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Gary Fifer
An acknowledged en plein air master, Gary Fifer traces his artistic roots to the American Impressionists who painted in New York and Connecticut during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was a long-time protégé of Arthur Maynard who, in turn, studied under Frank V. Dumond and was, himself, an instructor at the Art Students League of New York and the Ridgewood Art Institute in New Jersey. Fifer also studied with Frank Mason at the ASLNY and later at the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts in New York. Gary has taken Best of Show Awards from the Rye Arts Center, the Kent Art Association, Kent, Connecticut, and the Ridgewood Art Institute. He has taught studio and en plein air workshops at the Garrison Art Center in Garrison, New York, and has lectured and demonstrated on location at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Gary now resides in southern Vermont where he paints and gives private lessons.
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August 24 - 28
Tuesday - Saturday
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Minimum 6 students, maximum 18
On location
$325 members
$350 non-members
The study of the painter concerns itself with the effect of
light in nature. The prismatic flow from light to shadow along
with the influence of the changing atmosphere, weather and
the time of day make these changes infinite. The job of the
painter is to paint this infinite change and to find the elusive
relationship between different effects. The painter tries to
place each effect we paint in its proper position in the whole
scheme of things. The October workshop will focus on Vermont’s
amazing foliage. |
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