Painting, Drawing and Printmaking

Feinstein School of Humanities, Arts and Education
Department of Visual Arts

Beginning with drawing, VARTS students learn to translate their experience of the world around them into mark, line and tone. Painting, both water-based and oil, provides an exploration of color principles and behaviors. Printmaking offers a bridge between drawing and painting in graphic form. In all media, contemporary practices as well as art-historical precedents are emphasized.

The Minor in PDP, allows for depth of study in a range of expressions from the figurative to the abstract. Students are encouraged to develop proficiencies in multiple media while exploring the ideas and issues they care most about in visual form. Many students use the PDP Minor to augment their studies in Architecture, Graphic Design, Marine Biology or other disciplines where visual communication is an essential skill.

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Student Work

The Visual Arts program at Roger Williams University is interdisciplinary by design. Students are expected to explore a range of media from painting and ceramics to photography and video. Through the experiences of different media, students are challenged to find their own voice as an artist in work that reflects their individual aims and interests.  Our students develop proficiencies in several media, often combining media in new and unexpected hybrids. Students in VARTS at RWU routinely make high-quality work that we are proud to display throughout the campus community in our Art on Campus program

Painting, Drawing and Printmaking

A Painting by a VARTS student
Self Portrait Palette-Knife painting by Reid Ennis. Beginning with drawing, VARTS students learn to translate their experience of the world around them into mark, line and tone. Painting, both water-based and oil, provides an exploration of color principles and behaviors. Printmaking offers a bridge between drawing and painting in graphic form. In all media, contemporary practices as well as art-historical precedents are emphasized.

See More Student Work

A selfportrait of a woman.
A portrait by Mary Durant.
A painting by Reid Ennis
Reid Ennis, Self Portrait Study in Palette Knife, Acrylics.
An abstract painting by Meredith Stein
An abstract painting by Meredith Stein.
A painting by A VARTS student
Katie Johnson, Self-Portrait, Acrylics.
A painting by a Varts student
Rachel Schulman, Dog Face, Scratchboard.
A painting by a VARTS Student
Nathan Bonauito, Abstract Landscape, Acrylics.
A picture of print making work
Professor Beth Duffy inking a laser-cut wood block.
A picture of print making by VARTS Student
Julie Gearan carving a woodblock print.
A self portrait.
A portrait by Sarid Irabel.
A student completing a portrait
Marina Massa woring on a mural.
An abstract painting
An abstract painting by Michael Frase.
A self portrait of a student.
A portrait by Kate Ford.
A self portrait of a woman.
Robin Hill, portrait, woodcut.
A student standing next to her work.
An abstract painting by Paulina Kobylar.
A selfportrait of a woman.
A painting by Reid Ennis
An abstract painting by Meredith Stein
A painting by A VARTS student
A painting by a Varts student
A painting by a VARTS Student
A picture of print making work
A picture of print making by VARTS Student
A self portrait.
A student completing a portrait
An abstract painting
A self portrait of a student.
A self portrait of a woman.
A student standing next to her work.

Our Alumni Are

  • Gallery assistants and administrators
  • Teaching in Arts Education in public schools, private schools, and workshops
  • Art directors or writers at magazines
  • Design consultants
  • Pursuing graduate degrees
  • Working freelance as photographers or own their own businesses as designers
 

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