Painting Circles

This group will offer participants (ages 18+) many tools to create intuitive paintings using a variety of media. Explore painting, mark making, paper collage, and printmaking to create your own personal reflection and expression. Workshops are facilitated by Maria Patino, an experienced teaching artist.
We welcome exploration, and playfulness! There are no such things as mistakes!
Painting Circles are private painting sessions limited to 4 adults (ages 18+.) All art supplies provided, all classes facilitated inside an art studio. Masks required and social distancing will be observed to maintain everyone’s health and safety.

About the Facilitator
Maria Patino works intuitively, guided by memories and imagination; her preferred techniques are mixed media and paper collage. She is interested in the aesthetic of color, texture, and form and its potential to communicate universal messages of the past and present. Scraps from old books, old photographs, and other discarded ephemera become elements of her artwork, merging through layers of colors and textures to create a new story about identity, community, and nostalgic reflection of the past. Maria was born in El Cairo Valle, a remote village located in the Andes mountains in Colombia. She has lived in New York and Texas. She received her BFA from School of Visual Arts, is a multi-media artist, and works from her art studio located in The Bird Road Art District in Miami, Florida.