Grinnell painter Dena Peterson will present a three-hour workshop titled “Painting in the Style of Van Gogh” on Saturday, October 25 in the Abbe Creek Gallery.

Workshop hours are 2-5pm that day. All supplies (paint, brush, canvas) are included in the $49 pre-registration fee. Enrollment is limited to ten participants. The workshop will focus on landscape painting in the Van Gogh style.

In 2016 Peterson was selected as one of 120 international artists (out of 5000 applicants) to hand-illustrate frame-by-frame the Academy Award-nominated 2017 film “Loving Vincent.”

“It was truly a labor of love and tribute to the life and struggles of Van Gogh as told through his paintings. As an artist, I can relate to Van Gogh’s struggles, which is why his life strikes such an emotional chord with me,” according to Dena.

Dena’s paintings have been exhibited in regional, national, and international shows. She taught at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Bemis School of Art at Colorado College, and teaches workshops both nationally and internationally. She studied at the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Students League of Denver, and the Scottsdale Artists School, where she was selected for the prestigious Wade Fairchild Memorial Scholarship.

She is a signature member of The American Impressionist Society. She is currently an Art Ambassador for Royal-Talens North America. and she is a monitor for Winslow Art Center online classes.

In 2024 Dena Peterson and Abbe Creek Gallery co-owner Bob Campagna co-authored and illustrated the book Of Light and Moment which matches 56 of her paintings with 56 of his photographs to explore common artistic elements between their respective art styles. Together they created the exhibit Of Light and Moment utilizing select images from each of their collections.