Past Programs

Watercolor Demonstration
by Dianne Gorrick

Event Date, Time, & Location:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Cheshire Senior Center, 240 Maple Avenue, Cheshire, Connecticut

Landscapes are the artist's favorite subject matter, painted in "plein air" on location. Ms. Gorrick teaches the watercolor and mixed media classes for the Glastonbury Art Guild. She also offers "plein air" drawing and painting classes in the summer months.

Artist Dianne Gorrick holds a BA degree from Purdue University and a MA degree in studio arts from Wesleyan University. She is the recipient of two National Endowment Fellowships; a research grant concerning the Hudson River School of Painters and a fellowship to attend Dartmouth College, where she studied the art and culture of New England.
A painter and teacher with over thirty years experience in the arts, Ms. Gorrick is represented in many private and public collections. These include a prestigious sculpture installation for the Russell Library in Middletown, Ct. A lengthy show history includes the Wadsworth Athenaeum, the New Britain Museum, the Slater Museum, and the Ward-Nasse Gallery, SoHo, N.Y.C.

Ms. Gorrick is an elected artist at the Mystic Art Center and the Essex Art Association, where she recently won first prize for her painting "Fall in Vermont". She is also a member of the Ct. Plein Air Painters Society and the Lyme Art Association.

Learn more about Dianne Gorrick by visiting her website at www.artid.com/diannegorrick


Dianne's Watercolor Setup & Paintings



Dianne at Her Easel


Dianne Showing Her Paintings






Getting Started


Adding Sky


Foreground Details,
Refinements to Sky


Detailing Trees


Answering Questions


Finished!
 

Footnotes:
[1] Biography provided by Dianne Gorrick.
[2] Photos courtesy of Cheshire Art League.