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PERSONAL ART COACHING

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DISCOVER THE BENEFITS OF PERSONALIZED,

EXPERT ONE-ON-ONE ART COACHING

​Refine Your Artistic Vision: Critiques and Coaching for Authentic Expression

* Discover and Create your most authentic work.

* Receive and Gain Clarity on your artistic vision.

* Overcome creative blocks to express your true artistic voice.

* Confront the fears of “what if?”

* Dare to pursue the career you truly desire.

SO WHY ME?

 

I know what it’s like to hit a wall, experience creative blocks, doubt my ability, feel frustration, and despair of getting my work out into the world. Navigating galleries and submissionsBeen there!
 

However I’ve had a 35-year career spanning national and international exhibitions, film and television set creation, and teaching at prestigious institutions. My work is featured in private, commercial, and museum collections. 

 

I’ve sold most of the work I’ve ever made, and have had help along the way to discover what my own work is about, and learned to be vulnerable and searching in what I’m creating.


Drawing from this diverse professional and personal (truly!) experience, I can help you develop your best work and realize your most ambitious artistic vision.

SO WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

Creative Development

  • Unblocking your creativity

  • Finding your authentic vision for your work

  • Clarifying what your work says

  • Creating a vision for your career

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Artwork Critique and Development

  • Gentle critique and guidance in your artwork to bring your most authentic work to life

  • Technical tips and guidance - composition, palette, mood, value, and tone and texture

  • Clear direction and tools for developing your techniques, methods and finding your best tools and materials

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Practical Career Guidance

  • How to navigate galleries, exhibitions, submissions, etc.

  • Other ways of selling your work

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We’ll work together to get your most authentic voice speaking in your work. We'll cover technical issues such as mastering your composition, palette, mood, value, tone and texture, mark-making. And you'll get coaching on how to go deep to find more personal sources of inspiration, and guided imagery and sensory exercises to unlock your wildest imagination.

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SO WHAT EXPERIENCE CAN I SHARE? WHAT MAKES ME QUALIFIED TO HELP?

ABOUT ME

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I have over 30 years of teaching experience at:

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  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Philadelphia, PA

  • Iris Art Centre - Afidnes, Greece

  • Konigsteen Center - Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Belgium

  • Getty Center - Los Angeles, CA

  • VAWAA.com (Vacation With An Artist) in studio and virtual teaching

  • Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial of the Philadelphia Museum of Art -  PA

  • Wayne Art Center,  Wayne, PA

  • The Nichols Berg Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA

  • Woodmere Art Museum - Philadelphia, PA 

  • Isabel O’Neal Studio For the Art of the Painted Finish - New York, NY

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Courses, Lectures
and Workshops

Painting courses 

Encaustic Painting 

Narrative Painting

Palettes of the Masters 

Color Theory & Practice  

Figure Painting 

Portrait Painting 

Still Life Painting 

 

Film Studies 

Art in Film 

Applied Art & Design in the Film Industry 

Genres of 20th Century Film 

 

Lecture 

Film as Visual Narrative: A Resource for Painters (Hybrid lecture / studio) 

Applied Art & Design in the Film Industry 

The Symbolism of Color 

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Drawing Courses 

Drawing the Costumed Figure 

Cast Drawing from Sculpture 

Mixed Media 

Portfolio Development for High School Students: Drawing 

Drawing from Photographs 

Boot Camp - Figure Drawing, Still Life Drawing, Deconstruction

 

Courses in Applied Decorative Arts 

Gold Leaf & Gilding 

Patinations for Sculpture 

Medieval Manuscript Illumination 

 

Career Development and Creativity

Career panels at PAFA 

Developing your way into your     creativity - retreat workshops at Konigsteen Center, Belgium

Art, Tarot and Astrology: Discovering your Personal Visual Language

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OK, SO NOW WHAT? HOW DOES IT WORK?

Each month, you will have:

 

  • Two One-Hour 1:1 Zoom Sessions

  • Two Gentle Artwork Critique and Guidance - submit your work to me before our session, I’ll write a report and critique, which will help direct our coaching calls

  • Guided Homework Questions to explore and write about

  • Tailored Research Guidance - suggested books, links, artists whose work may inspire or support your own, and films to watch - all to align with your vision and your work

  • Each session we'll give you a tailored action plan for the next steps.

 

Contact me for pricing.

Contact me for a Free 30 Minute Zoom Call Assessment!

We’ll talk over what you’d like to get out of our coaching, what your goals are...

Then I’ll tailor our coaching to your goals.

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A new chapter of your work is just around the corner.

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