Dennis W. Cheaney is an artist who creates realistic drawings and paintings of still lifes, portraits, and figures inspired by natural forms, the Greek Classical period and the European Baroque. Dennis received his BA in Mathematics from the University of Southern California (1995) and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art (1998), where he was an Andy Warhol Foundation Scholar studying under Edward Schmidt. Dennis has continued his studies in the Loire Valley, France with the eminent artist and portraitist Ted Seth Jacobs and at the Water Street Atelier in New York with the noted artists Jacob Collins and Michael Grimaldi. Dennis has exhibited in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Texas, France and Canada. He received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for figure painting. He lives in Boston, where he pursues his own work and serves as principal instructor at the New England Realist Art Center. For more information, please follow the link to the website: New England Realist Art Center

Update Summer and Fall 2008:

Jacob Collins and the Water Street Atelier Held at the Atlanta Art Gallery, 3005 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite B, Atlanta, GA 30305 Opening: The opening reception is from 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Friday, October 17, 2008. Jacob Collins and over thirty artist affiliated with his school, Water St. Atelier, will exhibit fine works of contemporary American realism...more»

New Class in NYC: Intermediate Drawing and Painting Held at the New York Academy of Art, Continuing Education Dept., NYC Tuesday nights, September 9 to November 25, 2008 from 6:30 pm-9:30 pm Space is limited, registration starts now! In this 12 week class, students will learn how to transition from drawing into painting. Through a series of exercises from classical casts and prints of master works, we will consider fundamental topics of light, form and color. Class projects include copying prints by Charles Bargue and painting in black and white from a print of a Da Vinci drapery study. A class will be devoted to color theory and mixing exercises before moving onto the final class project, copying a master still life painting by the 18th Century French artist Jean Chardin. Open to artists of all levels. For full class description and registration information visit www.nyaa.edu/coned.html For enrollment, contact John Cichowski, Director of Continuing Education Dept., at 212-966-0300 x968 or johnc@nyaa.edu

New Class in California 2009: Three Week Intensive Figure Painting Workshop held at the Bay Area of Classical Artist Atelier (BACAA) March 9-March 27, 2009 In this intensive 15-day class, students will learn how to apply fundamental concepts of figure painting to a long pose. The goals of the painting workshop are to develop the student's eye, to deepen the student's feeling for light and the human figure, and to enable students to learn how to apply these principles to their own painting practice. Please note: this class will be held in March 2009 but spaces are filling now! For full class description and registration information visit www.bacaa.org For enrollment, contact Linda Dulaney, Director of BACAA BACAAClasses@BACAA.org