Traveling as an artist with Michelle Allen and Sunny Carvalho
Michelle Allen is in Barcelona traveling with her family for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her daughter. While she is there, she has been posting pictures that you know are going to be reflected...
View ArticleTextures of Oaxaca Workshop with Lisa Pressman
Lisa Pressman has planned a workshop in Oaxaca that will draw upon the textures, colors and patterns of the city that will be combined in visual interpretations using R&F pigment sticks, cold wax,...
View ArticleCelebrating Day of the Dead with Daniella Woolf in Oaxaca, Mexico
For many in Mexico, the celebration Dia de los Muertos is a time to honor those who have passed on. Ofrendas or altars are created with special foods, drinks, and items that held special meaning for...
View ArticleThe magic of Mojigangas with Hermes Arroyo
While in San Miguel de Allende for our Paint San Miguel workshop with Katie Kendrick and Judy Wise, we were fortunate enough to visit Hermes Arroyo at his family’s home and workshop where they create...
View ArticleIntegrative Portraits with Katie Kendrick and Orly Avineri
Two very special women who create magic together are teaming up for an integrative portraits art-journaling workshop on Bainbridge Island, July 21-24, 2016. I spent a week with Orly Avineri and Katie...
View ArticleMeet Pilar Cabrera, Our Chef in Oaxaca
One of the frequent comments people make in evaluating Bellissima Art Escapes is that we marry two passions together, food and art. It’s true, I don’t travel anywhere I can’t eat and there had better...
View ArticleThe Encaustic Minimalist with Daniella Woolf
Daniella Woolf is in Chiapas, Mexico on a tour but our trip to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead is percolating in her mind as she experiences the many colors and textures of Mexico. While there, she visited...
View ArticleInside Geoffrey Gorman’s studio
Two of my friends, Betti and Stephanie, recently attended a workshop at Bennington College and Betti very excitedly shared about an artist, Geoffrey Gorman who makes sculptures with rust and found...
View ArticleFollowing the Muse with Katie Kendrick
Ever since we cleaned out her studio and moved most of her supplies out into a nifty new building built by her husband, Walter, Katie Kendrick has been madly painting. Not just small paintings, but...
View ArticleSpark Oaxaca – art, food, explore
Spark Oaxaca was so much fun. It was a great group of women and one tag-along husband, who also happens to be an artist so we didn’t mind his pop ins, and actually he was a great shopper finding us …...
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