Virtual Demo: Jeff Hirst on Working Large with Transparent & Opaque Encaustic Paint
The third in our summer series of live virtual demos will take place on June 22 from 1:30 - 2:30 pm Central Time (CT). Join R&F Core Instructor Jeff Hirst for Working Large with Transparent & Opaque Encaustic Paint. Jeff will discuss scaling up with encaustic, playing warm and cool colors against one another, and choosing appropriate tools for approaching a large painting. Learn more about R&F’s line of opaque, transparent, and semi-transparent encaustic paints.
Please note: If you are not in the Central Time zone (CT), you will need to convert your timezone in order to figure out what time the demo is taking place. You can use thetimezoneconverter.com to do so.
Registration is not required. To attend the demo, visit our Virtual Demo page where you will find the Zoom link.
This demo is sponsored by R&F Handmade Paints. R&F is unique color.
Jeff Hirst’s work investigates relations between man-made architectural structure and the natural landscape. As his artist statement notes, “questions arise at how these two forces coexist in an urban environment.” He is most interested in the dynamic in a high contrast urban context and the correlation between urban decay and natural beauty (both at the micro and macro level) influences his work. He has exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art; The Holter Museum, Helen, MO; Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL; and Bienal do Douro, Portugal.
Jeff is the owner of Hirst Printmaking and the recipient of both the Minnesota State Arts Board grant and the DCASE City of Chicago Individual Artist grant, as well as a fellowship residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in County Mayo, Ireland. Jeff hosts visiting artists in his Chicago studio, offers private mentoring, and teaches online workshops.
Screenprinting Onto And Into Encaustic
November 10 - 13, 2021 at Hirst Printmaking Studio
Screenprinting Onto And Into Encaustic is a workshop that covers the unique process of screenprinting pigment sticks, tinted gesso, and screenprinting inks belo, into, and onto encaustic surfaces. A simplified approach towards screenprinting makes this process easy to grasp and unites graphic print elements with painting surfaces and motifs. We will focus on creating images that incorporate multiple printing passes from both fixed screenprinting stations to freeform printing approaches. The class is designed for students who have encaustic experience although no screenprinting experience is necessary.
To learn more, visit jeffreyhirst.com/teaching.