Abstract Landscape Panting

Set within the expansive high desert of Ghost Ranch, this three-day immersive workshop invites painters to engage landscape as both subject and source. The land becomes a catalyst for observation, abstraction, and intuitive response. Come and be inspired by the very land that inspired Georgia O’Keefe.

Join Canadian painter, Zoë Pawlak, for an intensive studio experience that integrates technical painting instruction with awareness-based and intuitive mark-making. Known for her sophisticated use of colour and emotional clarity, Pawlak offers a dynamic teaching approach that supports both skill-building and creative risk. In addition to teaching painting, Pawlak is experienced in holding space for various styles of groups. She brings skilled facilitation that allows for humour, depth and emotional exploration.

Abstract painting lets you move beyond representation, drawing on memory and lived experience. Emphasis is placed on process rather than outcome, encouraging experimentation, curiosity and confidence. Through outdoor walks, demos, exercises, and studio time, you’ll explore how abstraction deepens perception and can bring an expressive range to your painting practice.

Designed for painters with some experience, this course supports painters in developing a more intuitive relationship to colour, form and landscape. Participants leave with practical tools, renewed artistic clarity and a deeper connection to both the land and their own creative voice.