I didn't take as many photos of the events like I usually do. One reason was so I could enjoy myself more! The other was there is no wifi at the lodge, and my cellphone data is only 1GB. I also grabbed a wall charger from home, and it turned out to be an extra power cord to my Roku box! Wouldn't work for the phone - DUH! I have a car charger, but rarely used the car. Most of the photos below are from me or the group, but we also had a local newspaper photographer following us around a couple days! Several of the artist shots are his. He met some of us last year, and was looking forward for our 2016 visit.
We had 16 artists and 2 spouses. Twelve of us filled up the lodge, three others rented in other cottages/rooms, two stayed on their sailboat, and one was local.
We had lots of non-painting activities. A birthday celebration, a marathon jig-saw puzzle construction, an art supply swap, Artist Choice awards, sunset watching, beach glass collecting, sail boat riding (which literally went aground....), and even went to a intimate acoustic concert by a local The Voice contestant! We had planned to play Pictionary and Skip-Bo, but everyone was so wore out from playing outside all day, most went to bed early.
I had great plans to paint several oil paintings while working on my architectural compositions, but failed. Once I went back to my pastels, things went better, but I only went home with 3 small pastels.
Donna won the "Prolific" painter Honorable Mention award for the most paintings created at the retreat:
Most of the time, we ate at the lodge from the food we brought, but the last evening, we headed to Berardi's in Huron and had great service and great food!
