We are delighted to welcome Tara back to the studio! Tara works in soft pastels, painting quickly to capture the essence of her subject using bold colors and strong marks. In 2022, she achieved her Eminent Pastellist Status with the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS). Tara's work is in both public and private collections around the world including the Mall in London. Her work has been featured in publications including Southwest Art, Pastel Journal, and Plein Air Magazine. Most recently, Tara’s work was profiled at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. She lives in Maryland with her husband and four children.

2-Day Workshop
Saturday and Sunday, October 19 & 20, 9:00 - 4:30 pm.
Tara’s workshop is a rare opportunity to learn from a master. While Tara is demonstrating using soft pastels, painters of all media are welcome. Space is limited to 14 students. All fresh works will be available for purchase at special event pricing. Bring a friend and enjoy this unique opportunity to learn from a celebrated talent.
Tickets: $295 per person.

After a busy summer festival season, I’m happy to open my doors here on the Knoll for my annual show and sale. New pastel paintings, new copper designs, and a brand new line of copper ornaments for you collectors out there. I’ll have new handmade leather pieces just in time for the holidays! Join me for a beverage, fun snacks and a visit by the fireplace here in the studio. Open Nov. 26 & 27th from 10:00 - 5:00 each day. Follow signs for parking.

LOCATION: Studio on the Knoll 21036 S Leland Road, Oregon City, OR 97045

Join me at the World Forestry Center for this amazing multi-media show and sale of works from Northwest Artisans! I’ll be highlighting my pastel paintings, copper designs and leather creations! I will be at the show with varying hours each day. I hope to see you there!

Happy to be juried into one of the nations most respected art festivals. Join me Sept. 3-5 in the park blocks of Portland Oregon where I will be showing my original pastel paintings. 10-6 Sat & Sun; 10-4 Monday, Labor Day. Booth S10 on Park Avenue & NW Everett.

“Mood and Atmosphere”

Have you ever wanted to bring a looser and more painterly feel to your work loaded with juicy colour and flooded with light? Join Tony as he shares some of his working methods concentrating on painting landscape that delight you and excite the viewer. Using our reference materials we can bring some fresh colour and a more painterly feel to our works. Our aim is to capture the essence of the subject in an intuitive way with the freedom of ‘brushwork’ that has its roots in the alla prima work of the French Impressionists, giving a liveliness and vigorous mark that is instrumental in expressing the mood and atmosphere on a subject. All levels welcome. $400 Tony Allain Portfolio of Works Contact carriemoorestudios@gmail.com to reserve your spot! WORKSHOP FULL. Wait list available.

Independent from the first workshop on March 11-13, this workshop will contain different content with the same focus on design, pattern-making, both sculptural and wearable felting. If you are interested in one or both workshops, contact Carrie at carriemoorestudios5@gmail to reserve your spot. These workshops are filling quickly. $450

This 3 days workshop will deepen the consciousness about experiences learned from sculpting with felt and other fibers to create wearable art pieces. We will explore different shaping  techniques for sculptural form ideas, with themes like: folding and unfolding, building relief clamping, and binding. All to become more aware of how, and why, we want to use this medium. This workshop is inspired by ideas from making three dimensional elements —-to wearable art pieces. 

A lifelong artist, Marjolein studied in the Netherlands then emigrated to Canada where she now resides. An award-winning designer and sculptor, she designed for theatres and cinema, and for Cirque du Soleil among others. Contact Carrie at carriemoorestudios5@gmail.com to reserve your spot. This workshop is filling quickly. $450

Wearable Art - Workshop #2

WORKSHOP POSTPONED UNTIL 2021. Stay tuned as of Jan. 1, 2021 for NEW DATES and times.

This 4-day workshop we will explore different shibori techniques for sculptural form, with themes like: folding and unfolding, building relief clamping, and binding. All to become more aware of how, and why, we want to use this medium. This workshop is inspired by ideas to make three - dimensional elements become a wearable art piece. We will play with the processes of shortening, thickening, tightening, shrinking and other transformations of felted surfaces.

Focus will be on basics like color, design, and conceptions of a wearable artwork. You will learn to make patterns for felted wearable art pieces to your specific size. Some felting experience required. $550. Contact Carrie to reserve your spot. This workshop fills quickly. carriemoorestudios5@gmail.com or 503-866-5507.

“Shibori Felt” - Sculptural Felting - Workshop #1.

WORKSHOP POSTPONED UNTIL 2021. Stay tuned as of Jan. 1, 2021 for NEW DATES and times.

