Cape Ann Plein Air Demonstrations are outdoors in the safety of the open air and are free to attend. Please RSVP online here to receive an event reminder and the exact location of the demonstration. Space is limited. For questions email info@capeannpleinair.org PLEASE BRING A CHAIR!

An Ipswich native who was born in Beverly, MA, started drawing during the Roosevelt administration. Charles spent twenty years learning the fundamentals of seeing and painting from his grandfather Cape Ann painter Charles Hopkinson. He studied figure drawing for four years with Morton Saks, and art history for eight years in college and graduate school.