Join us for The Land is Our Teacher, a Plein Air Painting Retreat with painter and retreat leader, Leslie Baum. In the 1880s Van Gogh, Seurat, and others in their circle painted together “en plein air” along the Seine river. During these social and shared outings, they developed radical new approaches to painting and learned from each other. This summer, follow in the footsteps of those bold and convivial artists and travel to Red Clover Ranch to paint. With its spring-fed valley tucked between ridge-tops, Red Clover’s land is blessed with beautiful atmospherics and an expansive sky, and provides painters with endless inspiration. “I should know,” Leslie Baum says. “I have been coming for years and the valley’s hold on me only deepens.” 

In this spirit-renewing retreat, paint along a mowed path in a wildflower prairie. Paint with your toes in the spring-fed creek. Paint by dusk light on the ridge-top apple orchard. Paint in the hush of the woods and in the shade of willows. Immerse yourself in the land’s many moods, sights, and sounds. 

Each day’s plein air excursions are generously guided by Leslie: “I will provide painting prompts, designed to foster play, experimentation, and deeper engagement with the land. Enjoy both guided and independent painting time. Like those French artists along the Seine, benefit from a rich social and artistic growth opportunity. All levels welcome! I am here for everyone, absolute beginners, folks with years of experience, and everyone in between.”

There are both single and shared rooms available. Fees include lodging, all meals, welcome seasonal cocktail/mocktail, morning coffee and tea service, instruction and guidance form Leslie Baum, and morning yoga. 

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