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

Summer 2009:

New Class in NYC: Intermediate Drawing and Painting Held at the New York Academy of Art, Continuing Education Dept., NYC Two sessions offered: Tuesday afternoons June 2 to August 4, 2009 from 2pm - 5pm and Tuesday nights June 2 to August 4, 2009 from 6:30 pm-9:30 pm Space is limited, registration starts now! In this 10 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