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Ramya Sadasivam
Art is a therapy. It has been a solution to all the problems. I feel safe while I practice art. The formula is simple, you…
Don Berger
Don Berger finds his inspiration in the floral world, which he describes as “so vast and pictorially brilliant, I never cease to be amazed by…
Christine Hanlon
Her painting is inspired by the Old Masters, especially from their use of chiaroscuro and geometry, utilizing proportions like the Golden Section and other ratios…
Upcoming Art Shows
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33rd Annual Watercolor Wyoming National Show and Sale
The 33rd Annual Watercolor Wyoming National Juried Exhibition will showcase the talents of watercolor artists from across the United States. The show will be on…
Upcoming Workshops
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Jun 27, 2018 to Aug 28, 2018 - Ellie Harold Open Studio Workshops — Frankfort, MI
Do Your Art! Join Ellie Harold (7 Habits of Deeply Fulfilled Artists) for an art immersion experience 4 blocks from Lake Michigan, near beautiful Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Two sessions offered: 3-day June 27-29 ($375) and 4-Day August 28 – 31 ($450).
Energize Your Art Life. The Open Studio format promotes the unfolding of your creative process. Each day you’ll enjoy content and demos related to authentic mark-making, painting as process, and intuitive color along with guided prompts and mentoring topics. New painters as well as more experienced artists desiring a deeper involvement with their art will find the Open Studio Workshops invaluable.
All levels and media welcome. Some oil painting experience is desirable, although complete beginners have also benefited from the workshops. If you’d like to try oil painting for the first time or want to refresh, basic color mixing will be reviewed on the first day of each session. Optional materials/equipment provision available Off-site lodging within walking distance.
For more information and testimonials, visit Ellie’s website.
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Jul 7, 2018 to Jul 8, 2018 - Brushes of Barriere with Marilyn Timms — Barriere BC, Canada
Brushes of Barriere recently announced they will be hosting an acrylic painting workshop with well-known B.C. artist Marilyn Timms on July 7 and 8, 2018, at the North Thompson Agriplex.
Timms is a highly respected artist and has been facilitating popular painting workshops for many years.
Brushes of Barriere has room for 14 participants with “any level of painting experience.”
Accommodation available at the Fair Grounds for a number of RV’s.Cost is $180 for the two-day event. Deadline to book a spot is June 15, 2018. For more information or to reserve a spot contact Bob Bambrick at: 250-672-9541 or email: robertbambrick@hotmail.com
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Jul 27, 2018 to Aug 1, 2018 - Creating a Visual Memoir Using Writing and Collage — Taos, New Mexico
Join internationally acclaimed award winning artist, teacher, speaker and art coach, Gwen Fox, and international speaker, author, psychotherapist and writing coach, Junie Swadron for 5 days of magical artistic expression.
These five days are devoted to igniting your creativity, imagination allowing you to reconnect with your personal sense of beauty and truth.
Both collage and writing have enormous power to invoke your muse and the invisible intelligence that emanates from your heart.
You do not have to have previous experience in painting, collage or writing. Cost of the Retreat…..$1395
For more information: https://gwenfox.com/workshop/creating-visual-memoir-using-writing-collage/
If you have any questions please email gwen@gwenfox.com or phone 575-751-0183
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Aug 2, 2018 to Aug 7, 2018 - Art Retreat Kawartha Highlands of Ontario, Canada with Keith Thirgood
On this unique art retreat, Keith leads a group of artists by canoe into the backcountry of Kawartha Highlands. Mixed forest, lakes, islands, rock faces, swamps and more. This place is a great place to paint, if you like views looking like they did 100 years ago. Keith is a post-impressionist painter and teaches compositional fundamentals, how to bring order out of the chaos of a live scene when painting en plein air, plus how modern colour theory can make colour mixing easy.
Watch for these other retreats.
June 14-17 Ottawa Valley, Ontario
September 1-6, paint in the Killarney/La-Cloche Mountain, Ontario
For more information, visit:
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Aug 13, 2018 to Aug 17, 2018 - Drawing and Painting in Rural Newfoundland
Enjoy five full days of drawing and painting at Mill Road Studio in Port Rexton, NL. Work in the studio overlooking scenic Trinity Bay, and en plein air in the stunning coastal landscape with dramatic cliffs rising up out of the North Atlantic.
Sessions run from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. each day.
The cost is $1,250.00 CAD including lunch and all materials.
For more information please write szeifman@millroadstudio.com
or phone Stephen Zeifman at 709-464-3907.