Internationally renowned felt sculptor and designer Marjolein Dallinga comes from Quebec Canada to the Studio on the Knoll for her 3rd time teaching her fascinating felting in this 3-day workshop. Of Cirque du Soleil fame, this amazingly refreshing and kind felt sculptor offers this 3-day experience that will deepen the consciousness about experiences learned from sculpting with felt and other fibers. We will explore different shibori techniques for sculptural form, with themes like: folding and unfolding, building relief clamping and binding; all to become more aware of how, and why, we want to use this medium. This workshop is inspired by ideas to make a three dimensional sculpture. We will play with the processes of shortening, thickening, tightening, shrinking and other transformations of felted surfaces.

Focus will be on basics like color, design, and conceptions of an artwork. Some felting experience would be great, however, she will accept novice students. $450. Contact Carrie to be placed on the list to hold your spot! carriemoorestudios5@gmail.com or 503-866-5507. FILLING QUICKLY.

Workshop POSTPONED. Please check back in spring of 2021 or contact Amanda Houston for more details. Thank you.

Debuting this co-instructing workshop! Ever wonder why we “play” music but do art “work”? Come and practice improvising in this playful, interactive workshop. Loosen Up. Learn the art of letting go. The ability to be spontaneous, receptive and in the moment is vital in our creative process. In this workshop, through carefully structured exercises, you’ll train your brain to readily engage the spontaneous mode, strengthening it to become an equal partner in your art making. This is a fun, interactive and intense workshop open to all with basic comfort using the materials. Full of movement, fun and lots of creativity. Amanda is coming back to the Knoll for the second time, and bring 25 years of business and design experience with her energetic art teaching style. She is internationally collected, an IAPS Masters Circle Member and 2020 award winner of Pastel 100 and other national shows. To register: https://amandahouston.com/shop/workshops/jam-session-july-17-18-2020/

Diana brings a 30 year practice in psychotherapy and art to fully embrace you in the intuitive process behind your experiential mark making. Her work (in multiple mediums) have won multiple national and international awards over the past decades. Both artists are awards winners of the Pastel 100 Competition, Signature members of the NW Pastel Society, Pastel Society of America and have had articles written in the Pastel Journal about their processes.

Heading to the Pacific Northwest from the UK, join us at the Studio on the Knoll to learn from this exceptional internationally-renowned artist who’s unique mark-making and amazing style create bold, impressionistic works of art. “Chasing the Light” will take you to a place in your work that is full of dramatic light, helping you break away from inhibited mark-making. WORKSHOP FULL. Inquire about wait list. $375 carriemoorestudios5@gmail.com 503-866-5507.

Composition and Color for Contemporary Painters

Develop color sense and creative composition in this dynamic workshop with California artist Ruth Hoag. Whether you work from an expressive mode, or see the world through a strong design perspective, you’ll find ideas for creating contemporary realism and non-objective abstraction in this workshop. Acrylic and watercolor painters welcome. Beginners to advanced. $395.

Contact http://rutharmitage.com/art-workshops for registration and information.

Returning to the Studio on the Knoll for her third time, we're honored to host Eminent Pastelist Barbara Jaenicke once again!  
Her Composition Boot Camp is tailored to the serious student and offers a deeper look into those most important stages of the painting process.  Students who partake in this workshop experience many of those “aha” moments that come from the expert teachings and sharings of this fabulous and esteemed instructor and professional artist. Oil painters and pastel painters welcomed!  Contact Barbara to register and reserve your spot. barbarajaenicke@msn.com  $400.

Raised in the Netherlands where she studied fine arts, Marjolein (pronounced Ma-ree-uh-line) Dallinga is referred to by many as the "wool whisperer".  Her work was discovered by the creative world of Cirque du Soleil, where she creates fascinating and unusual costuming.  A renowned teacher and sought after sculptor, she teaches and shows all over the world. She comes to Carrie Moore Studios for two May 2019 workshops.  Beginner/Novice felters:  April 27-29, 2019; $475.  Advanced felters: 5-day Experimental Sculpure Intensive May 1-5, 2019; $775.  The works are achieved through sculpting and dyeing with felt.  Focusing on the creative journey, not the end result, broadens this experiential, experimental and fantastic workshop!  Contact Jean Keertan at 503-519-0039 or by email: jeankeertan@ymail.com.  Additional info at carriemoorestudios5@gmail.com.  See more of Marjolein’ amazing creations at http://bloomfelt.com

Join award winning artist Susan Kuznitsky for a unique 3-day pastel painting experience in rural Clackamas County at Carrie Moore Studios. Sponsored by UArt, go to:  https://www.uartpastelpaper.com/uart-workshops-susan-kuznitsky/ to register in this workshop titled: “It All Starts with the Underpainting”.  Susan's teaching style is generous and she is a thoughtful, highly skilled and inspiring instructor!  $375.  

