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Walter Bartman, Director, resident artist and instructor at the Yellow Barn, has assembled a team of dedicated, accomplished, and qualified instructors to compliment the studio's programs and classes. The Yellow Barn prides itself on its diverse philosophy of its faculty. Each member brings years of experience successfully working with students. These instructors are chosen for their artistic and educational expertise. They are experts in their fields. They teach a wide range of classes in Oils, Acrylics, Watercolor, and Drawing. To learn more about a particular instructor and his/her class schedule, click on the instructor's image in the photograph or on his/her name in the caption below.
Front Row: Walt Bartman III, Jackie Jouvenal, Linda Kozak, Helen Corning, Walt Bartman (Founder of the Yellow Barn), Bonny Lundy, Rachel Collins, Martha Spak, Back Row: Ben Ferry, Tom Semmes, Glen Kessler, Jordan Bruns, Gavin Glakas.
Missing: Sue Herron, Christine Lashley, Natasha Karpinskaia, Lee Newman, Lida Stifel, Ann Wallace, Eric Garner, Evan Goldman
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WALTER BARTMAN, Founder and Director of the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery
Walt teaches landscape, still life and figure painting classes and workshops, here and abroad. His career spans four decades. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Art History from American University and he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Belgium and Holland. His philosophy of painting centers on personal interpretation and the unique approach to the ordinary. For him, a great painting includes all the arts. He works with all levels of students and challenges them to “see” more.
Walt’s own work is representational in subject, but with an abstract approach to seeing and expressing his thoughts on canvas. He is a colorist and he shares his knowledge with his students.
It is the invisible that needs to be found, the clue is in the visible.
Current & Upcoming classes:
brandt4749@aol.com
Website: www.yellowbarnstudio.com/bartman.htm
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RACHEL COLLINS, Watercolor Instructor
 Watercolor painter Rachel Collins teaches weekend workshops at the Yellow Barn, working with students at all levels of experience. In her own work, she considers herself a realistic painter of nature’s abstract form. Originally trained as a librarian and archivist, she became a full-time painter in the mid-1990's. An interest in natural science illustration has influenced her work in watercolor as fine art, and is reflected in her frequent choice to view her subject up close. She paints regularly in her studio at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA, has taught watercolor since 1996 in both the U.S. and abroad, and shows her work regularly in local, regional and national exhibits. She has been awarded signature membership in the National Watercolor Society, the Watercolor USA Honor Society, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, among others. Outside the visual art world, she plays the bassoon and currently serves as chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Mount Vernon, Virginia.
God is the most subtle of designers. The artist works to bring something of the excitement of this design and form in the natural world to the attention of all viewers, so that our vision of even the mundane may be changed.
Current & Upcoming classes:
rbcollinsart@yahoo.com
Website: www.rachelcollinsart.com
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J. Jordan Bruns
J. Jordan Bruns received BFA degrees in painting and illustration form the Maryland Institute College of Art, and an MFA in painting from Indiana University. He teaches classes for all levels such as “Basic Principals of Drawing” and “Fundamentals of Painting: Beginner to Intermediate” for those with no or little experience, to more advanced courses such as “Abstract Representation”. While his work currently borders abstraction, his classical background stresses a strong foundation in the fundamentals of drawing and painting in order to maximize creativity and personal voice.
Current & Upcoming classes:
jordan@jjbruns.com
Website: www.jjbruns.com
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ERIC GARNER, Acrylic Abstract Painting Instructor
Painter Eric Garner teaches both full length courses and weekend workshops in acrylic abstract painting. Eric’s paintings reflect an interest in pictorial systems and patterning, from American quilts, Islamic arts, and African textiles, to infrastructure design conventions. His work is frequently reminiscent of Russian constructivism.
Things aren’t all so tangible and sayable as people would usually have us believe; most experiences are unsayable, they happen in a space that no word has ever entered, and more unsayable than all other things are works of art, those mysterious existences, whose life endures beside our own small, transitory life. – Rainer Rilke
Current & Upcoming classes:
garnerep@yahoo.com
Website: www.EricGarnerFineArts.com
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MARTHA SPAK, Still Life/Oil Instructor
Martha Spak teaches a still life oil painting class at the Yellow Barn working with students of all levels. She explores techniques of master painters to create dramatic works using simple subjects. In her own work, Martha is drawn to atmospheric art with layers of glazes that convey rich tones and depth.
