A few times a year I have a weekend when artists can join me in my studio for a painting weekend.
I have decided not to make it a regular art workshop, but rather take artists that already know what they are doing.
I focus more on sharing, motivation and inspiration.
If you are a dedicated artist like me, then you spend most of your life in solitude where your art, brushes, paints and perhaps music are your companions. Although I studied to become an art teacher I never really taught art due to the fact that I am to busy with my own paintings. But I felt that I wanted to give something back to art itself and share my enthusiasm with others. The fact that I paint with passion, does inspire other artists and this is something that I can share with them.
Communicating through the individual works of art that everybody does on weekends like this, form an integral part of the weekend, where the artist can work or meditate in a relaxed atmosphere. From time to time we have discussions of the paintings which the artists may or may not attend.
If every artist attending this ensemble improve their own style of work through the interaction with a group of people with the same love and passion as theirs, then it is indeed worth while