Unlock Your Creative Potential
Create, See, Think, Feel, Create.
Explore this Circular Path in the Beautiful French Alps
Come Join Me in Paradise
with a Paintbrush!!
Hello Creative Beings!
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I'm very excited to share my favorite places, art making, and favorite activities with you here in the mountains of the Haute Savoie, France. Less than an hour from Geneva airport, and yet a world away from the usual.
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Studio sessions in mixed media and pleine aire immersions, will be rounded out by gastronomical, and local excursions--with plenty of optional free-time, or more studio-time to maximise what you personally seek from our time together.​
Our homebase will be in my new creative center, Espace Créa-Tea-Vité, in the heart of La Clusaz, a most beautiful alpine village less than an hour from Geneva airport.
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We will also be spending time in Talloires France, creating in the footsteps of Cezanne, on the shores of Lac D'Annecy.
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We will be a small group, maximum 10 in total (1 space left)--non-participating partners also invited-- so if you're interested, don't delay.
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31 August-5 September 2026
Place: La Clusaz, France
As your fearless leader on this journey, my mission is to spark joy and unleash courageous creativity in every setting.
I’ve had the privilege of leading workshops for Apple, Adobe, Barclays, and Stanford University, as well as for artists, entrepreneurs, and innovators around the world, even the wee little ones.
I’ve also worked with refugees, homeless mothers, and other at-risk communities — guiding both complete beginners and seasoned artists.
Wherever we begin, my role is to help participants transform challenges into opportunities, embrace curiosity, and unlock their full creative potential.
Agenda
Five days of mixed media art designed to inspire not only your painting, but everything you create—whether you photograph, cook, write, dance, code, build, or simply reflect. My wish is that you leave refreshed, recharged, and ready to bring new joy to all your endeavors.
Day 1
Introduction
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Meet & Greet
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Importance of Fun
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Relaxed evening aperitif — French-style pre-dinner drinks and nibbles
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Savoyarde Group Dinner
The importance of suspending beliefs and having fun!!!
Day 2
CREATE what you SEE
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Breakfast at your Residences- Fresh croissants and other goodies from the local boulangerie
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Morning Workshop on the Big shapes & composition
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Buffet Picnic Lunch up in the mountains, with Gondola ride up
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Finding those big shapes from our mountain plateau vantage point
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Dinner tonight is free time — explore local restaurants at your leisure.
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Not getting lost in the woods, because we're too focussed on a single tree.
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Day 3
SEE what you THINK
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Breakfast at your Residences
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Morning Workshop on perception, the life of a line, and the little shapes
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Buffet Lunch
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Optional Open/Structured Studio at Créa-Tea-Vité--or Free Time to absorb the beautiful surroundings
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Sunset over Lac D'Annecy Group Dinner Excursion watching the paragliders fly by
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What are the lenses we use to decipher our visuals and how do they affect our creativity?
Day 4
THINK what you FEEL ​
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Breakfast at your Residences
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All Day Excursion "In the Footsteps of Cezanne" Beautiful Talloires on the shores of Lac D'Annecy​
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​Picnic Lunch at Talloires Beach
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​Afternoon Pleine Aire Creative Session on the Lake
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Optional swim, boat, beach
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Return to La clusaz to explore more local restaurants at your leisure.
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What are the things, the moments, the visuals that make you feel alive, that frighten you, that make you laugh? The importance of risk taking and of listening to your heart.
Day 5
FEEL what you CREATE
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Breakfast at your Residences
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Putting it All together Workshop
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Buffet Lunch
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Optional Open/Structured Studio at Créa-Tea-Vité-
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Optional Free Time
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​Potential Shared Exhibition of our works with local artists and residents
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Group Farewell Dinner
The importance of differences, in creating what you truly see, think, and feel--and how to use those 836 photos and 20 sketches you've amassed, once you're back home!!
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Is This Retreat Right for
Me?
Anytime, Anywhere
Too many stories are lost because story tellers are afraid to share them. How many poems go unwritten because someone was told they didn't have the background to write them?
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This retreat is not about winning awards and polishing pebbles into gemstones. It's about harnessing your own, unabridged authenticity, and tweaking the lenses through which you see, think, and feel the world around you--so that you might maximise your creative voice and potential.
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So, never-evers, beginners, advanced, and everything in between are welcome. (Although I highly recommend messing around with some watercolor paints and YouTube videos ahead of time, just for some familiarity.)
And although, we only have one planned gondola ride into the big mountains, a minimum level of a love for walking, and ability to tolerate altitudes above 1000meters would be helpful, with sturdy walking/hiking shoes.
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What I hope you will take with you should be applicable to not just what you paint creatively, but what you photograph, cook, write, dance, clean, spreadsheet, code, construct, and contemplate...
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I hope you return home, refreshed, recharged, and ready to infuse new delight, into all your creative endeavours.
Catherine
...a chance to reconnect with my inner artist. Lisa sees the potential in every participant and brings it out.
Helen
Working with Lisa I realised art isn't about perfection — it it about discovery. She is encouraging, insightful, funny, and endlessly patient.
Henri
Both relaxing and energizing at the same time. I left feeling inspired, refreshed, and brimming with ideas.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
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