I strive to create works that convey a sense of peace and give the viewer a chance to pause.
Current & Upcoming classes:
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Still Life with Old Master Techniques
Martha Spak
Tue. Sept. 21 – Nov. 23
9:30 am – 12 pm, Tuition: $275
More Info/Enroll Online
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MarthaSpak@me.com
Website: www.MarthaSpak.com
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BEN FERRY
Ben Ferry teaches life drawing and portraiture at the Yellow Barn on weekends. Ben welcomes all levels of students to break down the figure and understand how to incorporate both gesture and anatomy while studying one of the most consistent subjects in the history of art, the human being.
In his own work, Ben is a realist painter that always utilizes his foundation in drawing to take on difficult problems through perspective and light.
Current & Upcoming classes:
ben_ferry@hotmail.com
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LIDA STIFEL
Lida Stifel has been an instructor at the Yellow Barn Studio for over 16 years. Her Thursday classes feature life models where intermediate level and experienced artists use a variety of materials. Stifel graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and attended the Corcoron School of Art. Residencies at the VCCA, the Vermont Studio Center, and Berkshire Center of Creative Art. Her work is in many private and public collections.
I consider myself a perceptual realist. Like poetry, the subject is evident but is transformed into something less tangible and at the same time more complex by virtue of both associations and extractions
Having had the opportunity to work with so many talented artists and faculty has contributed immeasurably to my growth as an artist.
Current & Upcoming classes:
lidarose@comcast.net
Website: www.lidart.com
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CHRISTINE LASHLEY
Christine Lashley teaches studio and plein-air (outdoor) classes and workshops at the Yellow Barn in watercolor. Christine teaches a flexible approach to watercolor with special techniques for achieving loose brushwork and clean colors. Students are encouraged to develop their own painting style and classes are for all levels. Christine's love for light shows in her work with her realistic, yet painterly, images. Landscapes, still life and portraits are painted with vibrant, gestural brushstrokes. She studied in Paris at the Parsons Art Institute and the Sorbonne and continued on to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. She has exhibited her work in many cities including: Washington DC, Seattle, St. Louis, Boston, and Paris, France. Her work has been featured in several publications including 'The Artist's Magazine' and the Washington Post. An art teacher for over 10 years, Christine is a signature member of several juried art groups, including: the Potomac Valley Watercolorists, Baltimore Watercolor Society, and the Washington Society of Landscape Painters.
Current & Upcoming classes:
lashleys@mail.com
Website: christinelashley.com
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GLEN KESSLER, Drawing and Painting Instructor
 Glen Kessler is a dynamic educator who brings out the most in his students--from beginner to life-long artist. His teaching style is highly individualized. His lessons are easy-to-understand and provide a clear path to artistic mastery. Glen teaches a wide range of classes at The Yellow Barn mostly on evenings and weekends. His classes cover drawing and painting; figures, landscapes, and still life; working in the studio, in the landscape, and from photographs. Glen also teaches the High School Scholarship Class, a tuition-free class where high school painters begin their artistic journeys.
Glen has an MFA from the highly respected New York Academy of Art and a BFA from MICA. Glen has also taught at MICA for the past 10 years. He paints avidly and has developed a thriving pet portraiture career. His works are in the collections of Cesar ‘The Dog Whisperer’ Millan, Prince Charles, Ford’s Theater, Yale, GW, MICA, BU, St. Mary’s College, as well as hundreds of private collections worldwide.
It is not my goal to make you the second-best Glen Kessler, but rather the best YOU that you can be.
Current & Upcoming classes:
GlenKessler@hotmail.com
Website: www.GlenKessler.com
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TOM SEMMES, Painting Instructor
 Tom Semmes teaches studio and landscape painting classes at the Yellow Barn including the only evening plein-air class in the DC area. Classes are for all level of students and include demos, lectures, and individual instruction.
