Floral Still-Life Painting

with James Brandess
June 13, 3:00–6:00 p.m.
Tuition: $100
Materials Fee: N/A

Learn to paint a floral still life in oils from a local master. Turn your focus to painting from observation, using a demo floral arrangement made that morning as the subject. Let paint and color be the focus, inspired by the beauty that flowers and light can provide. For a full-day artmaking experience, during which you will make your own floral arrangement, also sign up for the first part of this workshop, Flowering: Art History & Arrangement, led by Maddie Reyna.

Plan to bring: gessoed canvases, flat bristle brushes, oil paints, 1 pint of odorless paint thinner, drawing supplies (vine charcoal, pencil, white eraser, sketchbook), 3 empty tin cans, empty glass jar with lid, blue paper shop towels, 18-by-24-inch plexiglass palette, vinyl gloves, sunscreen, and bug spray.

Location: Main Campus - 3435 Rupprecht Way, Saugatuck, MI 49453

James Brandess (he/him) was born in Chicago. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he has been a longtime teacher at Ox-Bow. Saugatuck, Michigan, has been home to James Brandess Studios and Gallery, Inc., for over 30 years.

Ox-Bouquet I, oil on canvas, 34" x26", unframed, 2024. Courtesy of artist.