Jim Wodark: Composing Southwestern Landscape
Tue September 23, 2025 @ 7:00 am – Wed September 24, 2025 @ 7:00 am
Cost: $200
Maximum of 20 / Minimum of 5 – All ability levels
Jim will be demonstrating his approach to composing and painting the beautiful Southwest landscape. He will touch upon how he designs paintings and how to use shape, value, color, edges and other tools to create great paintings.
Participants will meet at the Escalante Park Pavillion to begin painting at dawn each day.
You can participate by just watching, or you can paint along with Jim.
Jim was born in 1958 in Denver, Colorado but grew up near the flatirons. Both of his parents are artistic and he was tremendously influenced by them and the natural beauty of the environment. Cartooning was his first love and he worked in that field for 15 years. In 1990 Jim moved to California and a few years later met his wife, Julie. Jim paints both “En Plein Air” (on location from life) and in the studio. “I want to inspire and be inspired through painting. To bring beauty into people’s lives. I have been blessed with a passion to create. I am thankful that people respond to my work and that it makes a difference in their homes and businesses. Every day I look forward to what I will paint next.” It was at this time that he began to paint with oils. The birth of their first child, Clint in 1998, focused his desire to paint while being a stay-at-home dad. In 2000 they had twin girls, Sophia and Gwen. Believe it or not, this helped him focus even more! For the last 24 years he has been able to paint every day and has had great growth and success.
Jim has won many awards at the local and national level, one of the most prestigious being the Grand Prize Winner of the 7th Annual Plein Air Salon yearlong competition. He belongs to several painting groups: the California Art Club “Artist Member,” the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association “Signature Member,” The Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society.
Jim paints both “En Plein Air” (on location from life) and in the studio. “I want to inspire and be inspired through painting. To bring beauty into people’s lives. I have been blessed with a passion to create. I am thankful that people respond to my work and that it makes a difference in their homes and businesses. Every day I look forward to what I will paint next.”
You can see more of his work at: www.jimwodark.com
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