LOGAN — Wheatland, Wyo., artist Barbara Schaffner will make her return to Dane G. Hansen Museum for a four-day painting workshop.

The classes will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9, 10, 11 and 12, with a one-hour break for lunch. The learning opportunity is sponsored by the Hansen Museum Continued Education Program and offered at reduced rates to the public.

Cost of the workshop is $140 with discounts available for Hansen Museum members. Intermediate and advanced artists can call (785) 689-4846 for more information or to register. The class is limited to 20 students.

Schaffner was an honors student at West Texas State University, majoring in fine art and art education and returns to Logan for her 10th year. She will be instructing her 2nd Oil painting workshop for Hansen Museum. Schaffner’s western scenes and wildlife paintings have hung in galleries in six western states and Canada and success has come to her through numerous shows and top awards.

Schaffner was honored with the Wyoming Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year 2003 award and won the purchase award in December 2005 at the 2-Shot Goose Hunt Art Show in Torrington, Wyo. Schaffner enjoys living close to the mountains where she can view and photograph the elk and other wildlife she depicts in much of her work.  Her studio, Wyoming Trails Gallery, is in Wheatland.

For more information, visit www.hansenmuseum.org.