Create Pet Portraits ~ Painting from Photos

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ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category

Arts & DIY

Event Overview

Have an amazing photo of your favorite four-legged (or two-legged) friend? 


This evening of creative fun will help you to turn your pet’s photo into a fantastic portrait.


Fur, feathers or scales, your pet’s painting will be a great masterpiece on your home or office wall!


This class is perfect for a group of friends or sign-up solo and meet new and exciting people - You’ll have a great time either way!


 

Minimum age

All ages welcome

What's Provided

All supplies are included

What You Can Expect From This Experience
  • Create a painting of your pet
  • ALL supplies included
  • Meet new fun and creative people
  • BYOB
  • Perfect for all skill levels
Cancellation Policy
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST

I am a multi-disciplinary artist living in Chicago, working in oil paint, collage, installation, and object-based practices. Currently, I am exploring representation of objects and how they vacillate between imagination and that which is tangible. The distance between these two perceptions is informed by an individual’s life experiences; everyone lives to a different degree inside a dream.

I incorporate reclaimed objects, as well as a variety of other media, into my work, expressed in the form of assemblages that integrate items from my environment into a cohesive piece. This creates space to explore placement and re-define accepted associations. Similarly, my paintings are composed of non-connected objects intuitively painted on the canvas, creating surrealistic compositions that explore the relationship shared by these objects, blurring the edges between eroticism and banality of this dreamscape as it is informed by the real world. This provides the viewer a metaphoric playhouse to wander though unknown topographies of their imagination.

We are exposed to an overwhelming degree of stimuli daily, creating an anesthetized perception of the world. My intent is to jar the viewer out of their walking numbness, granting them permission to delve into and re-examine familiar objects with fresh eyes.

Like a Zen parable, I want my work to confound the logical brain to access a deeper, more nuanced truth.

EXPERIENCE REVIEWS

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    Matthew C.
    Reviewed on 03/11/20

    Our family (four adults and two teens) had a great time painting our dog with John-Michael. He did a great job of giving us enough guidance but giving us space to create our own painting. We all came out with different results- but they were all great. I would highly recommend taking a painting class with John-Michael.

    Our family (four adults and two teens) had a great time painting our dog with John-Michael. He did a great job of giving us enough guidance but giving us space to create our own painting. We all came out with different results- but they were all great. I would highly recommend taking a painting class with John-Michael.

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    Alyssa F.
    Reviewed on 06/10/19

    We had such an amazing time at our painting class with John-Michael. He was so incredibly kind and made such a fun afternoon for us! He was so helpful with our paintings and we were so excited to be able to bring home our artwork!!

    We had such an amazing time at our painting class with John-Michael. He was so incredibly kind and made such a fun afternoon for us! He was so helpful with our paintings and we were so excited to be able to bring home our artwork!!

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