Leap of Faith – Stephen Paul Fulton

Stephen Paul Fulton is a local practicing artist. He graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design in 2006 and he currently works in the culture industry. His work is a mixed media process combining collage and paint. Fulton juxtaposes sinister imagery and threatening skies with moments of beauty found only through nature and community. His subject matter draws upon social conventions and hierarchical paradigms such as inequality, waste/over-consumption and social convention. His technique is innovative in a thought provoking way.

This contemporary artist has a conscious soul, one that does not forsake the realities of today’s world in his art. He is very much aware of the issues that we deal with in society and the global village at large.

Painterly, lush, tonally harmonic and thoughtful, witty and intelligently brought together, Fulton’s pieces are an aesthetic source of delight.

Creative Collage Workshop with Stephen Paul Fulton

This workshop is a two part series led by Stephen Paul Fulton, local contemporary artist working with mixed media. It incorporates the techniques of collage and oil painting on panel. This workshop is intended for beginners and experienced painters. Have fun with new and traditional materials and explore your creative force. You will have the opportunity to create your own art piece (some materials provided), and take home a handful of inspirational information.

April 11^th – 1-4pm: Workshop in Acrylic Mixed Media: Collage

April 18^th – 1-4pm: Oil Painting

Both Workshops $80 (Deadline April 6th, 2010)

Special Price $70 (Before or on March 26th, 2010)

Part 1 – Workshop in Acrylic Mixed Media: Collage

In this mixed media workshop participants will learn valuable techniques and tricks to help turn out a better looking piece of art and extend its longevity. Some of the processes learned will enable the student to evaluate different paper types, how to adhere them to almost any surface, the difference between working on board and canvas and how to choose your subject matter.

This guided workshop will help to open up new possibilities when working with found images and objects. Learn the fundamentals behind mixed media and master the use of several materials on the same working surface.

Part 2 – Workshop in Oil Painting

One of the most hallowed traditional painting methods is Oil painting. As beautiful as it is difficult to execute, there are techniques and tricks that have been employed for hundreds of years to yield masterful results. Its strengths lay in its ability to move instantly from opaque to transparent, thin to thick and back again. In this three-hour workshop you will learn how to take the frustration, danger and guess work out of painting with Oils. Learn proper, stress free brush and palette clean up. Discover the hidden world of Pigment types and their properties, good and bad.

For more information please contact jane@motykafinearts.com