Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Arapahoe Community College "Spectrum" Student Art Show Winners

My Oil Painting Students are winners!  Congratulations to Bill Briggs and Lisa Drake, for winning at the recent Arapahoe Community College Student Art Show.  This show featured art students in the Workforce and Community Education Program at ACC. The show was judged by internationally known artist, Dean Buhler.   

Bill Briggs (right) won First Place for his oil painting,  "Lavender Sky."  The judge liked his creative use of color and mood, and his simple, but strong, composition.

Bill has been a regular student in my classes for over 8 years, rarely missing a class or session.  His persistence and determination have made him an inspiration to the class.  This award was long overdue.  Congratulations, Bill! 


 Lisa Drake won Third Place for her painting, "Autumn Leaves."  Although this is a fairly realistic painting, the judge liked the abstract quality in her composition and shapes.

Lisa is a fairly new student to my class, having only attended for a few 6-week sessions. 

This is an analogous color study, a class assignment which allows for only three colors together on the color wheel plus black and white.  She chose red orange, orange, and yellow orange, and varied them with black and white.  Beautiful job, Lisa!  Congratulations!

More Arapahoe Community College Art Show Winners

Congratulations to two more of my oil painting students who won awards at this year's Student Art Show at Arapahoe Community College!   This show featured art students in the Workforce and Community Education Program at ACC and was judged by internationally known artist, Dean Buhler.  

Featured here are two Merit Award Winners, who demonstrated monochromatic color themes in their paintings.  Monochromatic means that they were allowed to choose only one color, plus black and white.  All the colors in the painting had to be mixed from those three colors.


"Georgia's House" by Suzanne Connors.  She chose burnt sienna brown, plus black and white.  This painting shows wonderful depth and contrast and was a great perspective study as well!  Congratulations Sue!


Dennis Perlman's "Monochrome Elephant."  He decided on red with black and white to achieve subtle lavender grays in the elephant and rocks.  It was a bold choice, executed with finesse.  Congratulations Dennis!

Color exercises in my classes are designed to teach students color theory and the wide variety of colors that can be obtained with very limited palettes. Students enjoy learning color theory with this practical, hands on method.