Mythology & Monsters
Mythology and Monsters is an exploration of the creatures that reside in our collective unconscious and what exactly is a “monster.” Visionary art doesn’t often contain these beings and beasts unless it is categorized in the darker visionary genre. But monsters are so much more than merely nightmarish. They often hold the poles between the terrifying and the sublime, containing both ends of the spectrum depending on how you look at them. There can be a place for the monstrous even in the most light focused practice.
After the lecture, each participant envisions their own personal monster that they work with for the rest of the workshop. Just like the grand naturalist exploration expeditions of old, you sketch your monster not just as a whole, but document their unique attributes.
As Visionary Biologists, you draw how many eyes your monster has, what their claws look like and how they use them, discover what their natural habitat is like and what their primary diet in the wild is, and take notes about their feeding, mating, sleeping habits, just to name a few examples.
This class
playfully explores
the intersection
between
beauty and terror,
the awe-inspiring
and the
depths
of cosmic horror.
SCHEDULE
Saturday October 22nd, 2022
Time:
- 6 - 9pm Central European
- 12 - 3pm Eastern
- 9am - 12pm Pacific
- 3am - 6am AEDT (1DAY)
*Please check your local time zones.
This lecture will be hosted on a Zoom call that participants will receive when they register. All sessions are recorded and available for replay for all participants.
INSTRUCTOR
Krisztina Lazar
Krisztina Lazar is a visionary artist primarily working in oil paint and drawing. She is a Mische Technique lineage holder, a mixture of oil and egg tempera painting hailing from the Dutch Renaissance and revolutionized by modern master, Ernst Fuchs. This technique creates an opalescent under painting that the colors are then glazed over, rendering each painting out of light rather than shadow, bringing the images to life with fractal clarity.
Utilizing this transformative style she learned from the visionary Brigid Marlin, her current body of work explores a hybrid of Mische and Alla Prima to create the hyperealistic sacred art she calls Pop Shamanism. Pop Shamanism is images of portals and visions that embody today’s cultural climate of the occult, magic, psychedelics, meditation, pop, nostalgia, and the ongoing environmental movement.
Originally from Cleveland, OH, she completed her BFA at Carnegie Mellon University in 2004 and her MFA graduate degree in 2011 at the San Francisco Art Institute New Genres department. Her paintings have been exhibited in group and solo shows throughout the United States and Europe, most notably at the H.R. Geiger museum in Gruyere, Switzerland. Krisztina has also mentored with several other leading visionary artists of our time, including Martina Hoffman, Robert Venosa, and Alex and Allyson Grey. She teaches her unique styles of painting to many students in group and private settings. Her work has been featured in multiple articles, galleries and book publications. She currently lives and works in northern California.
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