Working with creative people

I have just returned from a wonderful workshop with over 80 painters at the Blackstone Ranch in Taos, New Mexico. Painters from all over the world from, Israel, Korea, the USA, Ireland (me) and New Zealand among others, came together to study with David Leffel, Sherrie McGraw and Jacqui Kamin. I have mentioned them before so look them up, they're wonderful realist abstract painters.

There were so many great painters there each with their own style it was a feast of painting from breakfast in the morning, demonstrations of technique and painting practice during the day and then discussion over dinner in the evening. Toatal emersion in art and painting technique.....wonderful....( My friend Dave thinks that I need to get out more but then he's not a painter).

I learn so much in such an environment. Ideas are discussed, kicked around, tried out and built upon and just meeting and building a society of artists is wonderful. One of the artists that I met was Svetlana Orinko from New Zealand. Svetlana is the wonderful water colourist whose work I have shown as my lead. Her early training was in Russia and she produces beautiful botanical work, figure work and her paintings of the landscape of New Zealand show me the silent majesty of that ancient place with a breath taking and unique technique. ( zoom and you'll see what I mean.

I'll say more about my experiences in Taos including the Nicholai Fechin and Georgia O' Keefe museums

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