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David Mayer - Plein Air
Landscape
Provence
Oil, Acrylic, Water-Soluble Oil
June 9-17-2011
$2800/Single occupancy
Private bath
$2300/Double occupancy*
Insuite bath
$850/Non-painting guest
*Please note that double occupancy for artists is only offered for 2 artists that request to share with one another.
Please note that workshop must have a minimum of 6 participants registered by December 5, 2010 in order to take place as scheduled. If you are interested in taking advantage of this great opportunity, please register early!
Workshop is open to only 8 participanting artists.
David W. Mayer, an award winning and respected artist and teacher, is best known for his paintings which capture the beauty and color of Colorado and the West. Originally from Wisconsin, David grew up drawing, painting, and sculpting. With his talents strongly supported at home, after graduating from high school he went to art school where he studied graphic design and commercial illustration. After graduation, David pursued a career in the advertising and publishing worlds. During this period, he enjoyed painting on the side, originally in watercolor.
In 1984, Mayer moved to Colorado and became enamored with the majesty of the surrounding landscape. He was in awe of the beauty that surrounded him. He began painting in acrylics and then in oils. Eventually he moved outdoors to paint en plein air. David is a big believer in painting en plein air, knowing that it is the only way to get a true sense of color in the landscape.
David W. Mayer is a member of the Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, and the Colorado Plein Air Painters. He has studied with Scott Christensen, T. Allen Lawson, Kevin MacPherson, Ted Goerschner, and David Leffel, as well as through the writings and works of Richard Schmid, Edgar Payne, Joaquin Sorolla and the California Impressionists. During his work as an award winning watercolorist, David studied with artist Tony Couch. Mayer's work has been widely exhibited and has won numerous awards.
To see the work of David Mayer, please go to his website at www.dwmayer.com .
Workshop Description
Spend seven days painting, living and relaxing in northern Provence. This is an area full of vineyards, lush landscapes, quiet rivers, lavender and a host of other treasures. Artist David Mayer will be teaching with a focus on "plein air" painting directly from nature that captures the colors, patterns, and values that photography alone cannot achieve. David has developed a structured approach to painting, ideal for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. His approach is based on blending approaches of the early plein air masters John F. Carlson, Edgar A. Payne and Emile Gruppe, as well as contemporary approaches to landscape painting. His emphasis is on providing solid processes and procedures, such as developing "shape maps" and 3-value studies, understanding outdoor landscape composition and using limited palettes for achieving real growth as an artist.
The workshop will be based in the Drome region of northern Provence. Our base, the small village of Mollans-sur-Ouveze, is a gem. This medieval village is completely unspoiled and being there is like a step back in time. At the bottom of the village quietly flows the Ouveze river. Tall poplars and gentle mountains add to the charm of the region. The area is in the middle of the Cotes du Rhone, famous for it's wine and some of Provence's most beautiful villages...Vaison-la-Romain, Seguret, Grignon, just to name a few. Here, painting possibilities are endless, countrysides full of vineyards and lavender, old castles, lively markets, and streets strewn with flower boxes.
David will teach for five full days. We will visit different painting locations each day. There will be two free days to relax, explore the area..or keep painting. On one of the free days, Sunday, June 12, we will take a trip to Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, sight of the world famous brocante market. This is an experience not to be missed!
Accommodations and Meals
Accommodations will be in a charming hotel in Mollans-sur-Ouveze. The hotel has a lovely pool surrounded by a large green park, with the Ouveze flowing steps away. You can walk out of the hotel with your easel, set up and paint to your heart's content. All rooms are well appointed and include private baths. Charming outdoor areas and an elegant restaurant complete the picture.
A bountiful buffet breakfast will be provided each morning. Each evening we will enjoy a delicious 4-course dinner at the hotel. The food is some of the best that I have tasted in France!
Included are:
8 nights accommodations
All breakfasts
All dinners (beverage excluded)
5 days instruction
Taxes and tips
Not included:
Airfare
Ground transportation*
*While it is recommended that artists rent a car in order to have the freedom to fully experience the area, an optional ground transportation package is offered to artists for an addition $300 fee. The fee includes pick up upon arrival and transportation for departure to the Avignon TGV station. Also included is transportation of artists to painting sights. Guests of artists must have their own means of transportation. Car rental is affordably available at www.kemwel.com .
The Avignon TGV train station has excellent connections to the airport in Paris, having a direct train right from the airport to Avignon.
Workshop Fees, Payments and Conditions
Artist Fee $2800/single occupancy
private bath
$2300/double occupancy
2 artist friends or spouses
Guest Fee $850 (sharing with artist,
inclusive of same meals)
Optional Ground Transportation - $300
A deposit of $600 will hold your place in the workshop. Deposit is refundable until 6 months prior to workshop commencement date. After this date, fees will be refunded to the participant ONLY if his or her place can be filled in the workshop. Every effort will be made to fill the vacancy. Refunds will be less a $100 administrative fee.
Second payment of $1000 is due December 9, 2011.
Balance is due March 9, 2011.
Payments may be made by check payable to:
Open Air Italy, LLC
Mail checks to:
Open Air Italy
107 Lansing Island Drive
Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937
Payments may also be made by credit card via email using PayPal at www.openairitaly.com. PayPal payments must include a 3% surcharge at the time of payment.
It is strongly advised that the participant purchase travel insurance at www.insuremytrip.com .
In the event of cancellation of the workshop by Open Air Italy, full refunds will be given. Class must have a minimum of 6 participants 5 months prior to class commencement in order to proceed as scheduled. In the unlikely event of cancellation by the named instructor, he or she will be replaced with the most highly qualified substitute instructor available and participants will be notified of the change. Open Air Italy reserves the right to change any herein stated arrangements as may be necessary to best serve the participants of this workshop.
For registration or more information please contact:
Susan Truitt
stop@cfl.rr.com
Phone 1-321-777-3964
Cell 1-321-626-2717
Download Printable Brochure
David Mayer Provence Brochure redo.pdf (.pdf)
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