Acrylic Painting Retreats
with Joan Anderson
Spring 2007
Puzzles & Mysteries Painting Retreats
Recently, I read an article by Malcolm Gladwell in which he built his commentary around the difference between a puzzle and a mystery. He characterized a puzzle as something that can be figured out by applying energy and persistence and gathering enough information; mysteries, however, “require judgments and the assessments of uncertainty, and the hard part is not that we have too little information but that we have too much.”
Intrigued, I am taking the opportunity of this spring’s retreats to look at some of the puzzles and mysteries of painting—color, for instance, and the picture plane. For example, we could take a section of a Bridget Riley painting and figure out how to mix the exact colors (a puzzle), but figuring out how and why they create the visual sensations they do is far more mysterious.
The retreats are weekends devoted to painting, drawing, and visual research practice. They’re an opportunity to forego your usual daily schedule and to immerse yourself in the practice of painting. During these weekend retreats we’ll dedicate time to studying the work of favorite artists. We can learn to look at our own work in new ways by looking closely and deeply at paintings we love.
Retreats are suitable for seasoned painters & daring beginners. They can be taken as a series or individually. A list of materials will be provided.
Puzzles & Mysteries I: Color
February 9-11, 2007
$250.
Puzzles & Mysteries II: The Picture Plane
March 9-11, 2007
$250.
Puzzles & Mysteries III: A State of Wonder
April 13-15, 2007
$250.
Schedule
Retreats begin Friday evening, 6-9pm, and continue Saturday and Sunday, 9:30am-4:30pm.
Location
Retreats take place at Ana Maria Hernando’s studio, 4715 N. Broadway #C-10, Boulder CO. Map will be provided.
If you are interested in attending painting retreats, please fill out the registration form.
I am happy to answer questions via email, phone, or post. Please see contact information below.
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Joan Anderson
3003 Valmont Road #204
Boulder, Colorado 80301 USA
303-449-8703