Day 9- Eric Garner, Abstract Painting

Day 9-  The abstract painting is getting a little something different today.  The Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery boasts a wide range of styles with it's instructors, and Eric Garner is all about the precision in his abstract work.
He talks about his collaboration with Natasha Karpinskaia, who's style is more "atmospheric".  While they have very different styles and approaches to painting, it's coming together as a cohesive piece.

Watch the interview here!  

Day 8- Lida Stifel, Advanced Figure Drawing

Day 8- Lida Stifel added her image to the portrait painting today.  Her face is peeking over Walt Bartman's shoulder, right above the mirror frame.  Lida set the bar for clever ways to incorporate the self portrait into the painting.
Finding an additional mirror from the Yellow Barn still life library, she used the mirror to paint her portrait from a different perspective than both Walt and Christine.

Day 7- Natasha Karpinskaia, Walt Bartman

Day 7- I could smell the oil paint the second I entered the first floor stone tower studio to take photos today.  Natasha started off this morning revamping the abstraction, turning it on its side, and painting out some of the more congested parts.  "It needed a place to breath, it was too busy for me." It certainly opened the piece up for the next artists!

Walt Bartman followed later, changing some of what he had previously done on Monday.  "Now we have a composition, now we have a story!",  he remarked after painting the frame of the mirror on the canvas as well as some of the still life objects.

Since we have completed the first whole week of painting, we've posted the bid sheets to purchase the artwork being produced by our artists.  Yes you can take home one of the pieces with all proceeds going to "The Friends of the Yellow Barn", our non-profit.

Why buy a painting by one artists, when you can have one done by 14 artists!  Just think, if just one of us makes it big, the piece will be worth a fortune! I put my bid in!

Day 6- Martha Spak

Day 6- Martha Spak, one of the Yellow Barn's newest instructors, was our painter du jour on Tuesday.  She enhanced the color qualities of the landscape painting by adding beautiful depth of color.  Although she is an accomplished still life painter by trade, she had no problem working on both the landscape as well as the self portrait.
See the interview with Martha Spak here!

Day 5- Walt Bartman

Day 5- This Monday, our one and only founder/director of the Yellow Barn, Mr. Walt Bartman added his likeness to the self portrait/still life collaboration piece.  He talks about his experience in his interview.
Click here to see the interview!
Walt will be painting periodically on each of the three paintings throughout the month, and you can find him in the stone tower on Mondays.

Day 4- Ann Wallace and Jackie Jouvenal

Visitors were thrilled to find two very talented artists working in the tower this Sunday,  Jackie Jouvenal and Ann Wallace.
Ann Wallace spent the majority of her time on the carousel painting, working into the foliage and sky.  She was able to capture push the sense of space in just a short period of time.
See interview with Ann here!
Jackie, traditionally a landscape painter, stepped outside her comfort zone and worked on the large abstract painting.  She still denies the notion that she might have a future in abstraction.

See interview with Jackie here!
Even though the work is abstract, there is a definite sense of a location.

Day 3- Gavin Glakas

Day 3- This Saturday, after his morning figure class, Gavin Glakas sped into the Stone Tower to work on the landscape painting.  Gavin's realistic painting approach enhanced the under painting first started by Tom Semmes the day before.
Tomorrow, we welcome two artists to the studio who can build upon the already great work.

Day 2- Tom Semmes, landscape, studio painting

On Day 2, Tom Semmes has given us a starting point on our large abstract piece, laying down a groundwork for the rest of the abstract artists.  " I think that there are some interesting color combinations, especially the oranges and greens.  Maybe the other artists can do something with that."  Tom also has a hand in the landscape painting, starting an under-painting for one of Glen Echo Park's most famous  landmarks.  Tom will be back later in the month where we'll do an interview focusing on how the other artists have expanded upon his original vision.

Day 1- Christine Lashley, watercolor instructor

Watch Interview with Christine Lashley

2-3-11   ---- Day 1
Christine started off our Collaboration working on a self portrait with still life painting.  It will be interesting to see how the other artists add to the piece by including their own portrait in the painting!

