ARTicipation for Adults: Three Titans of Spanish Art - Expressionistic Portraits

This program is an art workshop that is in conjunction with the Artscapades lecture on 3/11, please sign up for and attend the lecture prior to attending this workshop.

This workshop is a hands-on portrait painting experience inspired by El Greco and contemporary artists who were influenced by his work. In this workshop, we will be creating expressionistic portraits inspired by El Greco's dramatic style of portrait painting. 

In this art making experience personal expression will be encouraged to create a work of art is either abstract or realistic. The instructor will provide reference images but asks the participants to bring any resources they would like to incorporate into their art.

About the Instructor: Jeanne McDonagh is a digital arts teacher and artist who recently retired from a 32-year career at New Canaan High School. Ms. McDonagh, who considers herself a “lifelong learner,” earned a BA, BS from Saint John’s University and an MFA in Painting and Graphic Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology. In addition to her teaching career, Jeanne McDonagh has exhibited her photography at Mystic Museum of Art, Fairfield Museum, and Carriage Barn Arts Center. She has been a photography juror and commentator for the Lower Fairfield Photography Club (2009 – 2020) and the Norwalk Photo Club (3013).