John Murray classes week of Oct. 1, 2012

Anyone interested in a trip in January?

I've done this before (5 times) but not for a few years (below is a picture of Carol McMann, an artist who worked with me in Borrego for several workshops). It is an amazing place with perfect temperatures in January. Claudia is thinking of packaging the trip to save money and streamline it.Let her know if you are interested. My $ numbers and dates are only a guesstimate, so talk to her.

Next week let's try a self portrait in emotional and deconstructed fashion. What would that mean to your sense of identity? How deep is our "identity" and can we change it? How does this effect our painting language? Think about who you think you are and how this can be translated through the plasticity of paint and collage. see you next week, john.

Borrego Springs Desert Art Retreat and Workshop

Jan. 7?-11?, 2013 with painter/teacher John Murray.

Take a break from the quotidian and spend 5 days in the beautiful

California desert painting and art-making with an experimental artist and teacher and you’re talented and courageous peers. Fly to San Diego? And drive into the majestic low desert park of Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Home to Big Horn Sheep, Road Runners and Cougars Borrego is an amazing low-altitude desert surrounded by

mountains and vast vistas. John Murray has taught at NAC for 9 years

And works with artists in a unique and intense method that will help you find your visual language and further develop your art making.

A package price of $2500? Include round-trip flight, hotel room and workshop fees

Contact Claudia at NAC for more information