Overview
Painting Still Water (OIL PAINTING)
Painting Still Water (OIL WORKSHOP)
with Karen Philpott
Date: April 11, 2026
Time: 9 am to 3 pm
Price: $200/180 MEMBER
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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.
A $25 fee will be charged for all class refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to fourteen days prior to the FIRST DAY OF TERM CLASSES. Thereafter, no refunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the class.
Karen Philpott
Instructor
“Painting the landscape from life, in all its wildness, has become my life’s pursuit. I consider myself a modern impressionist who is drawn to the effect’s of light as nature presents it.” Karen Philpott resides in the small coastal town of Fairhope, AL. Recent awards include Open Division, Quick Draw, Best of Show, Plein Air of the Smokies and The “Award of Excellence” by the American Impressionist Society Small Works 2021 National Show. Memberships include the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America, and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, and a member of PAP-SE (Plein Air Painters of the Southeast) Karen served in 2021, as the President of The Chestnut Group, a plein air organization of over 200 members whose mission is painting to preserve vanishing landscapes of Tennessee. Additionally she teaches landscape workshops, and judges national painting competitions. When asked to define her style, Karen is comfortable with the terms Modern Impressionist. Influenced by the Impressionist Artists of the past and American Plein Air Artists before her, she paints in plein air before moving to her studio to create larger pieces. Capturing the natural landscape is the subject she is drawn to. Her goal is to capture in oils, the atmosphere, light and impression nature presents in every season. Awards & Organizations 2023 Honorable Mention Wet Wall Competition American Impressionist Small Works Showcase 2023 Shadows on the Teche Plein Air First Place Quick Draw 2022 Best in Show, Quick Draw, Plein Air of the Smokies 2021 “Award of Excellence” American Impressionist Small Works Show 2019 “Honorable Mention“ Artist on Location, Knoxville Museum of Art 2017 Haven Foundation Award - Fine Artist Oil Painting 2016 “Award of Acknowledgement” The Pryor Art Gallery 2011 “Best In Show - Oil Painter”, Maury County "Art For The Parks" Oil Painters of America ~ American Impressionist Society ~ National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Chestnut Group Plein Air Painters for preservation of Historical Places and rural Landscape. EDUCATION : Bachelor of Fine Arts 1978, Middle Tennessee State University Studied under: Roger Dale Brown, OPAM, Scott Christensen, OPAM Howard Friedland, OPAM