Local News

Hello, and welcome to our daily "February Collaboration: 14 Yellow Barn Instructors" blog update!  Our event has just been written about by Bora Mici.  Check it out here:  http://bethesda.patch.com/articles/artwork-comes-to-life-at-yellow-barn

We'll be updating this blog on a daily basis showing you picture of our 3 collaboration pieces as they evolve as well as video interviews of our artists.  So please pop by the Stone Tower (our schedule of artists is already posted on this blog) or just follow along on right here!
Cheers,
-Jordan

Schedule of Instructors

Stone Tower Schedule for February (14 Instructors)

Feb 2^nd Wednesday-             Jordan Bruns                      11:00-5:00pm

                                                 Walt Bartman                     2:00-3:30pm

Feb 3^rd Thursday-                  Christine Lashley               11:00-2:00pm

Feb 4^th Friday-                      Tom Semmes                      2:00-4:30pm

Feb 5^th Saturday-                  Gavin Glakas                       12:30-4:00pm

Feb- 6^th Sunday-                   Ann Wallace                        9:00-3:00pm

                                                Jackie Jouvenal                    12:00-5:00pm

Feb- 7^th Monday-                  Walt Bartman                     2:00-3:30pm

Feb- 8^th Tuesday-                 Martha Spak                        12:00-3:00pm

Feb 9^th Wednesday-             Natasha Karpinskaia          10:00-6:00pm

                                                Walt Bartman                      2:00-3:30pm

Feb 10^th Thursday-                Lida Stifel                            2:00-5:00pm

Feb 11^th Friday-                      Eric Garner                          1:00-5:30pm

                                                Natasha Karpinskaia           10:00-2:00pm

Feb 12^th Saturday-                 Glen Kessler                        12:-3:00pm

Gavin Glakas                        12:30-4:00pm

Feb- 13^th Sunday-                  Daniel Wise                         11:00-5:00pm

Feb- 14th Monday-               Walt Bartman                      2:00-3:30pm

Feb 15^th Tuesday-                  Jordan Bruns                        11:00-5:00pm

Feb 16th Wednesday-           Bonny Lundy                        4:00-7:00pm

                                                Walt Bartman                      2:00-3:30pm

Feb 17^th Thursday-                Lida Stifel                             2:00-5:00pm

Feb 18^th Friday-                     Eric Garner                           1:00-5:30pm

Feb 19^th Saturday-                 Glen Kessler                         12:00-3:00pm

Feb- 20^th Sunday-                 Jordan Bruns                         11:00-5:00pm            

Feb- 21^st Monday-                 Walt Bartman                       2:00-3:30pm

Feb 22^nd Tuesday-                 Natasha Karpinskaia          10:00-1:00pm, 4:00-6:30pm

Feb 23^rd Wednesday-            Bonny Lundy                        4:00-7:00pm

                                                Walt Bartman                       2:00-3:30pm

Feb 24^th Thursday-               Martha Spak                         12:00-3:00pm

                                                 Natasha Karpinskaia            10:00-6:00pm           

Feb 25^th Friday-                    Tom Semmes                        2:00-4:30pm

Feb 26^th Saturday-                All Instructors, Yellow Barn (Open House) 

February Stone Tower Residency Program

“Coming Together”

The Collaboration of 14 Yellow Barn Instructors

Chautauqua Tower Studio, Glen Echo Park

7300 MacArthur Blvd

Glen Echo, MD 20812

www.yellowbarnstudio.com

For the month of February the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, which boasts 600 members, and 40 classes per semester, will be showing off the instructors at work that make the Yellow Barn one of the premier places to take art classes in the DC, Maryland and Virginia area.  Starting February 2^nd, the Chautauqua Tower (“Stone Tower”) 1^st floor studio, which usually houses one resident artist for one month, will display the collaboration between 14 instructors.  The artists will be working on 3 large paintings in a relay style fashion; will display their unique styles and different approaches to painting.  The 14 artist’s progress will be documented throughout the month with photographs that will be posted on the Yellow Barn webpage (www.yellowbarnstudio.com), Facebook, as well as YouTube broadcasted interviews.  These videos will allow each artist to discuss what they are working on as well as their different approaches and impressions of painting.   At the end of the month, the three paintings will be auctioned off to benefit the “Friends of the Yellow Barn,” a nonprofit organization that provides support to the Yellow Barn by bringing in visiting artists, special events as well as class room equipment.   The Yellow Barn Instructors invite the public to visit the space, ask questions and bid on the final pieces.

The Chautauqua Tower Studio will be open to the public February 2^nd through February 27^th, Tuesday thru Sunday.  A schedule of each artist’s participation will be available on the Yellow Barn webpage.

For any additional inquiries please email Jordan Bruns, Yellow Barn Studio Manager at Jordan@jjbruns.com.

In corporation with the Glen Echo Partnership for Arts and Culture and the National Park Service.