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When:
Saturday, March 7, 2026, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Where:
The Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art
386 Beach Blvd
Biloxi, MS, 39530
*2nd Floor Biloxi Center for Ceramics
Space generously donated by The Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art.
Cost:
$100 members / $125 non-members
No Refunds
Questions:
Cissy McCabe Quinn at 228-263-1642 or email Cissy
Class Size:
Space limited to 14 participants
Lunch:
Bring a bag lunch and drinks. There are many restaurants close by if you want to order out.
Description
LWS is proud to offer our first workshop on the beautiful Gulf Coast. Come join us at the beautiful Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art to paint in the second floor overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. What a great excuse to spend the weekend!
White…. pure, bright, snowy. These are a few words most would use to describe white. Avoidance, nemesis, fearful, challenging…are words that I was using when white objects were in a composition to be painted. A challenge! Uncomfortable! I have usually found that when something is difficult or challenging, I will find it extremely rewarding when I have worked to master it, or in this case, to become comfortable with white. So, I set out on a mission to paint white objects. It was amazing how often they started coming my way; a photo of a wedding dress in a friend’s wedding album, white chess pieces on a friend’s chess set, a classic flower discovered on a walk in the neighborhood park, the feather floating at the end of a movie, and even an ancient relic of a person captured in time from a volcanic explosion. In this quest, I learned that white cannot be described as “without color”! Through my close observations, white was blue, and green, and pink, and all the other colors of the color wheel. So, I give you the outcome of my quest. Not necessarily mastered, and still challenging, but now at least comfortable. Join me in my journey in finding The Colors of White!
Cissy McCabe Quinn LWS
Cissy McCabe Quinn was born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She spent her childhood swimming in the bayous, playing on the sand bars, and fishing in the waters. These childhood experiences have had special influences on her artistic inspirations. These are the subjects to which she continues to return. Watercolor has been her media of choice since working with Charles Ambrose at Mississippi University for Women, where she received her BFA, and then studying with him again at William Carey College on the coast. As an art teacher, she worked and created with all material and media, but watercolor is where she always returns. The ability to layer one color over another, over and over, creating layers of depth, and continue to see the beginning color and brush stroke is inspiring. It allows you to look deeply into the painting, past the surface; it draws you into the scene you are painting. Nature has always been her inspiration and teacher. It also draws her in to see past the surface, to see the layers of creation. A decaying fishing cottage on the banks of the bayou, with rich neutral colors of the weathered wood that contrast with the warm inviting red of the rusty roof; the embrace of lush, overgrown foliage; the aging majestic shrimp boat with peeling paint and rusty rigging reaching up to the heavens; birds flying over the waters like angels flying low with grace and joy. These scenes are her inspiration and in painting them she hopes to share the experience with the viewer and to preserve our heritage of beautiful, natural resources.
Supply List
Supply list will be sent to those who register