People of Costa Rica

Egg Lady and the Strawberry Lady

The walk to Saturday markets in Cuidad Colon are wonderful, always seeing a friendly face shopping and a treat to have "pipa" juice while walking around picking out the next weeks meals. Sunday open markets are a much bigger than Colon and a treat of color every week. Pat & Willy have taken me with them on Sundays to Santa Ana to get the freshest and best produce in CR, the morning light is exquisite, I don't need an excuse to join them, 6:30 am sharp, or they leave without me. A feast for the eyes as well as the tummy. We always stop for fresh bread too, they love to cook and entertain us "starving" artists for the holiday, this year, no different...bocas, Christmas lunch, while looking over their well tended gardens of purple, orange and blue. Purple my new favorite color.

I am back here at the colony, (7th year), some things are different. The big pine trees are gone in front of my studio. Ok, it's a better view of the mountains, but now it is much hotter in the daytime, no shade. The top of the property is sold now, and bulldozers clearing land for new construction of homes. Progress? 

Still a nice place to be. Studio is full of inspiration! Findings of flowers, nests, flowers, sticks, stones, other pieces of nature, scattered all around here at studio.

Waiting for Cal to come today. Yahoooooo!

Workshops Schedule 2012

Watercolor Evolutions
Saturday, March 31, 2012  ::  9am - 4pm  ::  $50
Sportsman's Club, 550 Nichols St., Norwood, MA
Registration open now!

In this class you will learn characteristics of this creative and challenging watercolor medium through demonstrations and practice of specific techniques. Come & enjoy!

In Lorraine's words: Born and raised in Rhode Island, I have always been an artist and found drawing and painting nature to be my life's passion early on. After studying the studio arts in college, graphic design was my profession for 30 years. I now use those tools to translate ideas into fine art. An enthusiastic artist, designer, and photographer, I believe that the practice of "art" is a total experience of body, mind and spirit.

To register:

Mail your name, phone number, email address and a check for $50 payable to Masscribes to: 
Kay Johnson, 80 Francis Horn Drive, Kingston, RI 02881.

Or, for your convenience, we're happy to accept debit and credit card payments via Paypal. Go to www. masscribes.org

Experimenting in Watercolor

North Kingstown, RI Residents: $45 Non-Residents: $55 

When: 6:30–8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, May 22 – May 29; June 5 – June 12 

Where: Beechwood CenterEach class will be a focus on a specific technique in watercolor with assignments in color mixing, special effects, and subject matter. Still life, landscapes, and working from photographs will be discussed and demonstrated.
Instructor:

Registrations due five days before the class begins.  No refunds will be given within 48 hours of class start. 

Small classes, first-come basis. 

Email tab@nkartscouncil.org

Mail registration forms and checks to:

North Kingstown Arts Council

North Kingstown Town Hall

80 Boston Neck Road

N. Kingstown, RI  02852