Charlotte Wharton from Worcester, Massachusetts has been conducting a painting workshop all this week in Barga. Today the artists taking part in the workshop exhibited their work in the Galleria Comunale. From the groups’s site we read: ” artists of all levels working in oils, acrylics, and pastels will gain inspiration from the breathtaking views and extraordinary light quality. Plein air painting classes will be held in the morning. Afternoons will be devoted to working independently. Individual and group critiques will be offered.Nationally known painter and instructor Charlotte Wharton will help participants interpret the rhythms of nature and further their own voice. Charlotte will include and go beyond the standard elements of design to cover the interpretation of the inherent energy of linear directives, shape, value, color, using the Language of Artistic Energy and the Munsell Color System.”
About the Trip Coordinator
Donna Magnani, an artist and arts administrator, has painted and travelled throughout Italy. Her love of Italy and familiarity with Tuscany and Umbria inspired the launch of Workshops Italia. She coordinates small group stays in quaint, off-the- beaten-path spots, with delicious local cuisine and the visual feast of the Italian countryside. Most trips include opportunities for study with noted artists, independent work, cooking classes or just enjoying the simple lifestyle and beauty of Italy away from the crowds.
Artists taking part: Charlotte Wharton from Worcester, Massachusetts (her site is here) . Virginia Grey from San Francisco, CA. Donna Magnani from Woodstock, Il. Julie Meyerfrom Woodstock Il . Betty Pimm from Sugarland, Texas (her site is here)
CHARLOTTE WHARTON has participated in exhibits in Italy, France, Russia, and the United States. Her over 600 portraits and landscapes are in National and European collections – including Dean Krauss at Yale University and the 19th Century abolitionist, Abigail Kelley Foster, at Worcester Mechanics Hall. Charlotte has garnered over five dozen major awards including the Copley Society of Boston’s Gold Medal, the Award for Excellence in Portraiture, and the Oil Painters of America Award for Excellence in Painting.
Selected works have been reproduced in three Rockport Press Art books and highlighted in the Artists Magazine and the North Light Art Book Club Magazine. Charlotte has been featured many times on WGMC-TV
Charlotte received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Clark University and advanced her studies with several leading artists, most notably Everett Raymond Kinstler. She holds memberships in a dozen art organizations and is a Copley Master. Charlotte has taught for over twenty years, including classes at the Worcester Art Museum and workshops throughout the United States and the British West Indies. Ms. Wharton is represented by several galleries.
Barga is Beautiful, an artists dream come true. I enjoyed my time painting Barga.
Betty Pimm