Instructor: Teresa Oaxaca
Sunday | October 18, 2026 | 10:00 am-5:00 pm (1-hr lunch break) | all levels (adults) | $190 | oil (acrylic, watercolor, pastel welcomed also) | Falls Church Arts Gallery
Discover the beauty and design potential of koi in this immersive one-day oil painting workshop. Working from a selection of high-quality photographic references provided by the instructor, students will explore how to transform individual fish into a compelling, harmonious composition inspired by the decorative rhythms and bold pattern relationships found in the work of Henri Matisse.
Teresa will demonstrate her complete painting process—from designing an engaging composition and establishing a confident block-in to making thoughtful color and value decisions that create the illusion of luminous water. The day will conclude with techniques for refining edges, creating convincing surface effects, and introducing transparent glazes to enrich depth and color. Throughout the workshop, students will receive individualized instruction and critiques tailored to their experience level.
Teresa Oaxaca
Teresa Oaxaca is an American-born artist based currently in Washington, DC. She is a full-time painter whose works can be seen in collections and galleries throughout the United States and internationally. Her talent has been recognized and rewarded by museums and institutions such as the American Museum of the Cowboy, the former Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Art Renewal Center, the Elisabeth Greenshields Foundation, the Posey Foundation, and the Portrait Society of America as well as the Museu Europeu D’Art Modern in Barcelona.
Her training includes a four-year diploma at the Angel Academy of Art (Florence Italy), graduate studies at the Florence Academy, an apprenticeship with Odd Nerdrum in Norway, and studies at the Art League of Alexandria, VA, where she trained with Robert Liberace and Paul Lucchesi and took many other courses. Currently she teaches workshops around the United States and in Europe.