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LECTURE - The Hidden Order and The Language of Painting with Maggie Siner

**This is a 1.5 hour in-person lecture**

Time: Wed. Jan. 16, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Price:  $25

The Hidden Order and The Language of Painting

Maggie Siner, accomplished painter and inspiring teacher will lead you on a voyage into the inner world of the artist’s visual thinking. This slide presentation explores some of the great masterpieces of painting and reveals how paintings use form, space, light and color for expressive purposes.  Her ability to communicate about painting and her expertise provide a rare opportunity to look at great painting from a creators point of view.   It is a fascinating analysis that will change the way you look at painting and open a deeper appreciation of art.

About the Instructor

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Siner began her studies at the Art Students League of New York, graduated from Boston University (BFA) and American University (MFA) and has lived for extended periods in France, China and Italy. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums for over 40 years and is in hundreds of collections around the world.

Siner is also a devoted teacher who has influenced a generation of painters. She has been on the faculty of L'Institut Américain and the Lacoste School of Art in France, a visiting professor at Xiamen University in China, artist in residence at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Dean of Faculty at the Washington Studio School and teaches workshops in the USA and abroad. She is a frequent guest artist and public speaker much appreciated for her lectures on the internal workings of painting.

In 1976 she moved to France, taught painting and art history at European university programs and exhibited in Aix-en-Provence, Paris and Marseilles. She also studied medicine at the Faculté de Médecine in Marseilles, taught anatomy at Georgetown Medical School and completed facial reconstructions to assist law enforcement in the US. In 1991 she lectured in major art academies in China. Since 2008 she has spent much time painting and exhibiting in Venice, Italy, enamored of that city's ever-changing surfaces. 

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