Robert Hanna Workshop

About the Artist

Although born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1947, Gary Ozias spent most of his early years in rural Massachusetts. He is a retired
language arts teacher who has loved painting and other visual arts since he was a young boy. He graduated from Worcester State
College in Massachusetts in 1969, taught for a brief period on the East Coast, and then moved to Downs, Kansas where he has
lived ever since.

His father, Stanley, was one of the foremost engravers in the United States and gave Gary much of his early encouragemnet and
training. After putting his art aside for a number of years, he picked it up again in the late 1970s and has been drawing and
painting since then. He began his professional art career by opening his Prairie Wind Art Gallery in Downs, Kansas in 1983, but it
actually remained an avocation as he continued to devote his full energies to his teaching until 2001. Since then, he has been
painting full time in either the studio or outdoor pleinaire painting.

Gary has won numerous awards and recognition for his painting. His work hangs in public and private collections from coast to
coast in the United States and also in numerous other countries. He works in a variety of media, but most of his recent work has
been in pastels and oils. His painting is representational but also has a painterly touch to it. He loves to capture the essence and
feel of the weather conditions which envelop a landscape. His subjects range from mid-western and western landscapes to wildlife
and still life. He is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and a Master Pastelist in the Mid America Pastel Society.
He also belongs to Oil Painters of America.

You can view Gary Ozias's work at www.garyozias.com, or call Prairie Winds Art Center (308-381-4001) for more information

Pastel and Oil Painting Workshop
April 9, 10, 11, 2010
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
at Prairie Winds Art Center
Fee: $225, $50 deposit required when registering
Class size is limited to 20

Gary Ozias in an experienced, friendly, and patient instructor who will work individually with each student. An enjoyable, three
day workshop will emphasize methods and techniques for pastel painting on rough and smooth surfaces with both hard and soft
pastels. Gary will be doing all demonstrations in pastel, but welcomes oil painters as well. There are similarities in the two media,
and Mr. Ozias is experienced in both. Students will have plenty of time to try out techniques and work on their own paintings.
Since this is an indoor workshop, students can work from their own photographs or choose from a variety of photos that Gary will
provide.

For a workshop registration form, please click here.