GREAT RIVER ARTS OFFERS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP WITH PAUL CHING-BOR
Bellows Falls, Vt., - Great River Arts Institute, a non-profit arts agency,
is offering a three-day workshop with watercolor artist Paul Ching-Bor from
October 25 to the 27th. The cost of the workshop is $500.
Paul Ching-Bor handles watercolor the way most artists handle oil: layering
and veiling, glazing and washing. In Ching-Bor¹s hands the watercolor
becomes a much more deft and responsive medium. He applies this innovative
way of utilizing the medium to his complex compositions of urban streets,
bridge abutments and overpasses‹the stark lines of which seem antithetical
to the fluid and seemingly passive nature of watercolor. But his
compositions have tremendous depth of field and powerful contrasts combined
with softly shaded planes and areas of light. Ching-Bor, who teaches at the
School for Visual Arts in New York City, is interested in bringing this
perspective to the industrial town of Bellows Falls.
Paul Ching-Bor started learning about watercolor as a child in primary
school in China. He continued his studies in art schools and universities,
as well as at the Ceramic Institute of Jinig De-Zhen in South East China. He
immigrated to Australia and established himself in Sydney, where he began
his career as a professional artist working mostly in watercolor. After
having moved to the United States and embarking on a successful career
showing his work in New York, he began teaching at the School of Visual
Arts, where he is received as a first rate instructor of watercolor.
The Great River Arts Institute is a non-profit, New-England-based arts
center dedicated to supporting and nurturing the visual and literary arts
and providing regional youth programs. Great River Arts is located at 33
Bridge Street in Bellows Falls. More information about GRAI is available at
www.greatriverarts.org.
