Magic Gardens is a large-scale painting workshop inspired by the way gardens grow. Slowly, sometimes unexpectedly, and in conversation with time.
Working with acrylic ink, paint, and marker and intuitive mark making, we’ll build layered paintings that feel cultivated rather than controlled. Colors will blend, overlap, and surprise. Lines and shapes may echo stems + branches, fruits + florals, pathways + meanderings, weather + seasons, or vibrant, imagined landscapes. Some marks will feel intentional. Others will arrive unannounced!
This workshop invites you to work big, letting your whole body participate, the paper becoming a place where curiosity can wander. We’ll explore transparency, shape, rhythm, and repetition, using water as both collaborator and vehicle for colors.
There’s no finished image to chase. No right way for a garden to grow.
Instead, we’ll practice noticing when to add, when to wait, and when to let something remain unresolved. The focus will be on layering, listening, and staying present with the magic emerging.
All experience levels are welcome. This is a spacious, supportive environment for anyone curious about abstraction, color, and working at a large scale with mixed media paper. Come as you are, ready to experiment, make a beautiful mess, and see what wants to grow in your magic garden!
Magic Gardens is a large-scale painting workshop inspired by the way gardens grow. Slowly, sometimes unexpectedly, and in conversation with time.
Working with acrylic ink, paint, and marker and intuitive mark making, we’ll build layered paintings that feel cultivated rather than controlled. Colors will blend, overlap, and surprise. Lines and shapes may echo stems + branches, fruits + florals, pathways + meanderings, weather + seasons, or vibrant, imagined landscapes. Some marks will feel intentional. Others will arrive unannounced!
This workshop invites you to work big, letting your whole body participate, the paper becoming a place where curiosity can wander. We’ll explore transparency, shape, rhythm, and repetition, using water as both collaborator and vehicle for colors.
There’s no finished image to chase. No right way for a garden to grow.
Instead, we’ll practice noticing when to add, when to wait, and when to let something remain unresolved. The focus will be on layering, listening, and staying present with the magic emerging.
All experience levels are welcome. This is a spacious, supportive environment for anyone curious about abstraction, color, and working at a large scale with mixed media paper. Come as you are, ready to experiment, make a beautiful mess, and see what wants to grow in your magic garden!
