Deep Dive: Color
Workshop | This program is completed
This workshop unlocks secrets of color structure to enable you to paint with more freedom and confidence. “Painting from the heart” is not enough. To become a work of art, ideas and emotion must take form, organized into a coherent, expressive design. Master painters, like musicians, create harmonies intentionally. We'll decode color harmonies found in master paintings of many genres, styles, and time periods throughout art history. If you are ready to go deeper in your understanding of color this workshop is for you. I don’t teach how to paint like me, but how to paint like you, better than ever. Topics include: How to Create Color Harmonies, Image Structure: Key Concepts, The Power of Hierarchy in Color, The Secret of Color Transitions, Seeing Color in Nature, Film, and Pop Culture, Staying Open to Wonder, Curiosity, and Surprise, Overcoming Personal Obstacles and Painting with Confidence and Freedom. www.davidmichaelslonim.com
David Michael Slonim
In the tradition of artists like Miro, Albers, Martin, and Calder, David Michael Slonim reaches simultaneously for the playful and spiritual through structured experiments in color.
David earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. For the next decade, he created images for advertising, editorial, and corporate clients including Wrigley's Gum, Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, IBM and T.G.I.Fridays.
Turning to landscape painting in 1998, he continued studying artists like Diebenkorn, Mitchell and Rothko. The work naturally morphed toward abstraction as his focus shifted to the structure beneath the image. He relaunched his career as an abstract painter in 2014 and has since exhibited with galleries in New York, Boston, Chicago, Scottsdale, Jackson Hole, Indianapolis, and The Hamptons.
David is also a prolific children's author and illustrator, with over 25 books illustrated, translated into six languages. His books have been recognized for excellence by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publisher's Weekly, and Society of Illustrators.
David was selected to be a Visiting Artist with the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the world's largest children's museum, 2020-2021. He speaks regularly to organizations and schools, inspiring others to explore their own creative potential.