RECOMMENDED READING:
Albers, Josef. Interaction of Color, 2007
Artistides, Juliette. Classical Painting Atelier: a contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice, 2008
Gury, Al. Alla Prima: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting, 2008
Friel, Michael. Still Life Painting Atelier: An Introduction to Oil Painting, 2010

MATERIALS LIST:

Substrates:
2, 11×14” canvases, or canvas panels
Bristol pad (atleast size 11×14”)
any size notebook for thumbnail sketches and notes

Oil paints: Windsor&Newton artist level oil (level 2 or 3) paints;
cadmium red
alizarin crimson
terrarosa OR venetian red
cadmium orange
yellow ochre OR burnt sienna
cadmium yellow light
naples yellow
ultramarine blue
veridian green
raw umber
ivory black
mars black
flake white OR alkydwhite

*PLEASE do not buy the “student level”, they are full of filler, it is worth the few extra dollars to buy the artist level paints.

Brushes: Windsor&Newton (or whatever brand you prefer)
flat brushes sizes 4,8
filbert brushes sizes 4 and 8
round brushes size 0 or 1 (for fine details)

Medium: Gamblin Neo-megilp OR Alkyd Walnut Oil and Gamsol, odorless mineral spirits for cleaning brushes.
rags/paper towels

Other supplies: disposable paper pad palette OR your own palette you like to use; metal container with cover for medium; oil paint soap (pink soap for cleaning brushes)

Renée has lived between the United States and Paris, France studying fine art and art history. She graduated from the American University of Paris with a BA in Art History, and has her MFA from the Academy of Art in San Francisco.  She now resides in NYC and teaches courses at the Art Students League and Chelsea Classical School of Art.

Renée explores ubiquitous themes through the eyes of a millennial such as identity, feminism, death, equality and addiction, making her work not a quotidian narrative but rather a relevant and relatable story. As a professional female artist and curator, Renée feels the need to express the American (and seemingly global) zeitgeist and the expanding diaspora of the world. Grounded in realism and figurative narratives, her works are highly conceptual; thoughtful imagery and symbolism with subtle messages often described as “surreal” and “fantasy”. In June 2016 she was awarded a grant by The Ringholz Foundation to fund her latest painting project and invited to the Bakehouse Art Complex Residency Program during Miami Art Basel. She was also a 2018 Stobart Foundation Grant recipient.

Renée has exhibited throughout the United States and France, including Paris, London, New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles, among others. She was invited to join the Copley Society of Boston and the Salmagundi Club of NYC. Most recently, Kent Twitchell, awarded her the “Patron Award” at the Brand Art Center’s 43rd annual juried exhibition in Los Angeles, CA. He commented that her work shows “devotion to the picture plane; she is not trying to jump on anyone’s bandwagon” and “sincerity”, making her work valuable and unique in the art world.