“I am thrilled to be hosting her upcoming Mixed Media Painting Art Retreat in beautiful Flagstaff, June 8 – 12.”
Day mentors women all over the U.S. and Canada and encourages them to move past their fears and barriers to express their unique creative voices through her online course.
“The beauty of painting in person with an artist that you love is that you get to experience the energy of being right there with all the materials and instant personal guidance to evolve your art in a deep way,” said Day. “Retreats are a sacred time that you set aside for yourself to focus on your own art, which can be so hard to do in everyday life when there’s so much to get done.”
Often times art gets pushed to side when we’re busy living life, raising kids and/or focusing on a career, but when we have a creative calling, it’s always whispering to us.
Day’s own art is inspired by the Southwest Colorado mountains where she lives. She plans to introduce nature as a field of inspiration at the upcoming retreat. “I love to take different things that move me from the outdoors, like pine needles, or patterns in the rocks – or even entire mountains, to create mixed media paintings. When you combine that with brilliant color palettes, amazing paintings come to fruition that are directly inspired from our experiences.”
Day says that all of these quiet observations of our lives are what gives us meaning here on Earth. As a creative person, she says it’s our job to share that through the beauty we create.
“Many people are too busy to stop and really celebrate the beauty that we are surrounded by. As creatives our senses are highly developed, which causes us to notice and feel things very deeply, so much so that we are called to express these feelings. This is our gift and what we’re here for.”
Mixed media painting itself is the combination of various materials – not just paint. Materials such as acrylics, collage, pastel and even watercolor or spray paint can be combined to create paintings on canvas. Day will be introducing many playful materials into this retreat.
Day became serious about her painting when she became a single mom and had to figure out how to find time for her own art and happiness. Now she sells her paintings all over the U.S. and other countries, and her work has been used by companies like Trader Joe’s, The North Face, Banks, magazines, healthcare companies and more.
I am thrilled to be hosting her upcoming Mixed Media Painting Art Retreat in beautiful Flagstaff, June 8 – 12. Together, we are creating a wholistic art-making experience at a peaceful location in the pines, designed to nurture creative souls.
For more information about the June 8-12 art retreat, visit KellieDayArt.com/workshops. FBN
By Marian Armstrong
Marian Armstrong is an associate broker for Best Flagstaff Homes Realty, bestflagstaffhomes.com. She is passionate about opening space for people to connect and create. Armstrong can be reached at 928-853-8991 or marian@bestflagstaffhomes.com
Courtesy Photo: Artist Kellie Day draws inspiration from nature and teaches budding artists in the U.S. and Canada.