GFAA is honored to welcome back artist Walt Bartman

To many at GFAA, Walt Bartman needs no introduction, as many of our members have attended his classes at The Yellow Barn, and/or participated in his many plein air workshops throughout the year.  Not only is Walt Bartman a nationally recognized teacher and artist, but he is also the founder and director of The Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, one of the anchor residences of Glen Echo Park in Maryland.  

Throughout the year Walt takes his workshop participants to wonderful locations like Elbow Cay in the Bahamas, the Big Sur in California, Tilghman Island (where he also has a studio), Santa Fe, Mexico, and Buenos Aires!  Walt’s classes at The Yellow Barn include landscape on location, figure and studio painting.

Walt Bartman’s work is featured in public and private collections, and he continues to receive national recognition for his remarkable artwork and teaching.  In 1998 he was featured on CBS’s Charles Osgood Show “Sunday Morning.”  He was personally recognized by President George W. Bush and President Clinton for teaching 10 Presidential Scholars in the Visual Arts.  As a student he received his B.A. in Art Education from the University of Maryland and his Master of Fine Arts from the American University.  In 1978 he received a Fulbright Grant to study Art in Belgium and the Netherlands.  He is listed in the Art and Artist Files in the Hirshhorn Museum and Scupture Garden Library Collections.  He also exhibits his work at the Gallery 322 in Frederick, MD.

Plan on attending the meeting on February 9th as Walt will give a demonstration on his approach to painting. He will speak of seeing color, mixing color, and how to use the brush and scraping knife. Walt will also show examples of his work.