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Colleen Green will be our Guest Artist for the
26th Annual Prince Edward County Studio Tour
September 20-22, 2019
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19th - 5:00-9:00 PM
For her own enjoyment, Colleen has been drawing and painting since she was a child. She had one beloved "Learn How To Draw" book that she studied every detail of for years. She still has the dog-eared book all these years later.
Growing up in rural Maynooth, Ontario, her mother let her draw on the interior walls of the front hall closet ... and she never painted over it.
When Colleen lived in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, she was part of a board that helped develop the Pumphouse Art Centre and ran a weekly life drawing class there.
Colleen does not have any formal art training ... but has twenty years experience in life drawing which influences her encaustic painting process today.
Colleen moved to beautiful Prince Edward County 19 years ago. Sadly, she stopped making art altogether after her son passed away. Reaching out to help nurture her healing process, Colleen was encouraged by friends ANDARA Gallery owners, Tara Wilkinson and encaustic artist, Andrew Csafordi, to come to one of his painting workshops. She really didn't feel like going, but thought it might give her a creative outlet that she was missing in her life.
Today, Colleen says "the course saved me". She went home, purchased the necessary supplies and started creating. Today, she finds the time spent in her studio painting whimsical villages, landscapes and figures very relaxing ... to the delight of her many followers and collectors.
Growing up in rural Maynooth, Ontario, her mother let her draw on the interior walls of the front hall closet ... and she never painted over it.
When Colleen lived in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, she was part of a board that helped develop the Pumphouse Art Centre and ran a weekly life drawing class there.
Colleen does not have any formal art training ... but has twenty years experience in life drawing which influences her encaustic painting process today.
Colleen moved to beautiful Prince Edward County 19 years ago. Sadly, she stopped making art altogether after her son passed away. Reaching out to help nurture her healing process, Colleen was encouraged by friends ANDARA Gallery owners, Tara Wilkinson and encaustic artist, Andrew Csafordi, to come to one of his painting workshops. She really didn't feel like going, but thought it might give her a creative outlet that she was missing in her life.
Today, Colleen says "the course saved me". She went home, purchased the necessary supplies and started creating. Today, she finds the time spent in her studio painting whimsical villages, landscapes and figures very relaxing ... to the delight of her many followers and collectors.
