JANE GUTHLEBEN | THE WORLD AROUND US – STILL LIFE IN OILS
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Monday 12 – Friday 16 January 2026
This oil painting workshop focuses on capturing the world around us, through field work, plein air, and studio-based still life painting. Using a step-by-step approach we will explore various oil painting techniques, in particular alla prima painting, colour mixing, brushwork and composition strategies, with demonstrations and exercises to develop each participant’s artistic vision. We will also discuss art history and current art movements to inform and direct our work. All levels
This oil painting workshop focuses on capturing the world around us, through field work, plein air, and studio-based still life painting. Using a step-by-step approach we will explore various oil painting techniques, in particular alla prima painting, colour mixing, brushwork and composition strategies, with demonstrations and exercises to develop each participant’s artistic vision. We will also discuss art history and current art movements to inform and direct our work. All levels
JANE GUTHLEBEN Bio
Website janeguthleben.com
Instagram jane_guthleben
Guthleben is a visual artist whose paintings incorporate Still Life, Australian flora, fauna and landscape to comment on a rapidly changing environment. Borrowing from Dutch Still Life painting and its codified language, Guthleben creates elaborate compositions of superabundant flora, to “restore” or reimagine what has been lost. Her work combines botanical observation with the texture and colour and expressive possibilities of oil paint. She exhibits and teaches regularly and has been selected for numerous prizes including The Archibald Prize, Salon des Refuses, Mosman Art Prize, Ravenswood Prize and Portia Geach memorial Award.
Instagram jane_guthleben
Guthleben is a visual artist whose paintings incorporate Still Life, Australian flora, fauna and landscape to comment on a rapidly changing environment. Borrowing from Dutch Still Life painting and its codified language, Guthleben creates elaborate compositions of superabundant flora, to “restore” or reimagine what has been lost. Her work combines botanical observation with the texture and colour and expressive possibilities of oil paint. She exhibits and teaches regularly and has been selected for numerous prizes including The Archibald Prize, Salon des Refuses, Mosman Art Prize, Ravenswood Prize and Portia Geach memorial Award.
