North Fork Artist Charles Wildbank Offers Painting Classes & Open Studio Tours on June 23 & 24, 2018
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ARTIST: Charles Wildbank
WHEN: Painting Classes: Saturday, June 23 and Sunday June 24, 2018, from 9 to 11 a.m. for painting instruction in Photorealism. Sign up for one session or two.
Open Studio Tours: Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24, 2018 from noon to 6 p.m. Open to the Public. Free Admission.
WHERE: Henry Lewis Lane toward end at cul-de-sac in Jamesport, a hamlet of Riverhead Town, set on the North Fork.
DIRECTIONS: from Riverhead, take Sound Avenue east to Pier Avenue and make right turn onto Henry Lewis Lane toward end at cul-de-sac, follow signs inside.
CONTACT: [email protected]
ADDITIONAL: The next painting class will be offered the weekend of July 14 and 15, 2018
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Artist Charles Wildbank with his “Golden Pear” painting 36” x 45”. Courtesy of the artist.
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“Enthusiasm is the key to art mastery”
On the weekend of June 23 & 24, 2018, artist Charles Wildbank is offering painting lessons in Photorealism in his studio in Jamesport, NY. The classes are held 9 to 11 a.m. daily. Wildbank then opens his studio to the public from noon to 6 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Admission to the Open Studio Event is free. The fee for the painting class is $75 and includes a canvas and use of paints.
The classroom theme of the day will be a still life study of wet cherries. Classes will be followed by an open studio tour starting at noon til 6 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to view his towering seascapes, still life and portraits while visiting both his home and Studio set upon his landscaped grounds.
For more information, click http://wildbank.com/OpenStudioTourClasses.pdf .
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"Top of the Wave" by Charles Wildbank. Acrylic on canvas, 38 x 120 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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Weekend of Creativity
The weekend after Fathers Day, June 23 and 24, let it be a weekend of celebration of creativity. Charles Wildbank will be instructing class on the tricks of painting a still life of wet cherries, step by step inside his studio. Price of instruction is $75 for 2 hours of intensive painting which includes a canvas and use of paints. Class instruction will be followed by an open studio tour open to public free from noon to 6 pm on both days.
Commencing the tour in the afternoon, at the main entrance, one is greeted by a massive Golden Wave painting, awash with abstract references to the highly decorative forms of Gustav Klimt. Encrusted with gold leaf, it floats colonies of geometric shapes, a looming tsunami in the making.
Nearby stands Luvin’ Wave resonating in its sensuously cosmic design, a luminous red wave teeming with yin yang summoning the dualities of the male and female, water and fire, chaos and calm.
Onlooking the surrounding visual poetry of nature stand these towering portraits in the open loft overhead, capturing the very subjects in the artist’s life, contemporary folk, children and grownups alike. In the next room, a bedroom, is a collection of sleeping portraits a fitting cure all for insomniacs.
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"Portrait of Abby" by Charles Wildbank. Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 51 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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In the next salon, reserved for dining, the walls have that effect of sweet bombardment of delectable desserts painted to whet one’s appetites: ice cream, cake, petit four cakes swarming with picnic ants…
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Charles Wildbank Residence Interior. Courtesy of the artist.
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The house tour is followed by a glimpse into his adjacent studio a short step down and facing the Moon Garden outside the glass doors. There will be a display of small prints and giclees for the browsing.
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At Henry Lewis Lane cul-de-sac. Courtesy of the artist.
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Charles Wildbank's Moon Garden. Courtesy of the artist.
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For anyone who cannot make it out to Wildbank's neck of woods this weekend, the next painting class will repeat on weekend of July 14 and 15, 2018. The classroom theme of the day will be a painting study of a convincingly detailed wet eye in Photorealism on canvas. Price of instruction for the class, taking place from 9 to 11 a.m., is $75 and includes a canvas and use of paints. Art students can sign up for either Saturday or Sunday morning classes by contacting Charles Wildbank by email [email protected] or by text 631 255-0574. Voice calls will not be answered.
Class again will be followed by an open studio tour open to public free from noon to 6 pm on both days.
For more information, click http://wildbank.com/OpenStudioTourClasses.pdf .
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Artist Charles Wildbank applies finishing touches to his painting, “Golden Pear” acrylic on canvas 36” x 45”. Courtesy of the artist.
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To learn about Charles Wildbank and his art, visit www.wildbank.com. For information on the painting class or the Open Studio, click http://wildbank.com/OpenStudioTourClasses.pdf .
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