Mel Dion 

Residency at the Golden Foundation in New Berlin, NY

 

Upcoming show in Lancaster, PA

barn, watercolor on prepared canvas

Golden Foundation Residency

September 2016

Upcoming shows

 

Red Raven Art Company:

Melanie Dion

Yeon Ro Kang

Cathy Hozack

 

Opening Reception: October 7, 2016 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

138 N. Prince St

Lancaster, PA 17603

This week I returned from a painting residency at the Golden Foundation. The artists in residence (Howard Hersh, Caitlin Albritton, Mel Dion) have open access to all products that Golden Paints make as well as the guidance of the entire technical team. 

A main focus of this program is to teach artists different techniques and possibilities of acrylic paints and mediums in a wide array of different applications.

 

 

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My interests are in watercolor, and finding new ways of layering and presenting my work without the use of glass, while still protecting the delicate watercolors from damage or fading with a 3 - step varnishing process. The basic idea behind this is to end up with a removable varnish that is designed to take the place of glass for better visibility of the painting. If interested in more information on the technique I use I would be happy to elaborate

 

The property the Residency is on is just stunning, with late afternoon light like nothing I have ever seen before. I found myself unable to stay inside my gorgeous studio on the top floor of the barn so I was able to do some plein aire painting.

Our four weeks at the residency came to an end with Open Studio Night and a closing dinner. This gave us the opportunity to not only connect with new people working in the visual arts, but also let us show off all of the cool stuff we had been working on to all of the wonderful paint nerds at Golden Paint who taught us so much!

 

A special extra huge thank you to Barb Golden, Emma Golden, and Lori Wilson who give everything they have to make this program operate at such an extraordinary level.

 

images courtesy of the Golden Foundation

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