olana’s breathtaking views provide endless inspiration for artists, and this workshop will focus on capturing interpretations of Church’s beautiful, designed landscape.
Over the course of three days, participants will focus on developing skills of drawing, composition, and painting through keen observation of nature “en plein air” or outdoors. Under Beth’s instruction, students will broaden their knowledge of mixing color and applying paint to achieve their personal creative goals, learning to see their subjects with clarity. Participants may work in the medium of their choice and will receive demonstrations to understand composition and the relationships between color, textures, and line. Each day will conclude with a group discussion and opportunity to share experiences. Some painting experience is required for this workshop. All mediums are welcome; materials not included. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided. $575 Members/$675. Register at the artist’s website at www.bethrundquist.com/contact
Beth Rundquist is a New York based Artist and Portrait Painter. She earned a BA in art from Smith College and continued her studies at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Connecticut, L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, the Repin Institute of Russia in St. Petersburg, and studied sculpture at The Sculpture Center and Sculpture Studio in New York. Her work has been exhibited at multiple galleries including Hoorn Ashby Gallery (New York, NY), and Pamela Salisbury Gallery (Hudson, NY) among others. Beth has received numerous awards for her work including the Richard and Mary Schroeder Portrait Award, Bryan Family Foundation Award from the Copley Society in Boston, Massachusetts, and Merit awards form The National Portrait Society and Richeson. She has been featured in American Art Collector, American Artist, H & G and fine Art Connoisseur. Beth has been teaching Painting for 20 Years both privately and at The New York Academy of Art in New York. She runs painting workshops both in the US and abroad and her extensive commissioned oil portraits and paintings hang in prominent private collections and public spaces around the world.