RSI 2008 | Courses | Creativity and the Arts | The Push and the Pull: Dynamics of Color in Painting | NEIGENFIND-BOSSERT
Rudolf Steiner Institute

Creativity and the Arts
The Push and the Pull: Dynamics of Color in Painting
ULLA NEIGENFIND-BOSSERT
ULLA NEIGENFIND-BOSSERT
has been a painter her entire life. She attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Germany, studied art teacher training, and is an art therapist. She works as a teacher, painter, and an art therapist with children and adults in Germany. She has taught a series of classes at the Rudolf Steiner Institute, an experience that brings her special joy. Her paintings and three-dimensional installations are found in private collections in Europe and the U.S. She is married to American watercolorist, Bill Bossert, with whom she divides her time between Esslingen, Germany, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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One Week Intensive: July 6 - 12, 3 Sessions per Day:
8:30 - 10:00 | 2:30 - 4:00 | 4:30 - 6:00

CALLED INTO LIFE AND NOURISHED BY MATTER, REBORN THROUGH THE SPIRIT, COLOR CAN EXPRESS THE BEING OF EVERY THING AND AT THE SAME TIME IS ABLE TO CARRY THE INTENSITY OF THE MOVEMENTS OF THE HEART AND THE MIND

—Henri Matisser

With our modern consciousness we are losing our feeling for the subtle, inner soul qualities of color. We have to actively practice looking at color to deepen our ability to see it. As Rudolf Steiner says, "observing color can not be done without lifting ourselves into our soul life." Color is the soul of nature and of the whole cosmos and we can participate in this soul by living in a deeper way with color.

We will paint and observe the world of color in an artistic way. Every color has itsown character and its own movement. Curiosity and experimental attempts will lead us in various directions. Being authentic to our individual feelings is important, but we will endeavor to find a way to come to objectivity through shared observations.

We will use the wonderful medium of oil sticks, made of wax and pigment. They are easy to use and will allow us to experience both intense color and luminosity. Oil sticks are clear and bright and can be worked with opaquely or in fine, transparent layers. Previous painting experience is helpful, but not essential. Material fee: $80 (includes a box of Sennelier Artists' Oil Sticks)

Suggested Reading:

Rudolf Steiner, lecture on "The Creative World of Color," Dornach, July 26 1914. Available in Architecture as a Synthesis of the Arts, edited and introduced by Christian Thal-Jantzen, Rudolf Steiner Press.