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Art Retreat

This month I had the tremendous opportunity to participate in an “Art Retreat”. This was a retreat of my own making, this is how it happened. My very dear sister in law asked that I come and enjoy her beach home and take care of her house and walk and feed her pet and be sure the house is cared for while she went away for 3 weeks. I jumped on this and it became a very productive art retreat.
The change of scenery made for such a motivating time. Artists need to change their view every once in a while especially when the typical view is the concrete block walls of a home basement studio. This new studio was a screened in porch. It was very hot but the view was grand. I emerged in the surrounding and sought out on facebook artist comrades and area tennis players so that I could live my life socially as I spent bulks of time painting. You should take a look at the water birds and the beach scenes that emerged from my time there.
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I have been back for 4 days now and I have not yet painted a thing. Oh no I say! But I have some new Beach friends encouraging coastal pieces. I have a few more birds to paint and at least 2 more beach scenes before the salt air is out of my lungs. I wonder how long I have. I will be painting and I hope I keep seaside in my heart for a little longer.
What a grand “Art Retreat”. #artretreat #coastalart #beachfriends #newstudio #motivatingfriends #housesetting