2025 ARTIST WORKSHOP: Amy Brnger

June 12 - 14, 2025
The gallery is once again proud to host Amy Brnger's Workshop! 

Participants will paint together for 3 days.  Amy will help you develop paintings that reflect the natural world but are also uniquely yours.  You will focus on direct observation and concentrate on finding a strong composition, practice incorporating color and relationships, emphasize strong values, brush stroke energy, surface work, and warm and cool temperatures to help you develop spacious and rich paintings.

 Amy will demo and discuss issues unique to plein air painting: changing light and weather, using major shapes to keep you from getting bogged down in detail, and using color relationships without using an overabundance of tubes of color. Each day will begin with a demo related to the day's work. After this, participants work, receiving individualized feedback and instruction related to your painting style and intuitive touch.

This workshop is being held outside, both in and around Acadia National Park.  Participants must be familiar with setting up and taking down their plein easels before attending this workshop.  Please make sure you have the proper hiking boots/sneakers along with sunscreen, a sunhat and lightweight rain jacket for inclement weather.  There may be some (easy) hiking/walking involved so please be prepared and dress accordingly.  In other words, this is plein air painting at its finest! 

Medium: Oil, acrylic or watercolor (Amy will demo in oil).

To enhance the artist's experience during this workshop, we are accommodating a maximum of 8 participants. Please contact Tyra Hanson via email to register: tyra@galleryatsomessound.com. Provide a brief bio verifying your level of experience as a painter along with a few images of your work.  Tuition is $725 per person (lunch included) for the 3 days and will be due upon confirmation of your acceptance.

Lodging suggestions will be made upon request.