Painting Demonstration with Richell Castellón
Schedule
Sat Mar 23 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
Location
12 W Market St, Corning, NY, United States, New York 14830 | Corning, NY
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? PAINTING DEMONSTRATION: Join us for an artist demo at the Gallery and meet Spotlight Artist, Richell Castellón! This is Richell’s first time doing a painting demonstration at West End Gallery. Join us and watch him create an original acrylic painting in his signature improvisatory and impressionistic style. He paints a range of subjects including harbor scenes, classic cars, and is most well-known for his cityscapes primarily depicting New York City and Cuba. Whether you're an art collector, an art appreciator, a fellow artist, or an aspiring artist, this is a wonderful opportunity to watch a professional artist at the easel!
The event is free and open to the public. All events are family friendly. This painting demonstration will take place in the Main Gallery which is wheelchair accessible. We hope to see you there!
About the Artist: Richell Castellón Ferreira is a Cuban-born impressionist artist based in the United States.
His style is loose, improvisatory in feel, but there is a strong sense of place in each of his paintings — be it a scene from Cuba, NYC or Syracuse, New York. While each scene represents a moment in time, Castellón fills them with an energy and spontaneity that also reflects an acute sense of observation. All the paintings exude a powerful sensitivity to the light or movement within a scene. Sometimes he offers us an unresolved narrative, and sometimes it’s simply about a naturally occurring play of lines, shapes, and patterns within an urban landscape. But there’s always an infusion of light and movement, be it within a fully rendered color palette or within restrained tones of gray, black and white.
Almost six years have passed since Castellón moved from the only country he had ever known to the unfamiliar landscape of Upstate New York. In that time, he has steadfastly figured out how to rebuild a life, one that supports his innate passion to paint and to be the artist he knows he can become.
“I try to capture the emotion of the scene. I want people to hear the painting. The details aren’t important. It’s the overall effect.”
~ Richell Castellón
Richell's creations will be featured in our "Spring Spotlight Exhibit" and will be on view at West End Gallery March 22 - May 2.
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Where is it happening?
12 W Market St, Corning, NY, United States, New York 14830Event Location & Nearby Stays: