Fredericka Fiechter
Watercolor

Fredericka Fiechter
Watercolor

Fredericka B. Fiechter
I am by nature a draftsman, but landscape has pushed me into pastels and
watercolor. Like everyone else who becomes addicted to watercolor, I find
it the most exhilarating and debilitating of media. I have come to the
conclusion that you never really “learn” watercolor, you simply learn more
about it as you become older and grayer. The process apparently stops when
your palsied hand no longer holds a brush, and you can’t remember the names
and whereabouts of your tubes of paint.

Whatever the media, the learning curve in my own work is accelerated by the
process of teaching, which has always been a primary focus. Teaching is
both a science and a very fine art; intensely demanding, always interesting,
sometimes quite moving. Over the years that human connection in art has
become as important as my own work, often more so.

Liz Shepherd
Oil on Canvas

Liz Shepherd
Oil on Canvas

Marie Liu
Oil on Canvas

Marie Liu
Oil on Canvas

Nancy Elisabeth
Fernald
Oil on Canvas

Nancy Elisabeth
Fernald
Oil on Canvas

Nancy Elisabeth Fernald
It has been my life-long desire to paint the beauty of the visual world. I
spent many years seeking the training I would need in order to “see” the
beauty and render it accurately.

In 1995, I visited the Ingbretson Studio of Fine Art (then located in
Framingham, MA). I knew, at once, that I had found the teacher I had been
looking for. The course of study at the Ingbretson Studio is based upon the
training methods taught in the ateliers of 19th Century Paris. In the 19th
Century, many serious American painters traveled to Paris to receive their
training. They returned to America to paint and to teach the next
generation of painters. Painters trained in this tradition are often
referred to as “Painters of Light” or “American Impressionists.”

This training requires dedication to several years of rigorous courses
beginning with cast drawing and progressing through still life, portrait,
and figure painting. All work is done strictly from life. We have live
models daily. We work only in studios lit by northern daylight.

It is my hope, as I continue to work and study, that my paintings will speak
for themselves in expressing the beauty which I see in the natural world.

Renia Platt
Watercolor

Renia Platt
Watercolor

Renia Platt
I would describe my work as classical and realistic in style. On a personal
level, I find keeping a drawing journal enlightening and am delighted to
have rediscovered the joy of it; however, watercolor is the medium that
excites and challenges me. I am inspired by the glowing color and
transparency of watercolor for depicting light. While much of my work is
landscape in nature, I must say that I am a beginner and am interested in
interpreting shapes of light and shadow, as well as their related color
interactions. I find that I think more and more in terms of shape and
light, and less in terms of subject. I often return from a days painting
outdoors, to find after studying my sketches, that a small portion of the
sketch is what the painting is all about to me. The finished work, I hope,
expresses the whole day through that detail.