Trish giving a plein air demo
Plein Air Demo with Trish Hurley

Figure Workshop Critique
Figure Workshop Critique with Meredith Cornell

Portrait Workshop
Portrait Workshop

Classical Drawing
Classical Drawing

WAG Summer Kids Camp
Summer Art Camp

Outdoor Fun
Outdoor Fun

Painting Indoors
Painting Indoors

Figure Drawing/Painting
Figure Drawing/Painting

Classes

Meet Trish Hurley,
Our New Painting Instructor

Trish HurleyTake 1 landscape or still life, with a well-thought-out composition, add atmospheric drama and creative license with color to enhance space, and you have my best recipe of how I would describe my work or what I advocate to my students…of course, with students, I tend to throw in positive, energetic encouragement as well as motivational metaphors to really make the best of it.

After a strong formal art education in high school, I went to Swain School of Design in New Bedford, MA, where I received my BFA in Painting. After, I remained in New England, working and managing several frame shops and art galleries from Cape Cod to Newbury Street, only to return to complete more of my education in 2000 at UMass-Dartmouth. I received my MFA in painting in 2002.

Since then, I have gratefully shared my knowledge with my students at the Newport Art Museum, Duxbury and Cohasset Art Associations, and workshops at Snow Farm and South Coast Learning Network, to name a few. Currently I teach at the Community College of Rhode Island.

My artwork can be seen in galleries throughout the United States. Locally, you can see my work in Harbor Fine Arts in Newport, RI and Fernwood Gallery in Norwell, MA or by visiting www.TrishHurley.com.