Painting
The painting concentration at WashU encourages expansive painting practice through an accomplished group of faculty with expertise in diverse integrative practices: traditional and contemporary modes of painting, printmaking, sculpture, figuration digital printing, and artificial intelligence.
COURSES AND STUDENT WORK
Painting courses are designed to help students build their problem-solving skills while developing a studio practice situated within historical and contemporary art. Coursework ranges from art making to public speaking and marketing yourself as an artist. Some examples are included below.
Art Practice Studios
These advanced painting courses encourage students to develop their practice through themes ranging from abstraction to anatomy to the role of figuration in contemporary art practice.
The Painted Figure
This introduction to the practice of painting emphasizes the pictorial representation of the human figure through a variety of technical, conceptual, and creative skills.
Poetics of Image Making
This painting course examines the poetics of image-making, with a focus on the representation of people, place, and space — both observed and invented.
Featured student work
Faculty
Associate Professor, Area Coordinator - Painting
Chair, MFA in Visual Art; Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Studios and Facilities
Junior and senior students in the painting concentration share semi-private studio spaces in Walker Hall, filled with natural light. These studio spaces foster collaboration and focused work. Equipment and studio furniture are provided, and students enjoy access to shops and labs like the wood and metal shops in Walker Hall.