Workshop | Abstract Painting Intensive for Intermediate Level Full-Day

Crank up the volume on your abstract art in this 6-hour session!

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*The registration deadline for all workshops is 3 days before the workshop date. Don’t wait! We encourage you to register early to ensure a spot and that the class will be held.

Abstract Painting Intensive for Intermediate Level: Big, Bold, and Beautiful

Ready to crank up the volume on your abstract art? In this 6-hour deep dive, you’ll start with a fast and fascinating history of abstract painting—no dusty textbooks, just pure inspiration. Then it’s your turn to shine and bring your inspiration to life on a 24” x 36” canvas. Learn the secrets of gels and glazes to create depth, drama, and jaw-dropping textures—hello, transparency tricks! Watch the magic happen in our quick-fire demos, then get down and dirty blocking in your canvas with fearless color and luscious layers. We’re talking big moves, fresh ideas, and zero hesitation. Bring your questions—group feedback is your new BFF. By the end you’ll have a bold, beautiful statement piece that’s all you. Let’s make some magic!

For experienced, intermediate students. Rule-breakers and risk-takers are especially welcome!

Exact required supply list will be shared via email before the workshop session and will give attendees ample time to prepare. Expect to need basics such as acrylic paint, brushes, palette knife, palette paper or palette, canvas, acrylic gel medium and glaze.

Bring smock, gloves, and that untamed creative spirit.

Sign up now to claim your art supply list and start creating! Limited spots available. Registration at least a week in advance is requested.

Instructor Information:

Renée Rey, an award-winning artist born in Sagamihara, Japan, lives and works in Delray Beach, Florida.

Rey’s artwork has been recognized in national awards and exhibitions by notable museum and gallery professionals including Jade Dellinger, Director of Exhibits & Collections, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Fort Myers, FL; Julie Sasse, Chief Curator, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ; Erin Wright, Commissioning Editor and Producer, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Gisela Carbonell, Curator, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, .

Honored with the 2024 Dina Baker Fund Grant from the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Rey's work has graced galleries across the globe. Recent solo shows include Bailey Contemporary Arts Gallery, Pompano Beach, FL, Tauni De Lessep Gallery at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL, and the Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL. Her group exhibitions span the Baker Museum, Naples, FL, Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, Studio 33, Spain, Art Brut Biennale, Netherlands, and Project Space Brut, South Korea.

Rey was awarded artist residencies at Bailey Contemporary Arts (2023-2024), School of Visual Arts in New York (2019), and Sun Peaks Center for Art and Sustainability (2016). Her art is in the collections of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, NY, First Albany, New York, NY, and Wasmer Art Collection at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL.

She served as the International Curator for the 2021 art exhibition "Lo Cierto Es Lo Incierto" held in Soriano, Uruguay.

A dynamic lecturer, Rey has inspired students at Florida Gulf Coast University, New College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. With nearly a decade of teaching drawing, painting, and creativity in Florida, Rey brings a wealth of experience and education to her work. Her background includes extensive undergraduate coursework in drawing, painting, 3-D design, performance art, and art history and graduate courses in film and computer art. She holds an MBA in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an A.A.S. in Interior Design from Parsons School of Design, an M.A. in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a B.A. in Judaic Studies from the University at Albany. This diverse educational foundation infuses her artistic practice with exceptional depth and perspective.

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