He encourages his students to creating solid and naturalistic forms through the study of the observable world and the application of rich color and expressive brush strokes.
Tom began painting as a teenager, inspired by the rolling hills, forests and streams that surrounded his rural home in Potomac. On visits to the Phillips Collection, he discovered the works of Pierre Bonnard and the Impressionists and continues to be inspired by their use of color and evocation of light. After majoring in fine arts at the Rhode Island School of Design, he developed a career in the field of graphic arts. He renewed his interest in painting at the Yellow Barn and has exhibited frequently at local venues, winning Best of Show at the Yellow Barn Studio Members Show in 2004.
Current & Upcoming classes:
tsemmes@verizon.net
Website: www.tomsemmes.com
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W. MICHAEL BARTMAN III
 W. Michael Bartman III teaches Learning to Draw and Paint on Tuesdays and Thursdays. W. Michael Bartman III received his art education degree from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where he concentrated on teaching and painting. Thereafter, Mr. Bartman was employed by Montgomery County Public Schools; during his tenure, he served as Director of the largest Advanced Placement Art program in Montgomery County. Presently, he is the Painting Instructor at the Landon School, a private school located in Bethesda, Maryland. Mr. Bartman is also the Assistant Director of the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery located in Glen Echo Park, Maryland. He has been a two-time Outstanding Teacher of Excellence recognized by the Maryland Art Education Association and the Landon School. Mr. Bartman’s painting travels have taken him to Antietam, Frederick, Middletown Valley, Tilghman Island, St. Michaels, and Crisfield…MD; Chincoteague, VA; Santa Fe and Taos, N.M.; Sedona, AZ; the Bahamas; Bermuda; Italy; Spain; and Eastern European cities including Prague, Bratislava, and Budapest.
Current & Upcoming classes:
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Learning to Draw & Paint
Class 1: Thur. Sept. 16 – Nov. 18
Class 2: Tue. Sept. 21 – Nov. 30
4 – 6 pm, $295
More Info/Enroll Online
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Walt_Bartman@landon.net
Website: www.waltbartmaniiipaintings.com
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JACKIE JOUVENAL
 Jackie Jouvenal teaches painting, drawing and pastels at the Yellow Barn Studio. Jackie received her BFA from Syracuse University and her Masters from the University of Maryland. She also studied painting and art history for a year in Florence, Italy. She displays her work locally at the Discovery Galleries and Gallery 322, as well as, nationally through solo and group exhibits. Jackie is a landscape painter who primarily works in oils and pastels. She has a strong love for the outdoors and tries to capture her appreciation for nature through her expressive landscapes. Her paintings record the simple beauty of the land. Jackie is flexible and keeps an open mind in her teaching practices, in an effort to reach students with multiple learning styles. Her classroom is a space for individuals to develop their personal style, while sharing common bonds with a community of artists.
Current & Upcoming classes:
jackiejouvenal@hotmail.com
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Susan Herron
Susan Herron is a Washington, D.C. area artist who has been exhibiting for more than twenty-five years.
In addition to teaching watercolor for the Art League of Alexandria and the Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery in Glen Echo, Susan is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Southern Watercolor Society, the Baltimore Watercolor Society, and the Potomac Valley Watercolorists and has received numerous awards in national and regional exhibitions. Her work has been featured in “Splash 5: The Glory of Color” published by North Light Books.
She enjoys experimenting with various media and feels comfortable using acrylic as well as watercolor. Her paintings are known for capturing light and mood.
Susan takes great pleasure in teaching. Her goal is to give the beginning students a solid foundation of skills and to give intermediate students a creative challenge and the desire for a personal artistic vision.
Current & Upcoming classes:
sherronart@yahoo.com
Website: http://susanherron.com/
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Gavin Glakas
Gavin Glakas grew up in Bethesda, Maryland and started drawing about the time he started walking. He studied at Washington University in St. Louis and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Following graduation, he spent a year in Athens, Greece, working as an illustrator.
