Coastal Art Retreat – 8th  – 10th July 2022

Immerse yourself painting and creating on the beautiful Mid North Coast. Set in the sleepy coastal hamlet of Pindimar with estuary, beach and bays, this stunning coastal landscape is set to refresh and inspire!

Working with scenery, textures and found objects we will respond to the landscape through painting and drawing and create sculptural forms with natural and found objects.

WHAT’S INCLUDED
Two and half days of expert tuition by professional teacher and artist
Selena Seifert & Tennile Hogan 
Modern Beachouse Accommodation

All meals Freshly catered  – Breakfast, Lunch and
Dinner, Morning and Afternoon Teas – Dietary requirements can be catered for

Two Day, two night art retreat hosted by artists for those who want to
create and develop their creative skills

Self Drive or (transport available –  pick up Berowra Station by arrangement) 

RESIDENTIAL PRICES
$960  – Twin share- per person (share room)

$1080 – Single Price – Own Queen Room – per person

$1620 – Queen Room- Share Couple one person participating workshop /one non workshop (2 people)

$1920 – Queen Room- Share Couple both participating (2 people)

DAY STUDENT PRICES – Non residential 

$355 Day Students – All inclusive Lunches, Morning & Afternoon Tea  Workshops (10 – 4pm Saturday & 10 – 3pm Sunday) 

ABOUT THE BEACHHOUSE
Located two hours drive north from Hornsby. The waterfront modern beach house
features verandas with sweeping views and waterfront gardens, backing on to the estuary, bay and beach.

TRIP ITINERARY

Friday Afternoon
Arrive 2:00 – 3pm
3:30 -5:00pm Informal Sunset Art Workshop
Get to know your class and fellow art lovers, while enjoying the wide
sunset skies. Learn how to make some expressive washes and graphite
mixed media works.
7 pm Dinner – Country Style Rustic Italian – at The Beachouse
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Saturday
Country Breakfast

Morning Workshop – At The Beach house
Respond to the coastal landscape, this workshop will focus on
en plein air painting, capturing colour and light, and creating textural grounds and ways to make marks with brush strokes and mark making.

Lunch – At the Beach house – Alfresco Italian (included)
Afternoon Workshop- 
Our scavenger hunt will take place along the beach. Once items have been collected we will use our visual art process diary to brainstorm and identify our intention to the creative process. 
Afternoon Views, light and shadows delight us with lots of Photographic and further sketching and painting options.
Dinner – BBQ – 
Watch the sunset from the terrace, while having a cold drink and or
create further inspiring sketches before being served a hearty smorgasbord BBQ buffet of salads, grilled veg, fish and free range meats 
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Sunday
(Day Two) At The Beach house

Learn to use form, colour, line, repetition, composition and texture to re-fashion found natural objects like twigs, branches,  rocks, leaves, flowers and interesting organic textures. Other manufactured found items such as netting, rope, metals and trashed recyclables are also a great way to reimagine form and intention to the environment. 

Lunch – Ploughman’s and Antipasto Plates and Salads (included)
Afternoon – Workshop

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Suitable to all levels – beginner to advanced

About Your Accommodation – 

The modern 5 bedroom beach house features wide verandas and waterfront gardens with well-equipped kitchen, long dining table, 3 shared bathrooms, 2 spacious living areas all decked out with comfortable modern furniture. 

What to Bring

• Walking/hiking shoes
• Warm clothing – scarf, hat, beanie
• Light weatherproof jacket
• Sunglasses and Sunscreen
• Small day/ backpack
• ART MATERIALS  – Material List –emailed/ sent with booking

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• Discover and parents vouchers accepted Please email us with vouchers
• We can also take Credit Card bookings over the phone 0429 482 933

 Bios – About Your Hosts

Selena Seifert B. A. Ed, Dip F.A

Selena Seifert is a practicing artist and director of multi award winning Wild Valley Art Park, Australia’s environmental arts centre located in the Blue Mountains.

Selena hosts workshop and event programs and previously pioneered the Draw On The Mountain – Sketchbook Drawing Festival and Competition across various Blue Mountains and Central West locations.

Selena works in a range of media creating contemporary paintings, mosaics, public artworks and sculptures. Selena began her career studying at the National Art School in Sydney and followed by Bachelor of Art Education at COFA. She has held 5 solo exhibitions and her work is held in collections in Australia, Europe and the UK.

Selena is a prominent mural artist and her public artworks are dotted across Sydney, The Blue Mountains and the Central West of NSW. Her public art projects include a 75 square metre wall mural ‘The Mosaic Of Life’ on the Northcott building on Belvoir Street, Surry Hills and murals for the Visitors Centre and Town Common in Oberon.

Selena describes her work as ‘naturescapes’ because they are somewhat snapshots of pieces of nature. Selena’s works are always inspired by her love of colour, texture and nature. Selena’s ‘ala prima’ paintings record the discarded remains of human detritus in the natural environmentThe traces of the history and embodied remains of consumerism are contrasted against the landscape.Her paintings are evocative of the instability of life and allude to the beauty and fragility of the natural environment.