This one-day workshop is open to artists of all levels who want to explore alternative watermedia techniques. We’ll take a playful, experimental approach to reworking abandoned paintings, blending painting, mark-making, and collage. Using recycled artwork and various materials, you will create fresh compositions that evolve through intuition and creativity. As you push the boundaries of your materials and ideas, you’ll develop new ways of seeing and creating. Whether you are a beginner or advanced, you are encouraged to discover and explore your unique expression and personal imagery in realism, abstraction or non-objective.

CAA Board members all agreed that they have some old paintings that did not quite meet the mark, and we are betting that you do, too. Join This workshop and have fun transforming your old work into something new and exciting.

The workshop is Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 10am-4pm at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Allendale, NJ. See the details and sign up by filling out this registration form.

Elizabeth St. Hilaire paints with paper. Although there are many beautiful printed papers available to purchase, many of them are not colorfast, so Ms. St. Hilaire’s elaborate collage process begins with creating a myriad of painted and textured papers, using many fun and creative techniques. She will share these with us, as well as discuss her other activities, which include teaching online and in-person workshops (domestically and internationally), designing art products, being a brand ambassador, selling her art products on various websites, and licensing her images for home goods. www.paperpaintings.com

Eric Santoli is a painter, teacher, art historian, and Ridgewood native, who says his favorite artist is John Singer Sargent. He also enjoys traveling and being outdoors, so he undoubtedly appreciates the opportunity to conduct upcoming workshops in France and Ireland. In the summer of 2023, Mr. Santoli was the recipient of a prestigious artist residency award that allowed him to live in Claude Monet’s house and gardens in Giverny for three months. Oil, watercolor and plein air paintings from his time there, as well as information about more local workshops and events, can be found on www.ericsantoli.com

Linda Ippolito works in a variety of media, including pastel, oil, encaustic, collage and fiber arts. Paring down the subject matter to it’s essence and a reverence for nature are the central characteristics that connect all of her works of art. About her ethereal encaustic paintings, Linda says “I love how it sometimes goes it’s own way. That can be a disaster, but it can also produce something unexpectedly beautiful.” A truly creative person, Ms. Ippolito has also worked as a professional chef. lindaippolito.com

Sylvie Covey’s online portfolio www.sylviecovey.com is fascinating in its diversity and impressive in its sheer size. To state that she is a printmaker, photographer and painter is too basic, because her artwork in each of those areas can be further divided into numerous media and style categories. She is currently focusing on digital photography, which she alters in many ways. The dramatic example here features true and imagined layered colors. She teaches at The Art Students League, FIT, and the Art Center of Northern New Jersey.

Workshop, Printing Without a Press, Sylvie Covey. A description of this full-day workshop will follow as details become available. Ms. Covey is the instructor of a similar course at the Art Students League, where the following techniques have been presented: solar plates (cyanotype), pochoir (stencil), Gelli prints (monoprints), linocuts, and others.