Experiments in Spontaneity: An Abstract Painting Workshop with Ellen McKay

In these classes we explore ways to start a painting and develop it through various techniques which establish a dialogue with the Unconscious—ground of spontaneity, realm of authentic expression. In the intuitive practice of gesture and improvised mark-making, with pleasure as our guide, we draw upon emotion, sense memory, observation. Leaving intellect and preconceived ideas aside, we break old habits, gain new ground; the work deepens, takes on a life of its own.