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I teach many classes and workshops in various painting media and techniques across the state of Oregon and sometimes Washington.
My methods are taught to students of all experience levels, from beginners who have never touched a paint brush to seasoned artists who hold regular exhibitions. It is never too early and it is never too late.
Check out my list of available classes and workshops below, or feel free to email or call me for more information. I’d love to hear from you.
Featured Class
Land, Water and Sky! Plein Air Painting in the Shoulder Season
November 13 - November 14
Plas Newydd Farm
We’re excited to welcome Portland artist Jef Gunn back for his second PN Farm Arts workshop. Jef brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his teaching, and delights in the complexities of a working landscape. We’re trying something new with a late fall plein air workshop, and we promise warming stations and lots of hot coffee–not the mention the possibility of painting in the embrace of a historic barn!
Plein Air painting is simply painting in the “open air.” That’s what we’ll do.
Painting itself can be tricky, managing a palette of colors and a canvas in response to the always moving world around us! Our focus for this workshop will be all of that. Composition, simplification, color, palette, gumption, place, light and shadow, mystery.
This will be quite the adventure in painting the out-of-doors on a beautiful landscape with historic significance. The farm and its buildings sit along the confluence of the Lewis and Columbia Rivers, on land once occupied by Chinook and Cowlitz peoples. We’ll cover color, composition, palette management, and keeping your cool while managing all that!
If the weather changes, we’ll have studio exercises that deepen the work done outside. For instance, composition, abstract structure and color interactions. Beyond these, we could address the possibility of emotion in the painting.
A $20 materials fee is included in the cost of your ticket, and we will reach out with more instructions as the event gets closer! Limited scholarships available. Email arts@pnfarm.com for more info.
All 2026 Classes & Workshops
The World is Its Own Magic Plein Air Painting and Mindfulness
October 9 - October 12
Ser Chö Ösel Ling Retreat Center
Contemporary Painting
Composition and Color
September 23 - November 18
Catlin Gabel
Personal Studio
Guidance
Dates Open
Portland, Oregon
Color
and Abstraction
September 8 - October 20
Oregon Art Center
Weekly
Fall Plein Air
October 2 - December 18
Multiple locations (Oregon)
What Painting Is:
A Masterclass
September 25 - September 29
Sitka Center
Wood Block and Linoleum Block Relief Printing
October 1 - November 19
Catlin Gabel
Land, Water and Sky! Plein Air Painting in the Shoulder Season
November 13 - November 14
Plas Newydd Farm
How to Register
Register Online
Click on any class above to get to the individual class page.
Use the “Register” button on the individual class page to register through the website with payment through Paypal. Or, click on the link for registrations through Sitka and use their portal to pay.
Register by Email
Email me or call 503-201-2556 with the name of the desired class or workshop, your first and last name, and a good contact number.
Follow up the email with your payment in the form of a check or money order. I'll email you with more information upon receipt of your payment.
Cancellation Policy & Refunds
All refunds are issued within 30 days of cancellation.
60+ days notice: 100% refund to original method of payment
30-59 days notice: 50% refund to original payment method or 100% refund as credit only, to be applied to a future class within 1 calendar year.
Less than 30 days: No refund available
“As one of us who cannot lay down a paintbrush for long, it is a blessing that I met Jef Gunn taking his college class in encaustic over 15 years ago. In multiple and varied painting classes, he has freed me from many goblins of uncertainty and so ushered me to the muses of uncertainty, helping me discover they are sometimes indistinguishable. Truly good art is about contemplation—especially if the hand moves quickly. Jef can help you flush out some of those peregrines of spirit.”