Description
ALIA EL-BERMANI:
NATURAL OBJECT PAINTING ON COPPER
3-Day Workshop
June 7 – 9, 2024
10:00 – 5:00pm
Tuition $600
Painting with oils on copper is an incredibly rewarding practice. The luminosity and longevity provided by copper is unmatched, while the smooth, surface allows for fine detail OR the use of showy, bravura brush strokes. Students may bring their own treasures, or paint from direct observation of the natural objects from Alia’s own cabinet of curiosities. Each student will have their own individual set-up to be able to control their own lighting and paint at their own pace. Daily demonstrations and lectures will share proper preparation of the copper as a substrate, as well as the historical and contemporary use of painting on copper. Tips and tricks on how to minimize the natural shifts of flowers and other objects will also be shared. This workshop is geared towards students of all levels, though students who have at least a little bit of experience with oil paints will most benefit. Alia is a gifted instructor who will meet each student at whatever level they are at, to maximize their progress.
Instructor Bio:
Artist, teacher and independent curator, Alia El-Bermani was raised in a small town just south of Boston, where she spent most of her childhood enjoying the outdoors and discovering the natural history of the south shore of Massachusetts. She received her BFA in 2000 from Laguna College of Art and Design in Laguna Beach CA. This talented figurative painter has had several solo exhibitions as well as her work featured in numerous group exhibitions across the country. Her paintings and drawings have been showcased in museums such as the Palm Springs Desert Museum in California, Customs House Museum in Tennessee, Anchorage Museum of History and Art in Alaska, West Valley Art Museum in Arizona, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto and the Greenville Museum of Art in North Carolina. In 2015 her painting Paper Wishes was acquired by the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), in Barcelona, Spain for their permanent collection. She is also a seasoned instructor who has taught at both the college and workshop level. El-Bermani has been an honored guest lecturer at several universities including East Carolina University, Meredith College, Laguna College of Art and Design and Texas A&M University. Several articles have been written on her work in such periodicals as American Art Collector, iArtistas, ArtSee, Art Week, The Independent, LA Weekly and the Savvy Painter Podcast. She currently works out of her studio in Raleigh, NC.
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