Painting with the Masters

After several years of successfully teaching painting techniques through group workshops and individual tuition, The Essential School of Painting is happy to announce its new programme for 2008.

The School will be providing a rare opportunity to take part in select Masterclasses with several of the UK's leading painters; with Landscape during Summer 2008 (now full).

These classes are suitable for all abilities from beginner to Art graduate. The emphasis is on fun, experimentation and trying new painting techniques.

All places for the Summer 2008 term are now taken. To reserve a place for the following term contact Jo Melvin (course administrator) on 07960 105320 or by e-mail on johanna_melvin@hotmail.com . £480 per term, all materials provided.

Each class is limited to 11 places only

Three terms of Master Classes on Saturdays with the well-known & established artists:

• Eileen Cooper
• Gwen Hardie
• Anita Klein
• John Maclean
• Mali Morris
• Fred Pollock
• Rosemary Beaton
• Sue Biazotti
• Simon Laurie
• Lesley Burr
• Barbara Rae
• Leonard McComb
• Alison Harper

Course dates for the Summer 2008 (Landscape) are as follows:

The Summer Term will run over a series of 4 weekends between the end of April '08 and the end of June '08.

The term will be focused on Landscape based painting, with 4 well known UK artists giving masterclasses and individual tuition to students on the following dates:

Sat & Sun 26th & 27th April, Tutor: Rosemary Beaton.

Sat & Sun 17th & 18th May, Tutor: Sue Biazotti.

Sat & Sun 7th & 8th June, Tutor: Simon Laurie.

and Sat & Sun 21st 22nd June,Tutor: Lesley Burr.

Fee £480 for the term including materials.

The Summer Term course also includes an gallery visit and talk with Barbara Rae for her show in the Adam Gallery on Wed or Thursday the 14th or 15th May. [The opening of her show is on the 13th May].

I dreamed of orange - © Alison Harper

 

Venue:

The Essential School of Painting

London Buddhist Art Centre

Eastbourne House

Bullards Place (off Morpeth St.)

Bethnal Green

London

 E2 0PT

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John Maclean is regarded as one of the best British abstract painters of his time. Born in 1939 he rose to prominence in the 1960’s and 70’s. He has work in the Tate gallery, London, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh and in many other public and private collections. He has held one-person exhibitions, amongst others, at the Francis Graham Dixon Gallery, London, Flowers East and the Poussin gallery, London. In 1955 he was short-listed for the Jerwood prize.

Fred Pollock was born in Glasgow in 1937, and is considered preeminent amongst abstract painters of his generation. He was amongst the artists who showed together at the Stockwell Depot in the 1970s. His work was included in ‘British painting 1952-1977’ at the Royal Academy in 1977. Selected solo shows include: the Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London, the Rebecca Hossack Gallery and the Poussin Gallery. In 1980 he was in the Hayward Annual and in 1982 the Serpentine Gallery Summer Show. His work is in numerous public and private collections including the Arts Council and the Scottish Arts Council.

Mali Morris has shown extensively in the UK and overseas, with recent solo shows in London, Tokyo and New York. Her paintings are in major public and private collections worldwide. The recipient of numerous awards, scholarships and residencies, she has taught and examined at many departments of Fine Art, including University of Reading, Royal College of Art, Slade School of Art and Chelsea School of art where she was a Senior Lecturer in Painting from 1991 - 2005. Mali Morris: Work from Four decades was at the Poussin Gallery, London in 2005, where an exhibition of new work in planned for early 2008.

Gwen Hardie trained in Edinburgh, then living and working in Berlin, London and New York. She was included in “The New British Painting” which toured America in 1986. Works in public collections include The Metropolitan Museum, New York, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the British Council. She lived in London from 1990-2000 and exhibited widely with Annely, Juda Fine Art, Beaux Arts and Fisher Fine Art. In 1997 she was awarded a prize at the John Moores Biennial. She moved to New York in 2000 and has shown with the Lennon Weinberg Gallery and Dinter Fine Art. She was recently featured in Art in America and The New York Times.

Anita Klein is best known for her colourful figurative paintings and prints depicting the various activities and relationships of her family members. She studied at Chelsea Schools of Art and the Slade and has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad. Klein has received numerous awards and commissions including The Joseph Webb Society of Painter Printmakers, The John Purcell Award, The National Print Exhibition and from the National Gallery. She is president of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers and her work is in many private and public collections worldwide. She is currently represented by the Boundary Gallery, London.

Eileen Cooper studied Fine Art at Goldsmith’s College and The Royal College of Art where she now teaches print-making. In 2000 the Dulwich Picture Gallery hosted a major exhibition of her work based on a two year residency there. In 2001 she was elected a Royal Academician. She has participated in significant national and international shows on British Art including “The Image as Catalyst”, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, “Conversations, an Arts Council Touring exhibition, “The Outsider: British Figuration now”, Florence and “Innocence and Experience”, South Bank Centre, which toured nationally. She is represented by Art First.

Rosemary Beaton trained at Glasgow School of Art and won the National Portrait Award when she was just 20. She was then commissioned to paint Sir Robin Day for the National Portrait Gallery. She has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad and has been a part-time lecturer at Glasgow School of Art. Her work is represented in private and public collections including The National Portrait Gallery and the BBC. Selected exhibitions include The Mall Galleries, The National Portrait Gallery, Royal Scottish Academy, Leicester City Art Gallery, Stirling Museum. Known also as one of “The Glasgow Girls” she is represented by The Boundary Gallery.

Alison Harper studied at Glasgow School of Art in the mid-eighties and as one of “The Glasgow Girls” was part of the resurgence in figurative painting emerging at that time. In 1993 she won a Commonwealth Scholarship to paint in India for two years. She was a part-time lecturer in Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art between 1995 - 2002. Selected exhibitions include The National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Leicester City Art Gallery, Stirling Museum, The Graphic Museum of Tokyo, The India Today Gallery, Dehli. She is the recipient of many awards and prizes. She is represented by the Boundary Gallery.

Further biographies to follow.