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LIVE STREAM EVENT | Oil Painting in Tuscany
Presented by Marco Klee Fallani
With Additional Commentary by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Join celebrated artist Marco Klee Fallani, direct from his studio in the heart of Chianti, Tuscany, for a live stream oil painting class. Learn the art of painting in this rich and suggestive medium from an acclaimed maestro in real time. Art will truly come to life during this extraordinary event.

• Optional studio materials:
  • One or two primed canvas that needs to be gessoed and dry beforehand ready to start (or Oil Painting paper)
  • Rags
  • Jars
  • Paper towels
  • Big gesso brush size 2 or more inches
  • Small, medium, and big oil brushes
  • Turpentine or any medium for oil
• Oil paint list
  • Burnt Siena
  • Raw Amber
  • Black
  • White
  • The 3 primary colors

The live stream will include a 45-minute oil painting demonstration followed by 15-minutes of Q&A.

Please note:

• Your participation is confirmed once you have purchased your ticket. You will receive the Zoom link to join the presentation circa 30 minutes before the start time.
• VIDEO RECORDING of the live virtual oil painting demonstration will be available for unlimited streaming at your convenience for 7 days after the event.

Lecturer

Marco Klee Fallani was born in New York City on April 14th, 1965. He frequented the Istituto d’Arte di Porta Romana and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. In 1990 he was awarded a scholarship for a Master of Fine Arts by the California College of Arts, which he completed in 1993.

Fallani collaborated in the making of the bronze monument to Joe Louis for the city of Detroit and he prepared the molds and the plaster casts of the Guiglielmo pulpit for the ‘Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo’ of Pisa. In 2005 he designed the set for the ‘Teatro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’ production of the operatic version of Maurice Sendak’s book’ Where the Wild Things Are’. In 2013 He was commissioned a large sculpture for the main square in the city of Arezzo. ‘Hope and Faith’ is an annunciation dedicated to the art of Piero Della Francesca. In August 2015, Fallani was invited by Viacheslav Zarenkov and the Creative World Organization of Saint- Petersburg, Russia, for ‘Saint-Petersburg through the Eyes of Contemporary Artists’. All paintings were donated to the organization.

Fallani has taught studio arts at various schools in Florence and in the United States including SACI, Polimoda, Lorenzo de Medici, Florence University of Arts, California College of Arts and was Department chair at Syracuse University in Florence, where he continues to teach painting, drawing and sculpture. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in Italy, the U.S, the Netherlands, Canada, the U.K. and Russia.

Marco Klee Fallani currently lives and works in Florence, Italy.