After returning to the U.S., Glakas spent a year and a half working on Capitol Hill as a Senate staffer. He had planned on going to law school, but after an eight-month illness culminating in the removal of a tumor from his lung at the age of 24, he decided to pursue his lifelong ambition of a career as an artist.
Glakas began showing his work in galleries almost immediately and spent the next five years studying art intensely. He has won numerous honors for his artwork, including awards from the Portrait Society of America and the Butler Institute of American Art, and his paintings have been exhibited at galleries throughout the country.
Some of Glakas’ more prominent portraits include that of CIA Director George Tenet, which hangs in Georgetown University, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s wife, Landra, which hangs in the U.S. Capitol, and former FCC Chairman Ervin Duggan, which hangs in the Society of the Four Arts Museum in Palm Beach.
The artist currently resides in Washington D.C., where he paints full-time and teaches at the Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo, MD.
Current & Upcoming classes:
gavinglakas@yahoo.com
Website: www.gavinglakas.com
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Bonny Lundy
An artist all her life, Bonny Lundy has taught watercolor classes and workshops at the Yellow Barn Studio for over eighteen years. Her Wednesday classes have ranged from beginning to en plein air. Bonny paints impressionistic still life, landscape, flowers, and figures, encouraging her students to use expressive color and fluid movement through wet on wet and direct painting, and to experiment, strengthening their own unique visions. Making art is our response to our soulful, poetic lives. Art is our gift to others.
Bonny has exhibited widely in the US and abroad. Her watercolors, gouache, oil paintings, batiks and ceramic art are included in public and private collections.
She has a BFA in painting and has studied with several impressionist painters.
Being part of this supportive arts community at Glen Echo and Yellow Barn continues to be a pleasurable learning experience.
Current & Upcoming classes:
bonnylundyart@aol.com
Website: bonnylundy.com
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Evan Goldman
Evan Goldman teaches Pastel Painting, En Plein Air. He believes every student has the potential to produce great art and encourages students to seek their artistic voice. The subjects of Evan’s artwork include portraits, landscapes, nudes, and large-scale narratives. He holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He also studied under the renowned Norwegian painter, Odd Nerdrum. Evan's artwork has been exhibited throughout the United States. Collectors of his work include Larry Page, co-founder of Google. Evan is always eager to share his passion for fine art with his students.
Pastel Landscape En Plein Air
Current & Upcoming classes:
evan@evangoldmanart.com
Website: www.evangoldman.com
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Ann Wallace
After earning a BA in Art from the University of Massachusetts, and JD and LLM degrees, Ann Wallace pursued a career in criminal law at the Justice Department. She also formed a business to merchandise her original hand-knitted sweaters and painted clothing. In 1999, she turned her attention to painting the human form, and the picturesque environs of Maryland, New Mexico, California, Maine, St. Maarten and Europe. Her style is representational and is marked by rhythmic touches of paint. While she enjoys devoting considerable time to portrait, figure and still life painting, she is particularly captivated when painting nature directly as she sees it. Her paintings and prints are in private collections in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia, and on permanent exhibition in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Nine years ago, she began with the Yellow Barn teaching still life, portrait and plein air workshops and classes in charcoal, pastel, acrylic, oil and gouache. She views teaching as an extraordinary opportunity to assist students at all levels in the realization of their own unique artistic abilities.
Current & Upcoming classes:
annwallaceart@aol.com
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Linda Kozak, Painting Instructor
Linda Kozak brings her extensive experience as a veteran art educator to the Yellow Barn's painting classes. Using experiences developed while a career art teacher in the Montgomery County Public School system and as a former adjunct professor of art at Montgomery College, Linda focuses on teaching still life and landscape painting techniques to students of all ages and levels of experience with an emphasis on the development of individual skills based on individual needs.
A passionate artist in her own right, Linda has had her own own paintings and prints exhibited at galleries, museums and in juried shows up and down the east coast for many years. Most recently, her work was juried into two group shows at the Strathmore Hall Gallery. Additionally, her work has been displayed internationally in locations in Europe, Africa and Asia. Linda's work is held in both public and private collections.
Linda received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland and her Masters Degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Current & Upcoming classes:
lskozak@yahoo.com
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