Loosen up your style and paint expressive still life. Learn the craft of setting up a still life by focusing on overall design, appropriate lighting, material selection and placement. Further enhance your work by paying attention to composition, values, temperature and paint quality. We will cover composition, color edges and the use of expressive brush strokes to give life and energy to your painting. The atmosphere will be informal and friendly so come and enjoy your time painting still life with Eric. Beginner to advanced acrylic and oil students are welcome. Date: March 22,23,24, 2019. Cost: $350. FULL

Contact: Eric Jacobsen 541-490-0447 jacobsenstudio@gmail.com www.jacobsenfineart.com

Join Carrie in her studio for this unique opportunity to learn an unusual style of painting with pastels! Using BFK Rives French paper, you’ll apply and create with your pastels like never before. No sanded paper here. We will underpaint, layer, and finish with a pastel painting mounted on a cradeled panel, covered with cold wax. You will leave with pieces ready to hang on your wall! No frames, no glass. Join me for this intensive 3 day new and “experimental” workshop, “Color ON - Color OFF”. $350. Some knowledge of pastel painting encouraged but not mandatory. Contact Carrie for more details and to reserve your spot. carriemoorestudios5@gmail.com or by calling (503) 866-5507. WORKSHOP FULL. Inquire about wait list.

Visit carriemoorestudios.com to see more of Carrie’s multi media artwork.

Join Carrie Moore and Ruth Armitage in a joint workshop combining colorful acrylic painting with dimensional paper clay.  You will create two shallow frieze: one more formal, the other more fluid.  Learn to use pattern and depth merged with movement and color to express the spirit of spring! $350. Contact Ruth Armitage at http://rutharmitage.com/mixed-media-workshop-now-open/ for info and to register for this exciting workshop. Held at the Studio on the Knoll Feb. 6-8, 2019. Join us!

Creative Arts Community invited me to teach this summer at Menucha in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.  A week long intensive retreat-style workshop, students and instructors live on-site, and explore the nature and beauty of this unique and historic place. Room & board are included in this once annual, artful, creative workshop!  2 spots left. Fees vary depending on accommodations chosen:  $826 - $1253.  Visit my gallery page to see more of my work and click the link below for registration and more information:

https://www.creativeartscommunity.org/pastel-ndash-carrie-moore.html

Learn the exciting and ancient technique of marbling in this 2 day workshop!  Rene will supply all the marbling supplies, including some marbling paper.  You bring blank watercolor paper and paintings you’re not happy with to over marble! We’ll also marble on cloth. Make exciting one-of-a-kind papers for collage, book covers or stationery.  $270.  Location:  Carrie Moore Studios www.carriemoorestudios.com.  WORKSHOP FULL.  Inquire about wait list by contacting Rene Eisenbart http://rene-art.com/marbling-magic/

Join mixed media artist and author, Rogene Mañas for a two-day paper clay/mixed media workshop, June 9-10, 2018. Rogene brings her unique style and creativity to the Knoll, and has taught in OR, CA and Mexico.  She authored the book:  Artful Paper Clay:Techniques for Adding Dimension to Your Art, and has been featured on Oregon's ART BEAT. Add dimension to your work by creating bas-relief images with Creative Paperclay® on panels or canvases. This air-dried, paper maché clay, primarily used in doll and figurine making, can hold broad shapes as well as fine detail and adheres to just about anything. The first day you will learn to sculpt and carve the clay in bas relief, the second day you will learn to finish your piece with acrylic mediums, paints and collage materials. The result is a wood-carved effect that will leave people wondering how it was made. This unique and innovative process is fun, flexible and forgiving, making it perfect for beginning and advanced students alike.  $270. Contact carriemoorestudios5@gmail.com for more information!  Class is filling fast so don't wait.  View more of Rogene's work and order her book on her website:  www.rogenemanas.com

Contact Amanda Houston at http://amandahouston.com/workshops/ to register for this unique retreat-style 3 day workshop.

NATURE IN PAPER CLAY - SPRING BREAK!  Learn bas relief: to sculpt, carve, mold and paint on a "flat" clay surface and make it look 3 dimensional...using this soft clay while learning the basic elements of design.  Carrie will guide you through projects you’ll LOVE.  You’ll go home with many of your own amazing works of art!

For ages 10-16, this workshop is limited to 12 students. 2 days at her Studio on the Knoll in Oregon City. Bring lunch, water & a snack. $140 total per student. March 27-28, 2018.  9:00 am – 3:00. All materials provided.   Bring your open, creative hearts, hands and minds!

Email carriemoorestudios5@gmail for more information or call 503-866-5507 to reserve a spot.