Dietlind Vander Schaaf
About Dietlind
Dietlind Vander Schaaf holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco and an MA from the University of Southern Maine. Her work has been described as the transformation of “disparate objects into elegantly simple compositions of pattern and grace” (Artscope). Vander Schaaf has exhibited at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Fuller Craft Museum, Kolman & Pryor, and On Center Gallery, among others, and her work has been featured in Maine Home + Design, Decor Maine, Downeast Magazine, UPPERCASE, and Artscope.
Vander Schaaf is a Core Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints, an Ampersand Ambassador, and the former president of New England Wax. She has received grants from the Maine Arts Commission and International Encaustic Artists, as well as a Tending Space Artist Fellowship from the Hemera Foundation. Vander Schaaf has taught workshops throughout the country, including Haystack, Maine College of Art & Design, Penland, Arrowmont, Truro Center for the Arts, Snow Farm, Rhode Island School of Design, and internationally in Ireland, The Netherlands, Greece, and Switzerland. Her work is represented by Portland Art Gallery, Edgewater Gallery, and Artemis Gallery.
You can view DIetlind’s work at:
www.dietlindvanderschaaf.com
www.instagram.com/dietlindvanderschaaf
Class Details
Mapping Memory: A Visual Travel Journal Part 1 & 2
Follow me as I take my sketchbook out into the world to draw, collage, and paint. I will share my journey on location and in the studio working with a range of mixed media material including encaustic, R&F Drawing Oils™, R&F Pigment Sticks®, encaustic gesso, graphite, watercolor, collage, ink, graphite, and more.
This class is about creating the freedom for yourself to make art that captures your particular experience of a place and time. It is about being present with yourself and looking deeply. I am interested in process - not perfection. Making a visual travel journal is something that is available to any artist at all levels of experience. It can be a fun and expansive experience that encourages experimentation and risk taking.
In part one, I will take you with me on location to Scotland and Sweden for a mini artist getaway. I will cover what I pack for supplies and why, share work tips and strategies, and discuss setting up a portable artist studio in your hotel room. In part two, I will share how I create a unique cover for my sketchbook using encaustic medium, paint, gesso, and R&F Pigment Sticks®. This will take place in my studio in Westbrook, Maine.
My hope is that in sharing my own journey and process, you will be encouraged to create a mini artist getaway of your own - taking your studio out into the world and discovering how to convey the essence of your unique experience within the pages of your artist journal.
