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Join artist Kateri Ewing to explore a unique palette and techniques for creating beautiful layered backgrounds and skies on Sunday, February 22, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State. Participants will begin with exercises to create various skies for landscapes and then explore how to build textured backgrounds for still lifes using tea washes of opaque and transparent pigments.

Ewing says her work isn’t so much about creating art or making a statement as it is an avenue to convey how thoroughly in awe she is of the natural world around her. She expresses that awe in richly detailed paintings of songbirds and treasures of the plant kingdom. She is largely self-taught and committed to her continuing development as a painter, and her technique evolves with each painting as she imagines ways to share the beauty and uniqueness of her winged and botanical subjects. Ewing has taught at MUSEjar and the Buffalo Audubon Society, and she holds private lessons in East Aurora. She received the Mary and Gil Stott Award at Roycroft for writing and the arts in 2012. Ewing is represented in Western New York by Meibohm Fine Arts. Her first solo exhibition will be at Meibohm in April.

To register for this workshop, please contact Kathy Gaye Shiroki, curator of museum learning and community engagement, ext. 3549, or download the registration form (PDF) from the Burchfield's International Center for Watercolor website.

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Upcoming Workshops and Presentations

What's That Behind Your Painting? / Watercolor Workshop with Fritz Raiser
Sunday, March 8

Dialogues in Gouache / Presentation with Watercolorist Thomas Paquette
Friday, March 13; Free with M&T Second Friday

Beyond Watercolor / Workshop with Artist Caitlin Cass
Sunday, March 22

Travel Sketching: Pen, Ink, and a Splash of Watercolor / Workshop with Bill Elkins
Sunday, April 19

Pencils in Your Palette / Workshop with Watercolorist Norine Spurling
Sunday, April 26

Coming Full Circle / Presentation with Artist Lloyd Marsh
Friday, May 8

With a Broad Brush / Workshop with Artist Lloyd Marsh
Saturday, May 9