“Mastery is a humbling concept toward which we continue to strive; toward ever greater quality in our relationships with art, with craft, with self.” – DH

Overview

Oil painting mediums can be intimidating, as they offer a sophisticated approach to painting with unparalleled brilliance and depth, especially when paintings are produced in a calculated, layered approach. In this course, we will utilize simple, elegant solutions that can be easily modified to suit the needs of the artist throughout their painting process. Our mediums are formulated for their superior technical attributes, as well as their support of a nontoxic studio practice. Students will empower their painting practice by developing a thorough and practical comprehension of these essential aspects of the craft.

It’s a challenge to convey the animated lives of relief sculptures in a single photograph. This post aims to show some of the fleeting moments that bring the work and the studio to life, especially some of those that don’t make it into the portfolios that get seen.

Carvings are always looking for brilliant light sources to play with, bringing their dimensionality to a deeper level where the illusion becomes even more convincing and the mind starts to fill in colors and forms on its own.

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Since 2011, Aloria Weaver and I have been teaching painting seminars in far-flung locations around the world. There have been more drawings and paintings generated in these classroom settings than can be truly factored. We have had the pleasure of sharing the our continuing research and study of painting and painting mediums through our unique style of collaborative teaching, with many hundreds of passionate international artists as our student base. We have also had the pleasure of working alongside a number of brilliant art instructors, sharing our mutual dedication to the craft and to our students.

Courses include subject like traditional oil and egg tempera painting techniques, stone carving, handmade pigments, and sacred geometry as seen in ancient sacred architecture the world over. Regardless of the subject, we bring a unique synthesis of symbolism, philosophy and practical skills into every class.

The Testimonials and Student Works pages on the Luminous Flux Gallery website give further insight into the classroom experience.

A wide variety of approaches to painting are required to teach a wide variety of painting courses. Here are a few of the demonstration paintings that have some from the classroom. Many of the demo paintings are collaborations with Aloria Weaver.

Wish I Were Here
Postcards from the Borderlands of Reality & Imagination

Exhibitions & a self-published, collector’s edition of 33 art books, long since sold.
A series of original landscape oil paintings,
created en plein air, from memory & through the imagination.

There is always a unique angle available in painting, a stone as yet left unturned. Escaping predictability is essential to continued growth. Novel color combinations and different approaches help to kickstart the discovery process and help bring full presence back into the work. This series intends to capture fleeting atmospheric conditions, from both inner and outer vistas.

“You will never love art well, till you love what she mirrors better.”

– John Ruskin

Engaging in the diligent practice of observation is a refining aspect of Art, as much as it is a skill to be applied. The nature of observation is constantly in flux; from the entire scope of sight, down into microscopic details. We cannot simultaneously see everything in focus at once, and a painting can be a deeply accurate reflection of our true mode of perception.

Engaging with the eyes and working through the hands to awaken the heart to an order of beauty in which the artwork and the artist are blessed to partake.