12/17/2023 0 Comments Muse bar paint night![]() ![]() Our night, a Monday, drew more than 30 people, which only filled half of the place. (There is no regular bar seating.) Classes take place 7 days a week, giving you an option for a slow Monday, and allowing you to pick from their website which work you are most interested to paint. I’d just been to review PopUp Painting in London, a similar event, and am glad to say that we enjoyed Muse Paintbar more, because it was better organized and led, hosted in a space wholly dedicated to painting classes. At Patriot Place, you’ll find red wine, white wine, beer, and snacks including a hummus platter, chips and dip, baby carrots and dip, pretzels, chicken fingers, pizza, meatballs, and ice cream. Admission includes a drink but of course they hope that you’ll buy more. ![]() At the end of the class, if you like your work you can take it home with you. You learn to paint with acrylics, onto either a 16″ x 20″ canvas, wine glasses, or mason jars. You pay an inexpensive fee and join a class with a twist of party experience. Muse Paintbar has 11 locations just in New England, with more beyond, and we were grateful to be invited to their location at Patriot Place in Foxboro, Massachusetts for this review. Filling sketchbook after sketchbook of observation and ideas, thoughts, vague recollections of dreams and random ramblings, his dynamic documentation of emotions and life expose his personal ideals and growth as an artist.What’s better than going to a bar? A painting party at Muse Paintbar, where you learn to paint in a social atmosphere that happens to serve snacks and beverages, including alcohol. In each work, Mann imbues the city with drama, mood, and personality.Įver ambitious, Mann covers a wide range of subjects beyond cityscapes: interior scenes of lone, young women as striking and restless as the city itself a bold and intriguing self-portrait, masterful still life paintings, landscapes and plein-airs of peaceful moments of recharge and travel. A number of unique compositions are inspired from the city's pavement, the grit and loneliness of a bustling hive of life where reflected street lamps, black swaths of vehicles, dark masses of people and neon signs hover and dance in the rain. Living in the Bay Area, Mann paints the cityscapes he meanders through with intimate, dynamic expression. He addresses complex compositions with a mature eye and his colors are both vivid and atmospheric. The multitude of solvents and mediums are as integral to the process as the pigmented itself: staining the surface, wiping away, and applying broad, gritty marks, creating, destroying and allowing precision accidents. His marks are immediate and intimate, working with rubber brayers, large custom made scrapers, and anything he can get his hands on. His techniques are constantly evolving through experimentation and customization of his tools, surfaces, approach and ideas, testing his facilities while honing his unique and personal style. Praised by critics and collectors alike, his paintings have graced the cover of several American Art Collector magazine issues as well as countless other publications world wide.Įxecuted on medium to large-scale panels, each exciting painting demonstrates the artist's unmistakable style. A recently filmed documentary on the artist’s life has gained several prestigious awards, and a massive first volume of paintings, published in 2015, is consistently sought after and very well received. Since then, Mann has garnered substantial attention in the art world. ![]() Afterward, he ventured out to California where he earned his Master’s Degree with Valedictorian honors at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. 1979) graduated from Ohio University with a Cum Laude degree in Fine Art-Painting. ![]()
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