Overview
Join award-winning plein air painter, Cory Wright, for a fun and informative 3 day workshop just in time to get you warmed up for Plein Air Fairhope 2026! Through daily demonstrations using a version of the “sight-size method,” Cory will cover the various aspects of painting outside including materials, composition, values, color mixing, and paint application. Open to all levels, from beginners to advanced, the focus will be on taking you from your current skill level to the next. Expect to do a morning and an afternoon painting each day at locations throughout Fairhope with individual attention given to each student as Cory circulates around to everyone at their easels throughout the day. She’ll be working in oils, but all mediums are welcome.
Title: Paint with Confidence and Clarity
Instructor: Cory Wright – 2025 Plein Air Fairhope BEST OF SHOW
Dates: Oct 31 and Nov 1, 2026
Price: $550 ($500 for ESAC members*)
- A $75 fee will be charged for all workshop refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to one (1) month prior to the workshop start date. Thereafter, norefunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the workshop.
Cory Wright
Instructor
Cory Wright earned her BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998, following a year-long study abroad in Rome, Italy. Since then, in addition to being an art instructor & studio painter, she had an accomplished career as a muralist, specializing in the tromp l’oeil technique, for over 25 years. In 2011 Wright discovered her passion for painting en plein air with oils during a 10 day workshop in Italy. She soon began participating and winning awards at various Paint Out events throughout the state of Florida, where she has resided since 2004. Cory paints full-time and her works are now held in numerous national & international private collections. These days she can most often be found outdoors at her easel, along the beaches of Anna Maria Island where she lives, in her native East Tennessee, at various plein air festivals, or in Italy, capturing the ever-changing effects of light & shadows, and creating larger studio paintings from her plein air works.
- A $25 fee will be charged for all class refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to seven (7) days prior to class start date. Thereafter, no refunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the class.
- A $75 fee will be charged for all workshop refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to one (1) month prior to the workshop start date. Thereafter, norefunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the workshop.
Pack your brushes and journey across your canvas with purpose. We will be exploring dynamic brushwork and its importance in creating focused paintings with remarkable edges and convincing texture. Students will learn valuable techniques that break boundaries—keeping their paintings fresh with contrast, movement and visual personality. Designed for oil mediums, this workshop is open to students of all levels. Instructor demonstrations will be done in oil. Class size is limited to ensure plenty of work space and one-on-one instruction.
Cat’s classes fill quickly, so don’t wait to register!
Dynamic Brushstrokes in Oil
with Cat Pope
Date: Aug 1, 2026
Time: 9 am to 4 pm
Price: $225 ($200 ESAC Members*)
- A $75 fee will be charged for all workshop refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to one (1) month prior to the workshop start date. Thereafter, norefunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the workshop.
Cat Pope
Instructor
"Cat Pope is an artist madly in love with color relationships, dramatic energy, and confident brushwork. Her childhood in Clearwater, Florida instilled in her a love for the natural landscape and the unique sense of light found along the Gulf Coast. Cat’s work in oil depicts the coastal landscape and its inhabitants using post-impressionist and contemporary realist techniques. Layers of color, bold shapes, and manipulation of surface texture illustrate a fascination with the medium itself and its rapturous capacity for memory. Cat currently lives and works from her private studio on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. When not in the midst of creating, she enjoys exploring new places, supporting local coffee shops and filling her garden with tropical plants. She is passionate about teaching and encouraging others to chase after inspiration in all of life's pursuits. Her works have been collected throughout the United States, as well as Canada and South Korea."
- A $25 fee will be charged for all class refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to seven (7) days prior to class start date. Thereafter, no refunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the class.
- A $75 fee will be charged for all workshop refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to one (1) month prior to the workshop start date. Thereafter, norefunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the workshop.
