MARSHALL HASBROUCK,
SATURDAY LANDSCAPE CLASS
For college near his hometown in central Pennsylvania, Marshall chose biological science rather than art, which held equal interest. After graduation, he set out to know more of the world, working as a farmhand in Montana, land surveying in Alaska, and as deckhand on Mediterranean boats before landing his first illustration job.
While in Panama, he was hired to do pen-and-ink illustrations of tropical trees by Dr. Egbert Leigh, a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute scientist. That was the tweak that pointed Marshall back toward art. After completing a geography master's degree, he began art training in earnest.
From exacting pen-and-ink illustration, he moved to watercolors, then oils. In Oregon, he studied wildlife illustration with Irene Brady. In Oakland, California, he studied figure drawing with Douglas Restivo, then classical realism with David Hardy. After competitive exhibitions, winning awards such as Art of California magazine Art Stars of California Award, he received the Nancy B. Galantiere Scholarship to study at the Art Students League in New York City.
Following his return from New York, Mr. Hasbrouck concentrated on painting landscapes, with occasional botanicals, and wildlife, reaching toward the feeling of wonder in nature. For a time he did mostly plein air painting, but now he often works in the studio, using compositional sketches and reference photos taken on his many journeys into nature, such as his painting trips to Costa Rica.
At the Atelier School of Classical Realism, Marshall brings his years of field and studio experience to the teaching of landscape painting..
A
sampling of Marshall’s work
