Intensive 1 day Workshop at Gilmer Arts Studio with Karen Philpott on Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Take your landscape painting to the next level with this intensive one-day workshop. Students will focus on getting the scale and placement correct along with capturing Value, Light and Shadow patterns of trees. karenphilpott.com

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Reserve your spot…class size is limited to 12 students.

through the link below or call

706-635-5605 Gilmer Arts

9:30 ~ 4:00 Cost $175.00

“Painting the landscape from life, in all its wildness, has become my life’s pursuit. I consider myself a modern impressionist who is drawn to the effects of light as nature presents it.”

Karen Philpott resides in her native home of Tennessee where she is an artist in residence at Ontrack Studios in historic Franklin, TN. Recent awards include Open Division, Quick Draw, Best of Show, Plein Air of the Smokies and The “Award of Excellence” by the American Impressionist Society Small Works 2021 National Show. Memberships include the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America, and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society. Karen served in 2021, as the President of The Chestnut Group, a pie in air organization of over 200 members whose mission is painting to preserve vanishing landscapes of Tennessee. Additionally, she teaches landscape workshops.

When asked to define her style, Karen is comfortable with the terms Modern Impressionist. Influenced by the Impressionist Artists of the past and American Plein Air Artists before her, she paints in Plein Air before moving to her studio to create larger pieces. Capturing the natural landscape is the subject she is drawn to. Her goal is to capture in oils, the atmosphere, light and impression nature presents in every season.

AWARDS & ORGANIZATIONS

2022 Best in Show, Quick Draw, Plein Air of the Smokies 2021 “Award of Excellence” American Impressionist Small Works Show

2019 “Honorable Mention” Artist on Location, Knoxville Museum of Art,

Plein Air Juried Show

2017 Haven Foundation Award – Fine Artist Oil Painting 2016 “Award of Acknowledgement” The Pryor Art Gallery, 2011 “Best In Show – Oil Painter”, Maury County

“Art For The Parks”

Oil Painters of America ~ American Impressionist Society~ National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society The Chestnut Group Plein Air Painters for preservation of

Historical Places and the rural Landscape. 2021 President

EDUCATION : Middle Tennessee State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts 1978 Mentorships & Instruction:

Roger Dale Brown, OPAM, Scott Christensen, OPAM Howard Friedland, OPAM