Meeting Times

• Thursday 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

---

Description

This class is designed for the painter who has experience and wants to expand their visual voice in a supportive class. This class will use primarily acrylics, and include mixed media such as watercolor and collage. Master paintings and photography will be sources to encourage inspiration and understanding of nature with an emphasis on abstraction. Abstraction allows for self-expression as the artist sees with observation and brings feeling and thought into their work. Group feedback and sharing is part of the process.

Class Dates: Thursdays, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6 - 5-6:30pm 

 

About the Artist

Peri Pfenninger was born in New York and relocated to Connecticut in 2013. She received her Fine Arts degree at the New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, N.Y. in 1989, and completed her MFA with Western Connecticut State University, in Danbury, CT.

Her recent oil paintings depict abstract portraits of nature. She is currently painting a second oil portrait for the New York Supreme courthouse in Brooklyn, NY. Her exhibits include the Blue Mountain gallery in Chelsea, NYC and is currently exhibiting at the Milford Arts Council where one of her works received an honorable mention December 2024.

She has an extensive published portfolio of public projects and mural art with over 30 years in mastering the medium of acrylics. Visit www.perisartsalon.com

 

Materials list:

9x12 canvas paper for acrylics or mixed media

8 oz matte medium for acrylics

1 acrylics paint set, 

( Goldens is recommended but other brands are fine

1 Thalo Blue

1 Quin magenta

Container for water

Paper towels or cotton rag

Synthetic brushes, inexpensive sets work well

1 2-3” nylon brush 

Plastic white plates or palette paper

If using watercolor instead of acrylic;

 

Watercolor set, watercolor pad, watercolor brush set