Workshops

Jeff Legg
Painting the Still Life and Portrait
www.jefflegg.com
September 22 - 26, 2008
$600

Over the course of his creative life, Legg has developed an appreciation for the teaching process and the give-and-take relationship that he desires to create with students and emerging artists. Through challenge and encouragement, he hopes to convey that good art is more than just mirroring a subject, but about capturing and interpreting a feeling or a mood-and to show that good paintings are built on principles, not formula. Legg believes, “The great artist has not reproduced nature, but has expressed by his extract the most choice sensation it has made upon him.” (Robert Henri- The Art Spirit.) Above all, he desires that those he teaches understand they can do more than they now realize and can eliminate fear from the painting process.

During this five day workshop, Legg will demonstrate his approach to still life and portrait from the concept to set up and lighting and the progression to the finished work. Through demonstrations and individual critique, he will emphasize the time tested principals including drawing, value, edges, color and interpreting light and shadow. Painting from life will be exclusively emphasized and is at the core of Mr. Legg’s artistic sensibility. Legg says, “Visualization and being truthful about the subject are inextricably linked and are at the heart of creativity. A painting is a “translation” and can only become as great as the artists love and understanding of his subject.”

Jeff Legg studied at Atelier Lack, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and was mentored at an early age by a noted and generous college art professor. Today, Legg’s artwork is represented by some of the nation’s most distinguished galleries coast to coast. He is the “2005 Best Signature Member” of the Oil Painters of America Midwest regional Exhibit and won top awards at the 2004 and 2006 National Oil Painters of America Exhibitions. He also took “Best of Show” in the 2004 Estes Park Plein Air competition. His paintings have been featured in The Artists Magazine, Art of the West Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, North Light book publishers, "200 Great Painting Ideas for Artists” and the New York Graphics Society Catalog. In December 2005, his artwork graced the cover of Southwest Art as featured artist and article. He has participated in numerous gallery and national juried shows and museum shows.

Jeff Legg has instructed many workshops and is an excellent and sought after demonstrator. He has been a full-time artist for 16 years. Currently, Legg resides in the foothills of the Missouri Ozarks with his wife and three children. He paints daily in his studio. See www.jefflegg.com for examples of work and listing of galleries.