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We are now offering a Sunday morning Beginning Drawing Class by Jared Krupp, starting Sunday, Sept. 7 from 9:30am-12:30pm, for eight weeks at $240/student plus supplies! Students will learn the fundamentals of drawing including understanding lines, shapes, proportions, perspective, and shading. These elements will provide students with a strong foundation for creating accurate and compelling drawings. 

If you are looking for a more advanced drawing class or have previously taken a beginning drawing Class and want to learn more, Jared’s Continuing Drawing Class will resume on Wednesday, Sept. 3 from 9:30am-12:30pm, for eight weeks-also at $240/student. 

Have you always wanted to learn how to paint, but don’t know where to start or have tried painting, but quit in frustration? Do you start with watercolors or acrylics? How do you begin? Karen Wray’s Painting for the Absolute Beginner Class will guide you through the basics of painting, starting with oil paints, due to their more forgiving nature. Students will learn about the materials used in painting and how to handle paints, solvents, and mediums safely. Then students will learn how to start a painting, from choosing the size of a canvas and making the first marks on the canvas, to adding the final details. Students will work with black and white paint to learn about using value (black, white, and grays in between) to create form, then adding one earth-tone at the end to introduce color. This class will start Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 9:30am-12:30pm, for eight weeks at $240/student plus supplies.

Not a beginner, but want to paint with a group, Karen’s Continuing Painting Class resumes Saturday, Sept. 6 from 9:30am-12:30pm, for eight weeks at $240/student plus supplies. 

And, we are also offering a Watercolor Painting Class by Han In Huang, Wednesday afternoons from 1-4pm for eight weeks, and a separate class on Saturday afternoons from 1-4pm, starting Sept. 10 and Sept. 13, for $240 plus supplies.

Sign up today to reserve your space! You can register online by clicking on ARTISTS, then JARED KRUPP, KAREN WRAY, or HAN IN HUANG/WONG, then select the desired class or call or visit the gallery at 505-660-6382. Online registrations are processed via PayPal.

The Karen Wray Gallery is located at 1247 Central Avenue, Suite D-2 in Los Alamos. We’re open Mon-Fri 11-4 and Sat 10-4.

The Karen Wray Gallery in Los Alamos, NM has openings for new artists in the gallery! Our focus has been traditional representational paintings, but we are now open to a variety of styles and mediums. However, at this time we are not accepting photography, computer-generated or computer-assisted artwork. 

Artists with a consistent body of current work, experience presenting their work professionally, and selling their work will be considered. All artwork must be original, not copied or reproduced from other artists, and produced entirely by the artist, not assisted by an instructor. 

Submission guidelines can be found on the bottom of the ARTISTS page.

The Karen Wray Gallery in historic Los Alamos, New Mexico is an independent, local art gallery, just half a block and across Central Avenue from the Bradbury Science Museum. We proudly represent over 40 professional artists of Los Alamos and the surrounding areas.  

Nestled on the Pajarito Plateau, at the foot of the Jemez Mountains in Northern New Mexico lies the once secret city of Los Alamos. Now known worldwide as the top-secret scientific base of the Manhattan Project during WWII, it is home to the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the city of Los Alamos. Creativity extends beyond this community’s scientific background into the arts, dance, and music. We invite you to experience the culturally-creative side of our unique community. 

Stop by to visit us! We are located at 1247 Central Avenue, Suite D-2; an easy walk from the Bradbury Science Museum.  

We are open Monday-Friday 11am-4pm and Saturday 10am-4pm.