Skip Whitcomb:
This workshop is designed to remove the imitative burden we all seem to start with and to introduce orchestration of the landscape for strong personal statements. We are under no obligation to copy what is before us, that’s what the camera is designed to do. Concentration will be on the intellectual process of interpreting landscape to “fit” Although this is an outdoor workshop much of the discussion will apply equally to studio work and procedures. We’ll work on defining and developing what constitutes a strong pictorial concept and selection of those elements in the landscape which support that end. The ultimate goal is to help you think and create on a higher plane. The small class size is intended to encourage enthusiastic discussions and questions dealing with our profession today...practical as well as intellectual.

Biography:
M. W. Skip Whitcomb is an artist with varied interests and proficiency in several media. An accomplished plein air painter, draftsman and printmaker, he studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where he received thorough training in drawing and painting.Whitcomb believes that Drawing is the soul of painting. He carries a sketchbook with him everywhere he goes.Painting studies on the spot.Whitcomb heads to his studio for the finished works.Raised on a ranch near Sterling, Colorado Whitcomb spent his summers Wyoming and the wide open spaces felt like home to him.A large part of his year is spent traveling throughout the West, but he is also rejuvenated by seeing and painting new places in the world. Whitcomb is recognized by his peers as an artist's artist and looks to the classics in art and literature for inspiration.