2024

 Plein Air Painting Class, Cape May, NJ

With Phil Courtney and Joseph Sweeney

July 9-10-11 2024

10 AM to 2 PM    Meeting at the Cape May Point Arts and Science Center

Greetings .

This year this summer we have a unique opportunity to paint at the new

Cape May Point Arts and Science Center formally known as St. Mary’s by the Sea.

Here’s a chance to paint at one of the most historic locations in South Jersey.

Phil Courtney will handle watercolor demonstrations

Joe Sweeney will handle the oil and acrylics

Phil Courtney is a graduate of The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phila, PA. Following his education, he was employed as a billboard artist for outdoor advertisers in the Philadelphia area for more than twenty-five years. Phil began showing his own work after moving to Cape May, NJ in 1995 with his wife and children. His work has been shown locally at the former Washington Street Gallery, the SOMA NewArt Gallery, the FAN Gallery in Phila., The Ferry Gallery at the former Ferry Park. His work is also part of several private collections in South Jersey.

Joseph Sweeney is a professional landscape painter living in Ardmore, PA. He received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) and an MFA from Penn State University. He has taught for many years at area institutions and art centers including PAFA, the University of the Arts, Wayne Art Center, Woodmere Art Museum and Chester Springs Yellow Springs Studio. His work has received numerous awards and is included in many public and private institutions, collections and museums.