Nina is excited to announce the launch of her Water-based media class on the online learning website Craftsy!
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Opening & Painting Demo
Opening & Painting Demo
At the New
Petter Gallery!
3:00 - 5:00 Saturday October 31st
Welcome American Landscape artist, Nina Weiss, and be inspired by watching her painting demo of a French Landscape. Attendees will be entered into a drawing for prizes that include: A set of Nina’s online painting classes, a 50% off coupon for Nina’s painting classes or a Gift Certificate to Petter Wine Gallery. No reservations necessary, but feel free to arrive early and stake out a good location in the Art Gallery to watch the demo.
"Artists' Homes & Studios" Book Signing & Opening
Nina Weiss/Art Endeavors is pleased to announce a book signing & opening event in honor of the new publication; "Artists' Homes & Studios". Nina's work and studio is featured in this new publication; with photography by Evan Kane. She is proud to host three artists also included in the book at this Opening event; Terrence Coffman; Cheryl Holz; and Wade Aldean. March 13th; 6:00 - 9:00 at the Art Endeavors studio. Books will be available for signing!
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Nina Weiss Hidden/Protected Show In The News
Myrna Petlicki reports on Nina's latest show for the Sun-Times Media group.
Highland Park artist’s fascination with the Midwest comes through
Nina Weiss loves to travel and everywhere she and her husband go, the Highland Park artist finds scenes to photograph. When she returns home, Weiss captures those images in oil.
The walls of her bright Highland Park studio — a bicycle ride away from home for this trim, fit artist — are covered with her gorgeous landscapes. Visitors are transported to far away places like France and Ireland and as near home to the Chicago Botanic Garden and Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, where Weiss is having a one-person show called “Hidden/Protected” through Dec. 23.
Weiss works with a dark palette, creating warm images that are both faithful to her settings and unique. Her love of nature is obvious in every piece. Her works also reflect what Weiss calls a major influence, the German Expressionists.
The native New Yorker, who earned a BFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, first came to the Midwest to study at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she earned a K-12 art education certification. “I started biking around and getting out into the Midwestern landscape,” Weiss said. “I was stunned at how vast it was.”
Her fascination with the Midwest hasn’t waned. “I spend a lot of time out in the cornfields and biking around, and do a lot of road trips,” she said.
Although her landscapes have a comfortable familiarity, each piece reflects Weiss’ unique style.
“They’re not pretty little landscapes, which I never set out to make,” Weiss said. “I can’t help the way that they come out. I paint the way I feel and what I see. Some people like them and some people actually do think they’re too dark.” These images are reflective of Weiss’ feelings about the landscapes she captures. “Nature is really powerful,” she declared. “It’s not benign and pretty.”
MET COLORS: ART LICENSING
Nina has been invited by the prestigious art licensing company Met Colors to join their stable of artists for art licensing opportunities. The Oklahoma based company will develop Nina's landscape painting images for reproduction use by large retailers in the USA and Europe.
2015 FRENCH LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP BROCHURE NOW AVAILABLE
Journey to Europe for an unbelievable adventure in art and travel! Nina Weiss and Art Endeavors is pleased to invite you to join the European Landscape Workshops to Ireland and Italy. Enrich your artistic practice while experiencing foreign cultures and beautiful landscapes. Relax and enjoy under the guidance and tutelage of an experienced and compassionate teacher, artist, and fellow traveler!
