New Guest Artist For SCAN: Paul Batch, Sept. 12

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have Paul Batch painting a tonal landscape in oil on Wednesday, September 12, at 7:30. The program will take place at Newtown Meeting House (lower level), 33 Main Street (at the flagpole) in Newtown.

Admission is free, and it is not necessary to be a member of SCAN to attend.

Paul Batch is a young contemporary painter who is developing a reputation for his evocative atmospheric landscapes. He captures the fleeting and ephemeral light cast by the passing sun or rising moon. He focuses on transition, painting times of day or changing weather conditions and their dramatic effects upon the natural and uninhabited landscape.

“I am drawn to the beauty of transitional moments in time ... twilight, a passing storm, the moon rising,” said Mr Batch. “The beauty comes in part from our awareness that these moments are fleeting.”

Mr Batch studied at Hartford Art School. He has received numerous awards including a Gold Medal from the Connecticut Plein Air Painters’ Society. He is an Elected Artist Member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts.

He has given several guest lectures and workshop demonstrations on painting and presently teaches at the West Hartford Art League. This will be his first presentation for SCAN.

Reservations are not needed for SCAN programs but additional information is always available from Ruth Newquist; call 203-426-6654.