Join Barossa artist Roland Weight for a small-group en plein air painting experience set within the Barossa landscape.
Inspired by the Impressionists’ fascination with painting outdoors, Roland will guide participants through the process of looking closely at the landscape, selecting a composition and responding to changing light, colour and atmosphere using oil paint.
Participants will learn practical approaches to working en plein air, with artist demonstration and individual guidance throughout the experience. Whether you are new to oils or already have painting experience, the emphasis will be on observation, experimentation and developing confidence with this rich and versatile medium.
All materials required for the workshop are provided, including a quality artist canvas for each participant to complete and take home.
A rustic French-inspired artist’s lunch is also included, creating time to pause, connect and enjoy the Barossa setting.
No previous painting experience is required.
Date: Saturday 26 September 2026
Time: 10am to 4pm
Location: Barossa Valley – location to be confirmed
Tickets: $140 per person + booking fee
Limited to 15 participants
Dietary requirements can be provided at the time of booking.
Presented by Barossa Regional Gallery in partnership with Winery, as part of AGSA’s Paint Your Place – En Plein Air South Australia.
ABOUT ROLAND WEIGHT
Locally renowned for his thick impasto style paintings of familiar streetscapes, Roland Weight is a Barossa based artist whose diverse art practice includes sculpture, realist and abstract painting, drawing, collage, community art, public sculpture and teaching.
Roland has developed a method of realist painting concerned with the effects of light reflected from objects and done from life in a single session.
His abstract paintings show the influence of European and American modernist artists and attempt new directions through the use of colour and spatial order.
Image: Barossa Landscape, Roland Weight. Photo courtesy of the Barossa Regional Gallery.
