Drawing & Painting

The emphasis in the Painting and Drawing Department provides students the opportunity to study the historical centers of the genre while exploring the practice’s current periphery. By building upon the long history of mark making, the department encourages students to explore and scrutinize the medium to develop a personal voice within a contemporary context.  Students complete the emphasis with an overall understanding of the discipline of painting and drawing, and they establish a personal direction based on their studio research and practice, and demonstrate the confidence to defend their finished works.  

Outcomes:

Painting and Drawing students will:

• Have an understanding of painting options with color, media and format.  
• Demonstrate basic knowledge in the traditions, conventions, and evolutions of painting with a focus on oil painting.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply the basic principles to a specific aesthetic intent.
• Have an understanding of the various expressive possibilities of painting to include representational, conceptual, and abstract approaches.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of consistent, personal direction, artistic independence and style.

 All emphases provide the following outcomes:

• Understand basic design principles, particularly as related to their chosen emphasis.
• Understand the place in which the emphasis exists within the history of art, design, and culture.
• The ability to use materials, equipment, and library resources related to their study.
• The ability to work competently within the studio environment, with knowledge of practices to ensure their safety.
• The ability to demonstrate functional knowledge of basic business practices specific to their chosen emphasis.
• Completion of a final project that demonstrates facility in the emphasis

STUDENT WORKS

DRAWING & PAINTING FACULTY

Chris Sauter - Chair, Painting & Drawing, Director of Special Projects
Chris holds a B.A. from the University of the Incarnate Word and an M.F.A. from The University of Texas at San Antonio. He has exhibited across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. His works have been featured at The Kohler Art Center; the Musee d’Art Moderne Saint-Etienne, France; The Drawing Center, NY; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art; and PS1, New York. Chris was recently a Blue Star Contemporary Resident at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany.