Vermont: Plein Air Color & Composition

Vermont: Plein Air Color & Composition with Philip Frey

Class description: Edgewater Gallery is pleased to offer a dynamic plein air painting workshop with artist Philip Frey, designed for dedicated landscape painters. Philip will present essential composition tools and a color system for choosing your color palette designed to help students create more consistent and successful paintings.

The workshop will be held in the picturesque landscape of Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vermont located on the serene shores of Lake Champlain. Each day will start early with an on-site painting session to include a lesson or demo, followed by lunch and mid-day break, and an early afternoon session to include a demo or critique.

About the Instructor: In the past twenty years, Philip Frey has developed into one of Maine's finest landscape painters. Known as a brilliant colorist, Frey paints Maine's harbors and islands with a bold and sensitive palette that captures the light and moods of his home state, from the streets of Ellsworth and Portland to Monhegan and Acadia National Park. Philip is known for his engaging, illuminating and positive teaching style. He is skilled at addressing his student's abilities and helping them mature as an artist. His monograph, Philip Frey: Here and Now, by Daniel Kany and Carl Little was published in 2018. He exhibits at Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Greenhut Galleries, Edgewater Gallery, and Carver Hill Gallery and will be featured in group exhibitions at both Greenhut Galleries and Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, in the spring and summer of 2025.

To Register: All levels welcome but students should be familiar with their medium, tools, and easel. Oil, watercolor, gouache, or acrylic. Registration deadline is May 1, 2025. Register HERE.

Lodging & Meals: If you wish to stay on location at Shelburne Farms, it is is advised to book your stay as soon as possible.

Vermont: Plein Air Color & Composition is August 14 & 15, 2025, at Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT, in partnership with Edgewater Gallery.

Phone: (802) 458-0098

Email: theresa@edgewatergallery-vt.com

Website: https://edgewatergallery.co/events/vermont-plein-air-color-composition/