The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have Clayton Buchanan painting in pastel at its next meeting, on Wednesday, January 27, at 1:30 pm.

The free demonstration will take place in the lower level of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street.

Mr Buchanan’s subject will be a figure in a landscape.

Clayton Buchanan’s paintings have been exhibited in galleries throughout the Northeast including The Guild of Boston Artists and Hudson Valley Gallery. His works are in private and corporate collections including work commemorating the 100th anniversary of Northern Duchess Hospital, in Rhinebeck, N.Y.

He has done portrait commissions throughout the Northeast and South, and continues to offer demonstrations, workshops, and classes.

Mr Buchanan’s recent awards include  CPS Founder’s Award, Renaissance in Pastel National Juried Show, 2015; M.H. Hurlimann-Armstrong PSA Award, Pastel Society of America, 2015; Best of Show, and Kent Art Association President Member Show, 2014. In addition, he was awarded two Elizabeth T. Greenshield Memorial Foundation Grants, and was invited to show at Butler Institute of American Art, 2013.

Clayton Buchanan studied Impressionist painting with Henry Hensche, Provincetown, Mass.; figure/portrait painting with William Draper, Art Students League, NY; and painting/graphic arts at Memphis Academy of Art, Tenn.

He has his studio in Newburgh, N.Y. His subject for the January 27 program in Newtown will be a figure in a landscape.

Reservations are not required for SCAN programs, but additional information is available by calling 203-426-6654.