PR Information Sheet Venue/Exhibition/Workshop: Lake Toxaway Art Guild presents Cathyann Burgess Contact person’s name: Cathyann Burgess Contact person’s phone number: 828 595 9518 Contact person’s email address: cathyannburgess@gmail.com Meeting/exhibition location and address: Date and time of venue: June 20, 21 2018 Open Meeting Presentation and 11/2 day workshop Cost: $200 per person some materials provided Description of venue/workshop/demo (50 word limit): Morning presentation: “Thinking Abstractly” My presentation will be a Visual Presentation/Lecture on the concepts of Abstraction in 20th Century Art History and its influences in Contemporary 21st century art using examples in pastel and oil. The afternoon and full day workshop in oil and cold wax will include application of some of the concepts from the morning presentation. Workshop: Mix It Up, Shake it Loose and Flirt with the Masters I once heard this: "There are no color police!" Well, no there aren't. However, understanding color, light, line, shape and texture along with the principles of art is important to creating fine art. But when you have the fundamentals, then what? You play! Come play with me! We will explore color theories and use guided practice to loosen up your style and explore process with cold wax and oil. Extend your boundaries and freshen up your thinking about abstraction from reality through directed exercises in the studio. About the Artist(s) Cathyann Lautier Burgess “I have been drawing or painting as long as I can remember and consciously thought of myself as artist, at age 13. Daily painting is a practice I began in retirement from full time teaching in 2006.” Born in Manhattan and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Cathyann’s first art “aesthetic” experience was at the Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The next time artwork made an indelible mark was when she was sixteen and stood before Picasso’s Guernica. Cathyann holds a MSEd in Art from SUNY College at Buffalo, NY; Her teaching experience in art for over 25 years in 4 states, includes formal schools both public and private, museums, adult ed and workshops. She exhibits her work locally at Asheville Gallery of Art, Tryon Painters and Sculptors Spring 2018 , Canvas Artspace and has maintained an online presence since 2006 at www.cathyannburgessfineart.com/ Her work has graced the streets of Hendersonville’s Artscape 2017-18 and her pastels continue to gain acceptance into NC Statewide Pastel Competition:On Common Ground and Southeastern Pastel Society shows. Her works are in private and corporate collections.
Skylight 12 x 12 oil cold wax ©️2018C.L.Burgess
Defiance 12 x12 oil cold wax ©️2018C.L.Burgess