(L-R Mindy Lacefield, me, Danielle Fraser, Louise Gale, Stella Singleton, Juliette Crane – I think Lindy McClellan must be taking the picture!)
There are some people in this life who it feels like you were supposed to meet. People you needed to open your eyes to something – something about you, about the world around you, or about your path. This is how I feel about the AAJ girls. When I met them for the first time last year, I somehow found myself in California, not really knowing why I was there. I didn’t even know what a blog was, and hadn’t picked up a paintbrush in a long time. In that special place in the shadow of the redwoods, I discovered the magic of art retreats. Somehow this amazing bunch of gorgeous gals made that trip a turning point for me, and everything changed.
Lorrie Spotts
We laughed, we drank tea, we talked long into the night, we painted, we ate together, we drank lots of wine. It was as if time stood still for four days, and yet it went so fast.
Only cheap paints allowed for this workshop!
It was wonderful to meet up with them and all the others from last year again – and to send love out into the world to those girls who couldn’t make it back for the second time (like Chrissy, Cathy, Anna-Marie, Peggy and Joli). And lovely to meet new creative souls too (like Karen, Nelly, Michelle, Amy, Carrie and Gwynnie B), to share this awesome journey.
Love y’all!
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You can read more about the crazy painting class I took with the awesome Jesse Reno here – and see what I painted here!
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Art retreats are incredibly powerful experiences. Join a group of likeminded souls at the Do What You Love art and creative enterprise retreat in the English countryside in May – just a few places left, register now!
