jim hallenbeck

TEACHES KOI IMPRESSIONISM

8/30/2020
@1-6pm 

5 hours
lesson 

painters (16+) with at least 1 year experience

instruct in oil
Disclaimer:
Reservation made less than 24 hours before the class will not be accepted. A master class is subject to cancellation if the registration of the class less than 5. A class cancellation notice will send via email at least 24 hours before the class starts. If cancellation happens due to low registration, a full refund of $15 will be issued to your original payment method. A reservation fee will not be refunded if you are absent for any reason. Class takers are required to bring their own art materials. The champion will only provide easels and trays. 
Class required art materials
​​1. 11" x 14" or 12" x 16" canvas
2. Oil or acrylic paint (Jim will be instructing in oil)
  • Required colors: titanium or zinc white, black, ultramarine blue, cadmium red light, rose madder or alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow light, cadmium orange
  • All other colors are optional - good extra colors are cerulean blue, cadmium red medium, cadmium yellow medium
3. Brushes: any mix of small and medium size brushes, flat and filbert
4. Gamsol or turpenoid for mixing colors and cleaning brushes
5. Small glass jar or tin can for holding the Gamsol / turpenoid
6. Palette for mixing colors
7. Paper towels
​Statement

​My art has largely been of landscapes, cityscapes, and, at times, the people captured in these scenes. My approach in painting is to represent each subject in my unique colorful narrative style. I am not trying to just impart information but also construct and communicate a story complete with characters, elements, and settings. In turn, I hope to say something to the viewer, to trigger an emotion, or to spark a memory that resonates on a very unique personal level. 
exhibitions & awards
artist contact
Website
http://jimhallenbeckfineart.com/
Studio
Creative Member
311 Gallery
311 West Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27612
919-917-3394
About the Artist
Growing up in Catskill, NY, I was constantly drawing. This led to being the art editor of my high school yearbook, majoring in Fine Arts at SUNY Plattsburgh, and obtaining a BS in Art Education from Florida International University of Miami in December 1979. My dream of being an art instructor then artist, however, was put on a 35 year hold! I was hired by IBM in September 1979 in Boca Raton, FL and transferred to Raleigh, NC in 1999. I retired from IBM as a Vice President in September 2014 and worked at Lenovo through January 2015. Through the years during my IBM career I continued to paint as time allowed. Now retired, I am pursuing my life long dream of being an artist. My oil  paintings include primarily landscapes, city scenes, and local Raleigh landmarks. I taught art (K - 5th grade and adult classes) part-time at Champion Education in Morrisville, N.C from October 2017 through June 2019. In 2020, I serve as Champion's art director for their monthly "master" class. I have taken workshops from nationally recognized artists such as Nicole Kennedy, Dan Beck, Dawn Whitelaw, Derek Penix, and six with Albert Handell (my mentor, teacher, and friend). I am creative member of 311 Art Gallery in Raleigh, NC. and a contributing artist of the Mattie King Davis Gallery in Beaufort, N.C.  In this short period I have been juried in over 30 local and national exhibitions winning numerous awards. Of note, I have been juried in to the 2018 American Impressionists Society's national exhibition, the 105th Allied Artists of America exhibition in 2019, the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society's 2018 Spring online International Exhibition, and the NOAPS 2019 Fall online International Exhibition.