Arts on Main

Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia

AiR Workshop with Francoise Menard

Francoise Menard was born in Sydney, Australia and makes her home in Paris, France. She has exhibited her artwork all over the world and will be the Artist in Residence here in Gloucester through the end of January.

“I’m working on the impossible task of talking about my painting, actually, I think the words would not help to understand it”
-Françoise Ménard

Artist in Residence, Françoise Ménard, will offer a workshop using a “mixed” technique taught at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. This technique reconstitutes the method developed by the Van Eyck brothers in the 13th Century, which is a process of alternation of lean glaze with fat tempera made from egg, originally replaced by cellulose glue. Madame Ménard grinds her pigments with oil herself. Tuition: $495




Nancy McCarra, shares a few snippets from her first week in Gloucester.

October 21: Painted a cloudy day from the pier at Goshen Farm in the afternoon.

October 22: Gave my presentation and talk at Arts on Main relating my artistic journey. Also brought 6 paintings to be displayed at the gallery through November.

Late afternoon I painted another cloudy day scene at Goshen. Avoided the rain by standing in the garage.

October 23: Up early to capture the sunrise.

October 23: Painted the same scene as Monday, this time a sunny day.

October 25: I was able to further develop this sunny day landscape in the morning. The water was very calm and smooth with a brighter reflection on the surface so I adjusted the color to show that.

The Artist in Residency (AiR) Program is sponsored in part by the generosity of The Cook Foundation.