......ATELIER NATURA

ATELIER:  from Old French atelier, carpenter's shop. 
noun : a studio especially for an artist or designer
NATURA:  from Latin, f. birth; nature, quality, character;
natural order of things; the physical world; (physics) element;
                                                              
"Don’t paint too much direct from nature. 
Art is an abstraction!
Study nature then brood on it,

and treasure the creation which will result……”

                                                           
Paul Gaugin, French Post-Impressionist Painter, 1848-1903

We hope to be holding more courses during June 2013 under
the tutelage of Anne Shingleton and Bruce Pearson
The setting is a stunningly beautiful valley in the heart of
the Suisse Normande
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