June 7-12, 2015

Open Week / Curney Nuffer

The Open Week is a session designed as an artist retreat. It is ideal for the artist who is not in need of instruction but would benefit and enjoy the experience at Nimrod Hall.  Perfect for the professional artist who likes to work with no cares, all the way to the beginner who is still finding their way around their tools, this week is one of hard work and lots of play. Aside from an opening reception and a closing walk-around viewing, there will be no formal critiques or expectations. Limit 11 participants.

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Curney Nuffer is a Richmond, Virginia, based artist. His style reflects his extensive work with Moscow’s Surikov Institute Painters. Born and raised in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia, this is Curney’s 3rd summer at Nimrod Hall. Curney will be helping those interested in oils or acrylics and paints in a representational style. Limit 11 participants. Please see his work and his extensive resume for more information at www.curneynuffer.com

9 private studio’s are available for an extra fee of $175. They will be rented on a first come basis and will need to be rented when you register.

Curney Nuffer, Third Sunset, Oil

June 14-19, 2015

Sara Poly / Jane Joyner

Sara Linda Poly teaches outdoor landscape painting classes and workshops through the Art League School located at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Presently she is a member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters and the Oil Painters of America. Sara is shown in galleries all over the world and has won numerous prizes for her artwork. She has been a beloved teacher at Nimrod Hall for many years and is unfailingly enthusiastic with her participants and helpful in all areas. Very comfortable with Nimrod, Sara is a great choice for any level of artist. Sara lives and works in Easton, MD.

Please see her work and resume at www.saralindapoly.com

Medium: Oil painting         Limit 11 participants

Sara Poly, Sunset, Oil

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Jane Joyner is a beloved teacher in Richmond, Virginia and brings her supportive and intuitive help to Nimrod for the second summer.  Her approach to the mountains of Allegheny are stunning in their ability to simplify the complicated views your eyes can see. With an art degree from VCU, Jane has made a career of painting and also instructing others with classes held at her home studio in Richmond. She is geared to helping you find your own feel for the art, while providing help when needed. She has shown extensively, including, Page Bond Gallery in Richmond and Collegiate School Gallery. She is very good with the beginner painter as well as the more established artist. For more of her work and her resume see www.joynerart.blogspot.com.

Medium: Oil or Acrylic painting    Limit 11 participants

Jane Joyner, Mountains and Fields, Oil

*9 private studio’s are available for an extra fee of $175 for the week. They will be rented on a first come basis and will need to be rented when you register.

June 21-26th, 2015

Laura Loe

Laura Loe Artist Laura Loe is the owner of Nimrod Hall and has been director of the artist workshops since 1997. This week is for the advanced artist who is looking for guidance on their own voice. This is not a week for the beginner artists as there will not be formal critiques and formal lessons, but aimed at those who work hard, expect themselves to embrace change, and have an open mind to feed off the other artists in the group. Laura will talk to every artist every day one on one yet not try to guide the artist away from his or her unique approach but encourage that growth. Director of the artist workshops and owner of Nimrod Hall, Laura has been a professional oil painter since 1996, taught at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School for over a decade, shows in many galleries, has won many awards for oil paintings and was recently chosen as a Woman in the Arts award recipient in Richmond, VA. Her work can be found in many corporate and private collections.  Please see her work and resume at www.lauraloe.com

Advanced Oils: Representational or Abstract         Limit 20 Participants ( 2 spaces left 2/2/15)

Laura Loe, Abstract, Oil

*9 private studio’s are available for an extra fee of $175 for the week. They will be rented on a first come basis and will need to be rented when you register.

June 28-July 3, 2015

Andras Bality / Diego Sanchez

Andras Bality To know Andras Bality is to love him, but to be able to learn from him is a true treat. Andras will be coming to Nimrod for his 7th summer to the happiness of all of us who benefit from his sheer love of painting and his complete disregard for painting what is expected. A professional artist, Andy has won many awards for his work and has shown in galleries nationwide. His work is loose yet focused and shimmers in his own unique way and he is able to pick out, in his paintings, the perfect object to emphasize while letting other elements work as ancillary supporting structure. HIs work has been featured in many national publications and he is well represented in galleries around the country. For more information and to see his resume visit www.andrasbality.com. ( 2 spaces left 2/2/15)

Medium: Oil or Acrylic    Limit: 11 participants

Andras Bality, James River Rock, OIl

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Diego Sanchez comes to Nimrod as an artist-in-residence for his fifth year. An enthusiastic teacher of art and an accomplished professional artist, Diego is a talented and progressive painter whose passion lies in his approach and handling of paint and the absolute love of the medium, focusing on incorporating figurative elements in non-traditional ways. Process is his love and his work focuses on experimentation, with new materials and new techniques. The perfect instructor for a new energy and direction in your work. Diego is a good choice for those who like an abstract approach. For more of his work and resume, visit www.diegosanchez.com.

