Join me at Kinder Home for First Friday!

This is so much more than an art retreat. It’s an opportunity to gather in an inclusive community and find unbridled freedom and joy in intuitive painting. I’ll gently guide you every step of the way in the spirit of play, where experimentation is celebrated, and without judgment.

Using inspiration from our gorgeous surroundings in Central Italy, we’ll explore an array of abstract painting techniques using acrylic paint and mixed media. We’ll be painting authentic and heartfelt work from our guts and letting our unique lived experiences shape our canvases.

We'll take over the lush secluded Nereus Retreat Center for 7 days & 6 nights of making art where the jungle meets the ocean in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. We’ll lodge in a private retreat center with our own saltwater pool, surrounded by lush rainforest, and steps to the Pacific Coastline.

This is so much more than an art retreat. It’s an opportunity to gather in an inclusive community and find unbridled freedom and joy in intuitive painting. I’ll gently guide you every step of the way in the spirit of play, where experimentation is celebrated, and without judgment.

Using inspiration from our gorgeous surroundings in Southern Italy, we’ll explore an array of abstract painting techniques using acrylic paint and mixed media. We’ll be painting authentic and heartfelt work from our guts and letting our unique lived experiences shape our canvases.

Through mind, body, and soul practices, we will enliven your already established creative practice or offer a start fresh. I will offer instruction into the intuitive painting process, including prompts to get your started, tips for expressive mark making, techniques for building layers, lessons in color theory, ways to elevate your value and contrast, and so much more.

While I'll share plenty of painting tips, techniques, and "rules", I'll also encourage you to break them all. The goal of the retreat is to help you tame your inner critic and release expectations so that you make more instinctual choices and create more freely. There are no mistakes here, perfectionism is a trap, and the possibilities are endless. We’ll focus on the process and not the end result.

All art supplies are provided and all levels are welcome.