Loriann Signori - Pastels | 17th-24th October 2027
£3,290 per person
Testimonials from past workshop students
“OMG, This has to have been the BEST workshop l've taken since Richard McKinley (who was also a mentor of Loriann.) I was so much outside my comfort zone, which was exactly what I didn't know I needed for giving me a strong shot of creativity for my landscape improvement goal.
Loriann has a process of construction and de-construction, and working in layers of pastel and fixative and blending, removing, applying, drenching, repainting, etc until the painting tells you what it wants.”
“If you’re taking a Signori workshop prepare to be challenged, inspired, and have fun. Loriann's playful spirit & curiosity will have you looking deeper at your art process, why you paint and put you in touch with new ways to think/feel about your painting. You’ll go to sleep, dream, and wake up thinking about painting. You will also be inspired to try her exercises & approaches with your own work. The real work is up to you to find your own muse and wonder what is possible. Loriann is the "art fairy" that will offer magic & direction to help make that happen.”
“Your class was transformational for me -- in more ways than I can say. What baffles me most is that I have an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from a reputable university 4 decades ago and yet, I learned more from your 6 classes than I did in a 4-year period.”
“What would happen if…” This is the mantra of a workshop with Loriann Signori! Our weeklong workshop in Florence was rigorous, fun, mind-bending, exhausting, exhilarating, challenging and inspirational. It was a well-organized journey of exploration and discovery with each day building on the previous day’s experimentation and focus.”
“Loriann gave us a depth and breath experience through her wisdom and rich experience. Please have Loriann back. I would study this same subject over and over for a lifetime.”
“She is an extraordinary artist and teacher because she is an exceptional human being. She gave me the confidence to loosen up not only in terms of technique and using new media but, more importantly, loosening up within myself to get to the heart of why I paint. What a gift it was to spend this week with Loriann and fellow artistic explorers!”
Maximum 10 painters. Typically 6.
Loriann Signori lives in Maryland and is recognized as an Eminent Pastelist with IAPS. Her works are about the delicate place where perception shifts. Light breathes upon light, and rather than show an object as it is, she instead evokes the idea through light and atmosphere. It is an incremental balance, so as to bring a state of the soul.
Loriann received her BFA from the Swain School of Design and under full fellowship, her MFA at American University. She is represented by Warm Springs Gallery in Virginia.
Genius Loci of Corfu (this is a roman word, if you prefer, we can say the spirit of Corfu)
Here we go - diving down towards an incredibly beautiful and sacred place. You know you can't stay, yet you want to return to the surface with a kind of rebirth. That will be us, in Corfu, as she explodes with a cacophony of color. You wonder how does one study all this amazement and yet view with sensitivity AND excitement?
To begin, we will work to understand the place and embody sensitivity. This involves really being there, walking, sensing and working with a series of painting exercises that transform your experiences, feelings and observations into a new understanding of the character and atmosphere of place. We will quiet our minds and learn to be attentive to the moment. Dispense with the needless projection of naming things. Instead, we will contemplate sentient, sensate color!
Loriann will help you to see light and color and to compose it beautifully and honestly on your surface. We will learn to see what is actually there - before us, to look the way a young child with little vocabulary might see colored forms in relationship with other colored forms. Learn to be attentive and open your senses to beauty that is everywhere.
There will be studio component where you will have opportunity to experience a few days of bringing it all together. Here we will study the cornerstones of painting: value/color/composition. With the gathered works, photos and written observation you will be inspired to paint for years to come.
This workshop is a mix between outdoor awareness and studio inquiry. We will paint in fields, forests and beaches, creating a series of small paintings. Perception will widen with a written component that will help us understand more deeply. Vast exploration can happen when you just listen to your heart and allow yourself to be guided by the soul of place.
We will engage in varied day trips. Observing the rainbow of hues that abound at this time of year.
In this intensive workshop with Loriann you will encourage your ability to embrace and translate the western Greek landscape into sensitive pastel work. Some pastel experience is necessary, and Loriann will help guide you into a deeper understanding of what it means to paint intuitively.
Your accommodation in Corfu is beautiful, pink villa with wonderful views of the olive groves and seaside. We'll get plenty of time for painting, exploring, tasting and basking in all that is Corfu and the heavenly Grecian experience!
What is included?
7 nights’ accommodation and 6 days tuition
Transfers from and to the airport (pick up will be at 3pm at Corfu airport on October 17th unless otherwise advised)
Transfers to all painting venues and excursions
Breakfast, snack/picnic lunch, dinner wth wine
Greek evening with dinner and live entertainment
Meal at a local taverna in Old Perithia the oldest village on the island
Painting at incredible venues (some secret!) with a couple of surprises along the way
Olive Estate tour with olive oil tasting and meze
Itinerary will be flexible subject to the weather
A list of materials to bring will be sent out at least two months before the workshop.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Kate at kate@corfuincolor.com
Reserve your spot now
Select your bedroom of choice and if you will be sharing with a participating friend or partner.
On this workshop, due to limited space, we are unable to offer places to non-participating partners.
You will pay a £850 non-refundable deposit (unless we cancel for any reason) to secure your place and the invoice for the remaining balance will be sent to your email at least 3 months before the start of the workshop.
For booking terms and conditions, click here.
For more information about the bedrooms, click here.
If you have any questions, please contact Kate.
Loriann Signori - Pastels | 17-24 October 2027
£3,290 per person
