| Biography
of Winston Leonard Seaton, Artistic Director
Of Casa Rancho Art Retreat.
I was born in Toronto Canada in 1940. At
nine years old I had my first art lesson
from Jan Berga, the father of Canadian figure
skating champion Petra Berga and at the
age of ten my first tempra painting was
sent on a travelling art exhibition to Australia.
I studied fine art at the Nova Scotia College
of Art and Design in Halifax and continued
my studies at the Vancouver School of Art,
graduating in 1963 where I studied painting
under Jack Shadboldt and Tach Tanabe. I
went on to London England where I completed
a Post National Diploma in Design at the
London College of Printing and Design.
Most of my life I worked in the design
industry but I continued to paint. I have
exhibited at the Bernadette Gallery in North
Vancouver, The Federation of Canadian Artists
Gallery in Vancouver, the Fraser River Gallery
in Fort Langley and more recently at my
own gallery the Kempt Lake Gallery in Kempt,
Nova Scotia, the Rosignol Cultural Centre
in Liverpool, Zwickers Gallery in Halifax,
and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Rental
Gallery in Halifax.
My works are in private collections in
Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec,
New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany,
Switzerland, and Poland.
I was the founding member of the Harmony
Lake Group of Painters and the Gambier Island
School of Fine Art in British Columbia and
have taught painting at the Nova Scotia
College of Art, British Columbia Institute
of Technology and the University College
of the Fraser Vallery as well as adult education
programs in Nova Scotia.
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Painting
in Acrylic and Water Colour Program with
Casa Rancho Artist Winston Leonard Seaton.
The Retreat is located
on the four acre grounds of the Casa Rancho
Inn on the South Pacific Coast of Costa
Rica.
Courses are available
for May and November 2008. |
Course
Description
Instruction by resident artist, Win Seaton,
will include instruction in the fundamentals
of drawing in the case of watercolour and
blocking in with Acrylics with a strong
emphasis on composition, looking before
you paint, colour mixing techniques, tricks
of the trade and capturing the brilliant
light and contrasts of Costa Rica.
Learn to paint, find your hidden talent.
With its fabulous sunsets over the beaches
of Langosta and a bottle of wine, everyone
loves this outing. If portraits are your
thing, with the faces of the colourful Costa
Rican's abound, bring your camera, or let
us have someone sit for you to really capture
the warm, golden brown tones of their sun
bronzed faces. Paint the Braum cows as they
stroll past the hacienda, guided by the
sabaneros, the real cowboys of Costa Rica,
whose only transportation to work and home
are there trusty horses, goughows worn and
saddles aged.
How about the howler monkeys, black and
loud with their babies hanging from 50 meters
above in the endangered Guanacaste trees.
Whether it is acrylic, oils or water colour,
capture the feel of Costa Rica in your art
and the memories will live forever. The
flora and fauna of the beautiful gardens,
hibiscus and bananas trees, leave your photos
at home and explore the new world of the
tropics and its many wonders. |
