12/12
After Hours
Expressive Painting and Drawing
with Daniel Kanow

This course blends painting and drawing in a synergistic environment for newcomers and seasoned artists, focusing on artistic expression and self-discovery. Participants will intertwine drawing and/or painting elements through structured guidance and artistic challenges, utilizing various mediums to shape their distinctive artistic narrative.

As a part of the Ah Haa After Hours Series, this class is programmed with the 9 to 5 worker in mind who cannot make daytime classes (although of course anyone is welcome!). The entire After Hours Series also hopes to make Ah Haa more accessible for those looking to try a new medium with only a one-time commitment, while still providing the option to build upon that skill as classes are offered on a consistent monthly basis.

All materials are provided. Please bring a photo or image for inspiration as well as a journal or sketchbook.

About the Instructor

Daniel Kanow is a Contemporary Visual Artist based in Telluride, CO, where he has lived with his wife, Joanna, and his two daughters since 1997. Kanow skillfully blends various media, including acrylics, oils, charcoal, and pastels on canvas, wood, and glass, with a focus on non-objective abstraction and figurative representation. He received his BFA from UC Santa Cruz and is a MFA Candidate through the Academy of Art University. As an Art Mentor and Life Coach with his business, Break Through Your Art, and previously as the IB Art teacher at the Telluride Mountain School, Kanow teaches and coaches different modalities of Expressive Painting and Drawing where he empowers his students to create passion-driven art through personalized instruction and artistic refinement. He encourages a profound exploration of the creative process through detachment, impermanence, and the celebration of beautiful imperfections.