Abstract Painting: Acrylics - with Kevin Larkin | Oct | Under the Tent

Abstract Painting: Acrylics - with Kevin Larkin | Oct | Under the Tent

Painting | This class is completed

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

10/9/2020-11/11/2020

11:00 AM-2:00 PM EDT on Fri

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220.00 USD

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Explore abstract painting through an understanding of space, color, energy, tension, and form. Emphasis is placed on self-expression and developing a wholly-personal style with individual instruction and critiques. All levels. "I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own." - Jackson Pollock

  • This class is part of ALLI's 'Under the Tent' Program, and takes place outdoors. Masks are required. Dress appropriately.
  • ALLI's "Under the Tent' program is made possible by a generous donation by Ace Canvas and Tent. http://www.acecanvasandtent.com/
  • SUPPLY LIST
  • •ACRYLIC PAINT- 4 oz tubes or larger. 8 or more colors plus black & white
  • •CANVASES- 2 -18'X24' or larger stretched canvases
  • •CUPS- 1 dozen large (solo type) drinking cups( to mix paint)
  • •PAINT BRUSHES- 3-4 flat acrylic paint brushes various sizes
  • •MASKING TAPE- 1 roll
  • •PAPER TOWELS- 1 roll
Larkin, Kevin

Kevin Larkin has exhibited his award winning paintings throughout the NY metropolitan area, and is currently the President of the B.J. Spoke Gallery in Huntington.

"   The artist advances by pursuing both complexity and simplicity. Often a breakthrough somehow discovers the one in the other, along with new ways of perceiving and managing both. Kevin Larkin’s latest works are his strongest: more than ever the picture and the painting are one and the same. There is no excess, nothing to demonstrate technique or to prove good work – only the success of the painting. Such simplicity is a risk: when there is no display of prowess, one risks the charge of not knowing what one is doing. Kevin Larkin is indifferent to charges: his only concern is to make a picture that works well.

Even when one’s tested and proven approaches demand work that is greatly challenging, the