Queens Quarter in the Rain

That's my Palletteers: neither rain nor anything else will keep them from painting! Last Friday's site was once known as the Queens Quarter Hotel. It got "Hugo'ed" during that infamous hurricane and has recently been transformed into the Queens Quarter Villas. There's no longer a hotel or restaurant, but the footprint of the former hotel has been refurbished into an events building for parties, weddings, etc. The buildings are nicely restored and everything is very attractive and beautifully landscaped. The old cottages are now long term rental villas.
Unfortunately we had a rainy morning there. Everyone huddled under the roof of the events building to avoid the raindrops. About 10 people showed up and only five painted anything they considered worth showing. Emy brought the lamp she'd decorated for the Women's Coalition and Laura got several new recruits for lamp painting this coming Tuesday. It's definitely a site we'll want to paint at again.
















Ginger

Canvas & Cabernet Art Show

An art exhibit/sale featuring acrylic paintings completed during the Canvas and Cabernet workshop took place at Discovery Grove last Sunday afternoon. In addition to paintings done on paper and canvas by participating Palletteers, a mural executed by Carolyn R. received much admiration. It will serve as the backdrop for yoga sessions. Doesn't the art look great?!
Ginger

At the Sullivan's

The Palletteers wended their way through the roads of Cotton Valley on Friday morning to the home of Martha Sullivan who has transformed her steep dry acre of land into a surprisingly lush and beautiful garden. The house is full of and surrounded by great plants and the hill below the house is terraced and covered with even more of them. Flowering bushes are mixed in with palm trees and agaves and bromeliads to present a maze of gorgeous color and beauty. A big group turned out to paint, for this time of the year, and we enjoyed cookies and cold drinks while painting.