Winter Gardens

Artist/Instructor: Jennifer Koury

 Explore the quiet magic of seasonal shifts in this reflective watercolor workshop inspired by the natural landscapes of American artist Charles Burchfield. Renowned for his vivid, emotional depictions of nature, Burchfield masterfully captured the quiet tension between winter’s stillness and the first stirrings of spring. Through guided instruction and open studio time, explore nature’s beautiful in-between moments, of winter turning to spring. Celebrate the subtle colors, textures, and moods of the late winter landscape: the birds returning and calling to one another, dried seed heads blowing, and lingering snow with the first signs of bursting growth. Draw inspiration from Burchfield’s unique visual language, while exploring watercolor techniques to emphasize atmosphere and emotion. Participants will experiment with watercolor’s fluid movement, including washes, layering of transparent color, and expressive brushwork. Let the hidden energy of winter, and its hushed palette, spark your creativity to capture what lies between the seasons.

Supplies are not included:

• Bring your watercolor paper, paints, brushes, paper towels, and any painting tools that make your creating and painting the most enjoyable experience. 
• Bring a photo(s), reference(s) of a garden between winter and spring.
• Bring winter berries, pussy willows, or the first snowdrop flowers for inspiration.

Jennifer Koury
Jennifer Koury is a Buffalo-based artist, freelance illustrator, and arts educator. She instructs for The Roycroft Campus, Springville Center for the Arts, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s International Center for Watercolor. Jennifer has taught a weekly series of watercolor workshops inspired by Suddenly I Awoke: The Dream Journals of Charles E. Burchfield. She is represented by Meibohm Fine Arts, East Aurora, NY. In 2022, her works were featured in Luminance, a four-person watercolor exhibit at Meibohm Fine Arts. In 2023, Koury’s plein air paintings inspired by Emery Park’s old-growth forest were highlighted in a two-person exhibition, Whose Woods These Are, at Springville Center for the Arts. She has exhibited her paintings in both solo and group shows and won awards, including being a finalist in the Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Her art is featured in the NFWS Mary Whyte Gallery Walk video, George Washington's Mount Vernon Visitor Center, and Yuma Regional Medical Center in Arizona. Her illustrations appear in many children's books and volumes for adults. She is a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists, a signature member of the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, and a signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society. She holds degrees in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, and the Art Center College of Design, California. 

For Further information please contact Kathy Shiroki