Medium: All media, oil paint and mixed media   Limit 11 participants

Diego Sanchez, Canoe, Mixed Media

*9 private studio’s are available for an extra fee of $175 for the week. They will be rented on a first come basis and will need to be rented when you register.

July 5-10, 2015

Rosalie White / Jessie Coles

Rosalie White is as much a fixture at Nimrod Hall as the deer heads in the dining room! She has been with us, at Nimrod Hall, for so many years yet still can just find things over and over to paint in her signature, small, yet terrifically impactful style. She is a plein air painter who can take to the scene with a cigar box fashioned into a paint box and come away with a masterpiece...before breakfast! Her supportive style works with any painter looking to improve their own skills whose paintings are small, large or in between. She is someone who understands the plein air approach and can share that with you.  Rosalie comes to us as a valued instructor at the Beverly Street Studio School in Staunton, VA, and teaches in Lynchburg to a dedicated group of painters. For more of her work and resume visit www.academyfinearts.com/classes/instructors.asp

Rosalie White, HIgh Water Bridge, Oil

Medium: Oil painting         Limit 11 participants

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Jessie Coles is a Charlottesville artist who we are excited to have at Nimrod for her first year. Her work is a vibrant hive of paint strokes that work together to create a harmonious still life.  The works are approached with a loose and indirect painterly feel creating a glancing moment in time of well established objects that you see every day. Her love of painting is apparent and she says that,”energy and movement are the real subject of my still life paintings.” All Levels are welcome.  For more of her work and resume visit www.jessiecolespainting.weebly.com

Medium: Oil or Acrylic painting    Limit 11 participants

Jessie Coles, Onions, Oil

*9 private studio’s are available for an extra fee of $175 for the week. They will be rented on a first come basis and will need to be rented when you register.

July 12-17, 2015

Purnell Pettyjohn

Anne Walker

Fielding Archer

Purnelle Pettyjohn You would be hard pressed to find someone who approaches life with as much sheer pleasure as Purnell and her teaching style reflects her personality. She will be hands on more than some weeks because watercolor demands technical help that some other mediums escape, yet you can elect to do as much or as little as you would like as far as group demonstrations and structure. Purnell teaches watercolor in Lynchburg, Virginia, and infuses her work with her personality- fun and whimsical! She will be teaching more technical approaches as watercolor is an incredible demanding medium. Her approach is colorful while emphasizing light and shadow to create form. All levels of watercolorists are welcome. For more of her work and resume visit www.purnellpettyjohn.com

Medium Watercolor         Limit: 11 participants

Purnelle Pettyjohn

*9 private studio’s are available for an extra fee of $175 for the week. They will be rented on a first come basis and will need to be rented when you register.

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Anne Walker is teaching a week devoted to beginner oil painters. Perfect for the  artists who has never taken a workshop before, Anne began her career as a student of Laura Loe’s many years ago and is now a professional painter of her own. She has been coming to Nimrod Hall for over 15 years and is an expert of all things Nimrod and can help the beginner painter with supplies, basic information and most of all, a sense of humor that is unrivaled. Anne is a serious artist who can teach you more in one week than many months long classes.  Due to the nature of the class, this week will be more hands on and there will be more group activities offered. For more of her work and resume visit www.annewalkerart.com

Beginner Oil Painting/Intro to Workshops     Limit 11 participants

Anne Walker, Geraniums, OIl

*9 private studio’s are available for an extra fee of $175 for the week. They will be rented on a first come basis and will need to be rented when you register.

Fielding Archer      Fielding Archer has a unique way of painting a still life that is very light handed but solid and powerful in completion. He will be using this weekend to help his students understand the key elements to still life and to give pointers that he has learned along the way. He will also help with the initial “set up” that is so key to the end result but sometimes approached too casually.  Fielding graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking.   An award winner in national juried exhibitions, Fielding's art is included in museum, private and corporate collections. He will focus on all oil painting with all levels welcome. See his work at www.fieldingarcher.com

*9 private studio’s are available for an extra fee of $175 for the week. They will be rented on a first come basis and will need to be rented when you register.

August 9-14, 2015

Open Studio / Artist Retreat

Open Studio/Artist Retreat will be held for visual artists, photographers, writers, collage artists, yogi’s or virtually any other reason you would have to want to be alone to work but with a creative group to inspire and enjoy. These are the weeks of August 9 and August 16. Owner/Artist Laura Loe, will facilitate this week, but not be formally teaching. This week is held during the time at Nimrod Hall when families will also be enjoying Nimrod which lends a more casual and fun loving feel to the stay. Because we will be sharing with the families, participants will stay in the newly upgraded Square House but a private studio will also be provided for each applicant. These weeks are perfect for those artists getting ready for a show who need to power work, or just for the person who needs space to get messy and create and maybe have a little time alone at a wonderful place during the best month of the summer for our ice cold pond. 

All mediums. Limit 8 participants. Studio Included.

Due to the limited number of rooms available the workshop will be limited to 8 people. This is perfect for the person who just can’t get enough time at Nimrod.