Join us for a very special and unique Themed Thursday with artist Dick Folse!
Do you feel the need for guidance in taking the direction of your work to the next level? Have you reached a point in your artistic journey where you are unsure about artistic processes that will lead you toward your goals?
During this special Themed Thursday event, Dick will work with two Pastel Society of Southern California members to discuss formal, technical, and conceptual issues observed in their work in order to help them resolve issues and build the momentum in advancing artistic growth. The other Themed Thursday participants will watch and learn from the critique discussion and be able to interact and ask questions.
Dick believes that single painting critiques help resolve issues in individual works of art, but do not address the larger issue of developing a consistent investigative line of work, producing unique content, and understanding conceptual perspectives about an artist's overall canon of paintings. Dick will give examples from individual works and tie comments to the participant's artistic objectives. The overall goal will be to highlight strengths and weaknesses and discuss methods and processes that lead to the strengthening of a definitive artistic personal style. In addition, we will talk about how to find inspiration from current and historical artists.
About Dick…
Dick Folse earned a Master of Fine Arts from Illinois State University in 1990, where he studied studio art with notable landscape painters James D. Butler, Harold Gregor, and Ken Holder, and had a lengthy internship with painter James McGarrell. He has taught art at Bradley University, Illinois State University, and Illinois Wesleyan University.
Dick is an award-winning artist that has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally, including in China and Japan. He has lived and painted in Spain and take many plein air painting trips to southern France. Currently, Dick lives in Ripon, Wisconsin on the Ceresco Prairie. He produces unique, original oil and watercolor paintings of the prairie and nearby Green Lake. Dick fits strongly with artists working as Contemporary Landscape Painters in the American Tradition, highlighting a renewed sense of the preciousness of land and its spirit.