Recap: Robert Bateman’s Presentation at Dubois 2015

  By Bob Bahr Robert Bateman is currently finishing up an autobiography, so not surprisingly, his presentation on Wednesday night of the Dubois 2015 workshop mined much of the material he has carefully prepared for that publication. The result was a look at his...

New Approaches at This Year’s SKB

by Bob Bahr Two new options were added this year to the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation’s workshop in Dubois–instructors were teaching relief sculpting and colored pencil on suede board. Stephen Spears was leading participants in their exploration of...
2015 Award Winners at SKB

2015 Award Winners at SKB

Last night, the judges and the board of directors for the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation announced the winners in the miniature art contest, as well as some special awards. The presentation included wildlife art, tears, “junk,” precocious youth,...

First Workshop Field Work with Bateman

Fieldwork with Robert Bateman on the first day of the Workshop 17 cars full of artists followed Bob Bateman out into the Torrey Canyon area east of Dubois, Wyoming, to learn how Bob conducts in his in-depth field research for his large paintings. For the next 2 hours...

SKB Spotlight: New Instructor Kristen Olson

Kristen Olson is new to the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation, so she thought she had better be super-organized going into the Dubois workshop. “I tried to plan out a schedule of plein air locations to paint, different each day,” she said. “Well,...