Becky Parrish
Still Life
September 11-13, 2026
Tuition: $580
Skill Level: All Levels
Whether you are a beginner eager to learn the basics or an experienced artist looking to refine your techniques, this workshop is designed for all skill levels. Becky Parrish will provide personalized instruction and valuable insights to help you expand your artistic creativity and enhance your painting skills.
Expect to engage in hands-on practice, receive constructive feedback, and explore various oil painting techniques. By the end of the workshop, leave with your masterpiece and a deeper understanding and appreciation of the artistry involved in capturing still life. Don’t miss this chance to learn from a master artist in a supportive and inspirational environment!
“I choose still life as an art form because it allows me to control all of the above-mentioned elements. Still life, in general, is limited in depth and space, therefore, it is a challenge when developing an arrangement to try and capture that multi-layered sense space on the two-dimensional surface of the canvas.” — Becky Parrish, American Art Collector, January 2013
Meet the Artist
Becky Parrish
My paintings are abstract, regardless of their representative nature. Whether setting up a still life, or positioning a figure in a portrait, the objective in the paintings is to create an integrated whole. Conjunction of form is inherent to painting. Conjunction of form refers to many important qualities, i.e. color theme, density of space, overlapping of objects and shadows, paint manipulation (scraping, repainting, scraping again and using a palette knife to build up areas where texture is desired) and the reworking of borders and edges.
Becky’s portraits capture an individual’s spirit, rather than presenting a hard-edged photographic reproduction, while her still life works are each strikingly different. Her work has been exhibited in numerous art shows in the Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia areas. She has received many awards and fellowships for her work.
