The Art Guild of Middletown Invites you to attend a workshop led by Marine Artist Lou Bonamarte....

When Lou Bonamarte attended a one-man show of watercolors by John Pike
thirty-five years ago, he realized that watercolor did not have to be a timid
medium. Inspired by this discovery, he pursued watercolor painting with a
passion, and has since become a virtuoso of the medium.

Through the use of pure vibrant color, his paintings have vitality and
sophistication that sets his work apart. A former instructor and a dean at Lyme
Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Bonamarte is listed in International Biographies' Men
of Achievement, Who's Who in American Art and Who's Who in the East. He was
selected to receive the Mystic Seaport Museum Purchase Award at the 1990 Mystic
International exhibition.

"I began painting at the age of thirty-five. I Studied with John Pike in
1964 and again in 1968. Prior to this I was a graphic designer and illustrator.
During this period I attended many outdoor (sidewalk) shows and, then in 1970,
1 decided to work fulltime as a fine artist. I had little success at first and
was doing freelance illustration and advertising design. I receive my first
acknowledgment from the American Watercolor Society in 1972, when they awarded
me the Herb Olsen Award for my watercolor "Martha's Porch". Three
years later, in 1975, 1 became an artist member of Grand Central Art Galleries
in New York City. I was one of three people who were responsible for founding
the Lyme Art Academy of Fine Arts.

Cost: 85.00 for non-members of The Art Guild of Middletown. $75.00 for
members. 

Register for this
workshop by contacting Eva Dykas at evagdykas@gmail.com.

Website: www.middletownartguild.org.