NEWS & WORKSHOPS
New From Victory Puzzles
Natalie’s painting “Rocket Ray Gun” is featured on a new puzzle from Victory Puzzles. This UK company has a hundred year history of making wooden puzzels with unique shapes, and this offering has more than 500 pieces.
Click here to check out this amazing puzzle!
Natalie’s painting, “Magic 8 Ball” was awarded Best In Show at the Richeson 75 International Small Works 2024 Competition.
Juror Craig Blietz said, “This painting does exactly what trompe l’oeil painting is intended to do, which is to fool the eye. Until I took a very close look at this piece, I had thought that it was framed in corrugated cardboard. Fooled me! Take note of the way the black ribbon is handled in paint inside the piece while as it travels outside the painting it becomes the real material. The way this painting was conceptualized and performed is stunning. “
Click here to see the exhibiton.
This painting is available through Meyer Gallery, to contact the gallery click here.
Natalie’s painting, The Transparent Heart, wins the Alamenra Art Prize Award for Oil at the Allied Artists of America 111th Juried Show. The exhibition is on view at the Butler Museum of American Art. Many thanks to the jurors and the Alamenara Art prize for this honor.
Natalie is featured in the December issue of International Artist Magazine in the “Beyond the Palette” column with the Scottsdale Artists School.
Oil Painting Workshops 2025
March 4th, 11th and 18th —
Natalie is teaching an online workshop with the Scottsdale Artists School. This three week intensive is live online and recorded, so you can watch and rewatch at your own pace. She will focus on mastering textures like wood, shiny metal, transparent glass, rust, satin and specular highlights. You can watch her paint in real time and ask questions!
There will be an in-depth critique of your work, Natalie will share all of her painting resources and materials, and show you the tools and techniques she uses in her own practice to make your textures come to life.
Register here
Carneige Arts Center, March 23rd-27th, North Tonawanda, NY
This five day in person workshop is almost sold out! It’s organized by an amazing group of artists in the Buffalo, NY area and there are two spots left.
It’s going to be freestyle- bring what you want to paint and learn the skills you want to master. Natalie is here for all of it, showing you step by step how to start, refine and finish a painting. This workshop includes Power Point lectures, oil transfer and panel making demos, discussions of varnish and the art busniess- everything is on the table!
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Richeson School of Art, Kimberly, WI – April 7th-11th
If you don’t know their art school and gallery, you probably know of their amazing art supplies and international juried shows. Natalie is thrilled to join Richeson for a five day workshop this April. The focus of the class is capturing textures in oil paint where you choose the subjects that inspire your art: learn real skills for high definition realism.
Registration is open– Click here!
Academy of Realist Art Boston, July 16th – 20th
Natalie will teach an intensive workshop focused on a single skill: Ghosting Technique. And this has nothing to do with online dating!
If you want your text, patterns, line work and graphics to look amazing, mastering this versatile skill will bring your paintings to the next level level. Whether it’s figure, still life, landscape or trompe l’oeil, this workshop is for you!
Pre-registration is happening now: email Julie Beck at academyofrealistartboston@gmail.com and get notified when registration goes live.
Natalie’s painting workshops explore foundational oil painting skills through the genre of trompe l’oeil, where paintings deceive the eye by making a flat surface appear three-dimensional and hyper-realistic.
The formal elements of representational painting are addressed such as form, value, color theory, drawing and composition, and practical studio tips will also be included. Varnishing and making oil transfers, along with daily painting demos and powerpoint presentations are an important part of her curriculum. Natalie encourages students to create original compositions that inspire them, with a focus on what they’d like to explore one-on-one with her individual attention.
Natalie shares and discusses her experiences over a 25 year career such as working with galleries, the art business, photographing and cataloging your work, and how to promote your art on social media. She hopes participants will build friendships and connections, and have a fun and meaningful art experience during her intensive week long workshops.
What you’ll learn:
- Practical techniques such as how to transfer line drawings to panel in oil and graphite, and how to prepare smooth oil ground panels for painting.
- How to begin a painting with a straightforward approach to the initial block in.
- How to read the values in your subject for tonal accuracy to create the most convincing illusion of light and form in your paintings.
- How to see edges, shadows and color accurately, bringing visual power to your paintings.
- Natalie’s simple approach to color and color mixing can be easily implemented into your painting style, bringing your paintings even greater depth.
Questions welcomed– please visit the contact page to send an email.