cism,” he said. “For example, if it’s glorious outside

cism,” he said. “For example, if it’s glorious outside and your painting is dark and muddy you know you’ve done something wrong.”

Mike said there will be a critique the first day and on the third day the critique will be after lunch so that the students may take advantage of the information given in the critique for the rest of the afternoon painting session, and in this way, through reinforcing his painting principles and through individual instruction and critique.

“It depends on the student as to how many paintings they do. Some people will work on one painting the entire workshop and some will do one every day,” he said.

“We’ll divide classes into a morning scene and an afternoon scene. I’ll do a demonstration at both locations to take advantage of the light,” he said.

The workshop is open to all levels of painting; however, familiarity with the medium is required.

“A lot of what I paint is urban scenes from Northern Virginia and near Fort Meyer,” he said. ‘To have a change scenery is refreshing and it’s beautiful here (in Rappahannock).”

Mike studied at The Corcoran School of Art; received his B.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Md.; and his M.F.A. from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He participated in advanced art studies at American University and independent study in Europe and Mexico.

For over 24 years he has been a professional artist and has been instructing students in fine art classes and workshops for over 18 years. Currently he is a Professorial Lecturer in fine Arts at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and teaches landscape painting at The Art League School.

Mike has an impressive list of awards to his credit including the Virginia Prize for Painting awarded to him in 1987. His work has been favorably reviewed numerous times by The