Painting

Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Mixed Media, Experimental

The painting program is designed to provide students with both studio skills and refined critical sensitivity. Painting provides instruction in concepts, skills, methods and work processes that encourage the student to investigate a variety of painting approaches. Media include oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media on canvas/panel and experimental surface.

Photo credit: Matriarch, Painting Professor Ricki Klages, no date.

Tours of the UW Visual Arts facilities are available to prospective or current UW students who are interested in art and curious about how to become involved in the department.

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Forest-scape painting featuring a large tree in the center of a copper ground of fallen leaves

the painting experience

Students are presented with a structured sequence of problems, ranging from pictorial organization to refinements of aesthetic interpretation, and are encouraged to explore and push beyond perceived boundaries within the painting discipline. A wide range of approaches and subject matters are addressed: including abstraction, landscape, figure, still-life, and imaginative narratives. The studio experience integrates discussion and critique to instill habits of self-instruction, which will enhance graduates' professional lives. 

Department faq

Learn more about the Department of Visual Arts scholarships and awards, events and opportunities, ways to get involved, and how to access campus resources.

Photo Credit: Student paintings on display, no date.

Student paintings on display in bright hallway

UW Department of Visual Arts offers a variety of scholarships and awards to support Visual Art undergraduate students, including a Post-Undergraduate Assistantship (PUA).

The Department of Visual Arts has several student organizations (RSOs) welcoming all UW students to participate.

If you have further questions, please contact visualarts@uwyo.edu or call (307) 766-3269.