THE WHITE LOTUS ECO RETREAT in STANARDSVILLE. VIRGINIA as an absolute paradise of beauty and wildlife and served as Ground Zero for the seminar and the Zen Barn Studio served as a month long studio space with access to all the common areas like the Kitchen, Fire Pit and fire wood, Movie and presentation Theater and the Lunar Sauna just down the hill. The Zen Barn also contained  rooms and suites, mostly on the second floor,  giving  immediate access to the studio space.  This was an exquisitely beautiful place to study and create fine works of art. There was about 15 of us painting together and studying the secrets of the old masters while each expressed their own unique vision.  There was also plenty of time for 'serious play' and trips to nearby locales like the many Wineries of the region, small towns, the city of  Charlottesville, and a sojourn to Washington, D.C. to take in the wonders housed at the National Gallery.  Evenings and weekends were filled with Fire Dancers, Painting, Singing and performances by students, lectures in our own Movie Theater, and floating on the rivers of Virginia - dreaming up our next paintings.

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